Our experts & speakers
The faculty body consists of experts from leading academic institutions, successful social entrepreneurs, and professionals from private, not-for-profit-, public and financial sectors. Also, here you can view all Ashoka Fellows (speakers & participants) at one glance.
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Angelika Schanda
Specialist for systemic impact, Co-founder of Art of Cooperation
Kerstin Humberg
Founder and Managing Partner of Yunel, "to make happiness work"
Steffen Frischat
Evolutionary Catalyst, dwarfs and Giants
Marie Ringler
Member of Ashoka's Global Leadership Group, Leading Ashoka's work in Europe
Joana Breidenbach
Heike Boomgaarden
TV & radio moderator
Elisabeth Krön
Trainer & Actress
Terezie Hradilková
Ashoka Fellow, Founder of the Early Intervention Association
Claudia Valladares
Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 in Venezuela, Coach & Mentor
Raphaela Toncic-Sorinj
Co-Director Ashoka Austria and Nordics; Director Ashoka Visionary Program
Stephan Dertnig
Business angel, trainer & investor
Sascha Haselmayer
Ashoka Fellow, Founder of Citymart, Partner Ashoka Germany
Armin Pialek
Innovation, Deutsche Stiftung für Engagement und Ehrenamt.
Andreas Heinecke
Founder and CEO, Dialogue Social Enterprise; Ashoka Fellow
Gregor Hackmack
Co-founder of abgeordnetenwatch.de, Ashoka Fellow
Enrica Cornaglia
Venture Program Manager, Ashoka Italy; Mediterranean Director, Ashoka Visionary Program
Nassir Katuramu
Ashoka Impact Transfer Director East Africa, Strategy consultant, Social entrepreneurship expert
Francesca Cavallini
Professor, Founder of Tice
Greta Rossi
Co-founder, Recipes for Wellbeing and ChangemakerXchange
Vicenzo Linarello
Co-Founder, Consorzio Goel
Walburga Frölich
Maria Deskur
Co-founder, Rhiza
Manuela Pastore
Boehringer Ingelheim
Laura Catana
Social Entrepreneur, Financing Agency for Social Entrepreneurship (FASE) of Ashoka Germany
Sonja Betschart
Paul Radu
Ashoka Fellow, Founder of Cycling Without Age and Copenhagen Cycling
Ada Andreoni
Partnership Manager, Ashoka Spain; Ashoka Europe Fellowship Program
Riccarda Zezza
Rebekka Dober
Ashoka Fellow, Founder of YEP – Voice of the Youth
Kerstin Humberg
Founder and Managing Partner of Yunel, "to make happiness work"
Florian Rutsch
Co-lead, Ashoka Europe Fellowship Program
Renée Horster
Ashoka Globalizer
Silke Horáková
Co-owner of Albatros Media, Co-Founder of Tilia Impact Ventures
Wellington Nogueira
Karen Tse
Ashoka Fellow, Founder of International Bridges to Justice
Maximilian Oehl
Ashoka Fellows, Founder of black black black
Francesca Folda
Award-winning Journalist and Executive Manager, Advisory Council of Ashoka Italy
Maggie Lemere
Co-founder, Rhiza
Arianna Schindle
Co-founder, Rhiza; liberatory therapist, educator, and movement strategist; The Resilience Collective
Alexander Kesselring
Program Manager & Expert on scaling impact, Ashoka Austria
Walburga Fröhlich
Ashoka Fellow, Co-Founder & CEO of atempo
Rainer Höll
Certified Executive Coach, former CEO of Ashoka Germany
Jeff Edmondson
Ashoka Fellow
Michael Vollmann
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Edit Schlaffer
Ashoka Fellow, Founder and Executive Director of Women without Borders
Ryszard Praszkier
Former founding director of Ashoka Poland, consultant for Ashoka
Dr. Moka Lantum
