Heather Wood-Ion is co-founder of the Uplift Academy, is currently executive director of the Goldie Hawn Institute, author of Third Class Ticket, and co-author of

David Ellerman is visiting scholar at UC Riverside, and author of Helping People Help Themselves: From the World Bank to an Alternative Philosophy of Development Assistance (Evolving Values for a Capitalist World) as well as Intellectual T

David Brin is a scientist, public speaker, and author. Several of his novels have been New York Times Bestsellers, winning multiple Hugo, Nebula and other awards. His 1989 ecological thriller, Earth, foreshadowed global warming, cyberwarfare and near-future trends such as the World Wide Web. A 1998 movie, directed by Kevin Costner, was loosely based on The Postman. His fifteen novels have been translated into more than twenty languages.

Jeffrey Ashe is the Manager of Community Finance at Oxfam America. Prior to coming to Oxfam, Mr. Ashe founded and served as Executive Director of Working Capital, the largest micro enterprise program in the United States. Before Working Capital, Mr. Ashe was Director of the "PISCES Project," the first worldwide investigation of programs reaching the smallest economic activities of the poor.

People who have significantly contributed to the vision and activities of the Uplift Academy are given the distinction of becoming Fellows. Founding Fellows are those who participated in the formation of the Academy, and become the selection of future fellows. !!! [Jeffrey Ashe | http://upliftacademy.org/ashe] [http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/66532811_bdd74d530e_m.jpg]