About the Global Fellows Network
We believe leadership is a social process. Our fellows connect with each other and with WKKF to share ideas, resources, learning and inspiration. The network offers fellows the opportunity to collaborate for continued growth and participate in collective action on important issues in their communities and around the world.
Connection
The Global Fellows Network facilitates connection between members and with WKKF to share ideas, resources, learning and inspiration.
Collaboration
The Global Fellows Network offers the opportunity for collaboration and continuous learning, as well as the chance to engage in multi-generational and cross-cultural partnerships.
Action
The Global Fellows Network promotes action on important issues impacting our fellows' communities. Fellows work together – and at times alongside the Foundation – to create long-lasting change
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Fellowship Programs
Since our founding in 1930, WKKF has been committed to developing leaders globally, realizing change happens at the community level. While we have funded many fellowship programs over the years, here is the list of signature programs that are part of WKKF’s Global Fellows Network.
Currently administered in partnership with the Center for Creative Leadership, this is our most recent leadership program in the United States. The program supports local and national leaders seeking to connect, grow and lead transformational change toward a more equitable society. Leaders are selected from the foundation's priority places of Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, New Orleans, Tribal nations and in local communities across the United States.
Administered by the Instituto Cultural Steve Biko, the program supported leaders and organizations from the Northeast area of Brazil to promote structural changes in the Brazilian culture related to racial and gender equality. There was only one cohort for this program.
Administered through GC Genera, the program provided leadership development training to local leaders from Chiapas and the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. The program included two cohorts, each lasting 10 months, where fellows connected with local and regional leaders and learned about community-based development projects.
Administered by Academy for Educational Development and then by Family Health International, the program operated in seven countries (Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe) and promoted values-based, ethical and democratic leadership. It focused on creating a cadre of dynamic leaders across Southern Africa by providing educational financial assistance for graduate and undergraduate programs and leadership development.
Administered by Harvard-affiliate LASPAU, the program empowered local leaders to address social issues in their respective communities through funding of their educational pursuits. Leaders were from Latin America, including the Chiapas and Yucatán Peninsula areas of Mexico and Central and Southwest Haiti.
Health Fellows and Scholars includes three programs: Community Health Scholars Program (CHSP), Scholars in Health Disparities Program (SHDP) and Kellogg Fellows in Health Policy Research. The two-year fellowship program trained a cadre of leaders skilled in research on the social determinants of health, academic-community partnering, community-based participatory research and the application of research to strengthen advocacy and achieve policy change. In 2006, the programs were combined to create Kellogg Health Scholars Program.
CHSP was established in 1998 and ran until 2007. Administered through the University of Michigan, it trained 46 postdoctoral fellows to work with communities and engage in community-based participatory research.
SHDP was administered by the Center for the Advancement of Health from 2001-2012. The program focused on developing new leaders and training future faculty and policymakers in the effort to reduce and eliminate health disparities.
Kellogg Fellows in Health Policy Research was administered by the Center for the Advancement of Health from 1990-2012. A postdoctoral program, it focused on reducing health disparities and creating partnerships between communities and health education programs.
Administered through universities in seven U.S. states (Georgia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Michigan, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia) the program promoted a community-focused approach, coordinating community-based health research, encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration and linking health workers with local members. It resulted in 103 policy changes.
Number of Participants: 105
Administered directly by WKKF, the program supported two groups of fellows from the United States, Central and South America and Africa on a three-year leadership journey. The focus was on advancing the leadership capacity for human services worldwide.
The Jefferson Institute and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) administered three programs: Food and Society Policy Fellowship (FSPF), Food and Policy Fellows (FPF) and Food and Community Fellows (FCF). The programs gathered fellows from the United States with backgrounds in farming, public health, journalism, filmmaking and policy research. Each cohort included up to 12 fellows who participated in a two-year experience to influence local, regional and national policy through strategic communication efforts. The fellowship included media training, experiential learning and seminars that enhanced skills and deepened understanding about food and agriculture policy issues.
FSPF addressed the issues and challenges associated with sustaining family farms and food production in the United States.
FPF focused on the use of mass media channels to inform and shape the public agenda for food and catalyze cultural shifts and policy changes.
FCF focused on food justice issues, strengthening efforts to eliminate food deserts, creating healthy food environments for children and identifying and removing societal factors that create health disadvantages for all children.
Administered through Michigan State University's Institute of International Agriculture, the program supported fellows from South America, Africa and Asia to advance their leadership skills to help improve food systems for lower-income households in developing countries.
Administered through Michigan State University's Institute of International Health, the program included fellows from 18 countries and five continents and focused on community-oriented medical education programs and primary healthcare.
Administered directly by WKKF, this program included 16 cohorts of fellows from the United States. It was designed to provide personal and professional growth over a three-year period, expanding leaders' knowledge and capacity through seminars, individual and small-group experiential learning, travel study and mentorship. Commonly known as the National Leadership Program, the program changed names from the Kellogg National Fellowship Program to the Kellogg National Leadership Program.
Our team
The Kellogg Foundation has a team dedicated to the Global Fellows Network.
Xiomara
Enriquez
Leadership Programs Officer
Reggie
LaGrand
director of leadership programs
Paul
Martinez
chief leadership and human capital officer
Thembinkosi
Semwayo
Liaison | Southern Africa (KSAL)
Paige
Turner
Executive Assistant
Debbie
Rey
Program Operations Manager
Pat
Turner
Consultant | (KNLP)
Marcel
Urayeneza
leadership programs manager
