Aspen is a place for leaders to lift their sights above the possessions which possess them. To confront their own nature as human beings, to regain control over their own humanity by becoming more self-aware, more self-correcting, and hence more self-fulfilling.

Walter P. Paepcke, Aspen Institute Co-Founder
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Michelle Ruiz

Consultant on Instructional Design, Science & Society

Michelle Ruiz, MAEd is an instructional designer with a decade of experience designing effective and engaging online learning experiences. She has led the instructional design of successful university-level courses in the health sciences and public health at the University of San Francisco and, most recently, at UC Berkeley Public Health. She is also an EdD doctoral candidate in Learning Technologies at Pepperdine University, focusing on the design of online instruction in science and mathematics for adult learners.