Welcome to Ascend International! It is exciting to embark on the adventure of starting a company that has the potential to change lives for the better. As I have traveled to more than thirty countries and interacted with the next generation of leaders in these countries, I have been both encouraged and motivated. I am encouraged because in these countries I have met some of the most thoughtful, ambitious, teachable, emerging leaders as I have ever met. I am also motivated. I want to do what I can to assist them in the fulfillment of their dreams to make their lives, their companies and their countries even better for their generation and beyond. Fortunately, for me, through years of work in both the non-profit and for profit sector, I have had the privilege of meeting some of this generation’s finest. Many of these share my passion to utilize their lives for the betterment of others. They are not employees of Ascend, but they ARE Ascend! They are already very busy people, giving themselves tirelessly to their work and communities, but they also have embraced a vision of sharing their expertise with emerging leaders in other countries. Many have chosen to do this through Ascend.

Like the person in this powerful picture, Ascend International is calling all people, everywhere, to open their eyes and see the world. It’s a calling to use whatever talents and abilities you have been given to make you better and to make your community and world better. It’s about equipping this generation and the next to be “ready for tomorrow.”