Introducing the
2025 Polymath Fellows

These 12 leaders and problem solvers are setting out to make an impact in the world by tackling complex problems like a polymath. They will be developing their skills in systems thinking, human-centered design, technology, leadership and more, and will be pointing those skills toward human-scale challenges in climate change, economic mobility, human rights, disinformation, cultural polarization, education, healthcare, and more.

Our first cohort comes to Polymath with degrees from Stanford University, Montgomery County Community College, Emory University, UCL, University of Johannesburg, The Ohio State University, and others.

They've held roles across sectors – government, private, and nonprofit – both domestically and globally, and are all working to build a skillset as a modern polymath to solve complex problems in a world that is more complex, more digitally-enabled and technologically-connected than ever before.

Clarisse Aichelburg, PhD

Littleton, Colorado

Bhavana Akula

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Stephen Austin

Moscow, Idaho

Jack Gordon

Takoma Park, Maryland

Aasi Kaleem

Tuscon, Arizona

Tushar Kanade

Boston, Massachusetts

Ali Kapadia

San Francisco, California

Grayton Madzinga

Somerville, Massachusetts

Tatiana Quiroga

Palo Alto, California

Jennifer Sarrett, PhD

Atlanta, Georgia

Carmi Thompson

Columbus, Ohio

Sara Wray, JD

Norman, Oklahoma