Founder/CEO, Sagitarix Ltd & CheckUps Medical; Ashoka Fellow
Alexander Ertler
Social investor
Nneka Mobisson
Founder, mDoc Healthcare
David Corcoran
Founder and CEO, Dialogue Social Enterprise; Ashoka Fellow
Gregor Demblin
Ashoka Fellow, Founder of tech2people GmbH & myAbility Social Enterprise GmbH
Jan Engelmann
Policy Advisor, Think Tank iRights.Lab
Wolfgang Kovatsch
Co-founder and managing partner, myAbility
Carmen Georghe
Ashoka Fellow, Founder and Executive Director of Women without Borders
Regina Honu
Loïc van Cutsem
International Partnerships Director, Ashoka
Odin Mühlenbein
Ashoka Globalizer, Partner Ashoka Germany, Thought Partner for Systems Change
Federico Mento
Director, Ashoka Italia
Marie Ringler
Member of Ashoka's Global Leadership Group, Leading Ashoka's work in Europe
Gerry Foitik
Federal Rescue Commander, Austrian Red Cross
Martin Hollinetz
Ashoka Fellow, Founder of tech2people GmbH & myAbility Social Enterprise GmbH
Bart Weetjens
Ashoka Fellow, Founder of the non-profit organization APOPO
Bernhard Hofer
Ashoka Fellow, Founder of talentify.me
Klaus Candussi
Ashoka Fellow, Co-Founder of atempo
Alon Shklarek
Ashoka Fellow
Markéta Pěchoučková
Head of Unit at Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic
Bas van Abel
Founder, Fairphone
Joseph Nkandu
Asetila Koestinger
Founder of the GoodStartup School
Gunter Schall
Austrian Development Agency
Attila von Unruh
Founder of TEAM U, Ashoka Fellow
Sarah Ulrich
Social Psychologist, Expert in impact management
Alexander Kesselring
Program Manager & Expert on scaling impact, Ashoka Austria
Mónica Expositor
Change Consultant, NEOMERAKI
Ken Banks
Founder of kiwanja.net, Creator of messaging platform FrontlineSMS, Ashoka Fellow
Andreas Heinecke
Founder and CEO, Dialogue Social Enterprise; Ashoka Fellow
Maggie Lemere
Co-founder, Rhiza
Tristram Stuart
Award-winning author, founder of Toast Ale
Loïc van Cutsem
International Partnerships Director, Ashoka
Olga Shirobokova
Lead of Knowledge at Ashoka, Partner at Ashoka Globalizer
Dorica Dan
Ashoka Fellow, Psychologist and Founder of iniatitives on rare diseases
Radoslav Pittner
Co-Country Representative Czech and Slovakia, Facilitator & coach for social impact
Jos de Blok
Ashoka Fellow, Founder and CEO of Buurtzorg (neighborhood nursing)
Nikolaus Hutter
Partner & Founder, New Paradigm Ventures
Hermann Arnold
Co-founder, Haufe-umantis AG
Georg Tarne
Founder of soulbottles
Ole Kassow
Ashoka Fellow, Founder of Cycling Without Age and Copenhagen Cycling
Claire de Lafarge
Founder and CEO, Dialogue Social Enterprise; Ashoka Fellow
Raphaela Toncic-Sorinj
Co-Director Ashoka Austria and Director Ashoka Visionary Program
Felix Oldenburg
Founder and CEO, Dialogue Social Enterprise; Ashoka Fellow
Ignace Schops
Ashoka Fellow, Director of the NGO Regionaal Landschap Kempen en Maasland
Christian Bason
Founder and CEO, Dialogue Social Enterprise; Ashoka Fellow
Giulia Sergi
Co-Lead, Ashoka Europe Fellowship Program.
Georg Schön
Co-Director Ashoka Austria
Georg Schön
Co-Director Ashoka Austria
Sabine Fries
Agile Coach and Scrum Master, Co-founder of a brand & design agency
Michael Hagelmüller
Collective Impact Enabler, Ashoka Austria
Björn Strüwer
Gründer & Geschäftsführer, Roots of Impact
Ioana Bauer
Radoslav Pittner
Manger Ashoka CZ&SK, Facilitator & coach for social impact
Federico Garcea
Ashoka Fellow, Co-Founder of Treedom
