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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Ada Andreoni
Partnership Manager, Ashoka Spain; Ashoka Europe Fellowship Program
Ken Banks
Founder of kiwanja.net, Creator of messaging platform FrontlineSMS, Ashoka Fellow
Nassir Katuramu
Ashoka Impact Transfer Director East Africa, Strategy consultant, Social entrepreneurship expert
Steffen Frischat
Evolutionary Catalyst, dwarfs and Giants
Enrica Cornaglia
Venture Program Manager, Ashoka Italy; Mediterranean Director, Ashoka Visionary Program
Michael Hagelmüller
Collective Impact Enabler, Ashoka Austria
Wolfgang Kovatsch
Co-founder and managing partner, myAbility
Francesca Cavallini
Professor, Founder of Tice
Andreas Heinecke
Founder and CEO, Dialogue Social Enterprise; Ashoka Fellow
Dorica Dan
Ashoka Fellow, Psychologist and Founder of iniatitives on rare diseases
Stephan Dertnig
Business angel, trainer & investor
Michael Vollmann
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Heike Boomgaarden
TV & radio moderator
Odin Mühlenbein
Ashoka Globalizer, Partner Ashoka Germany, Thought Partner for Systems Change
Tristram Stuart
Award-winning author, founder of Toast Ale
Vicenzo Linarello
Co-Founder, Consorzio Goel
Ignace Schops
Ashoka Fellow, Director of the NGO Regionaal Landschap Kempen en Maasland
Rainer Höll
Certified Executive Coach, former CEO of Ashoka Germany
Jos de Blok
Ashoka Fellow, Founder and CEO of Buurtzorg (neighborhood nursing)
Sabine Fries
Agile Coach and Scrum Master, Co-founder of a brand & design agency
Marie Ringler
Member of Ashoka's Global Leadership Group, Leading Ashoka's work in Europe
Gregor Hackmack
Co-founder of abgeordnetenwatch.de, Ashoka Fellow
Claudia Valladares
Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 in Venezuela, Coach & Mentor
Bas van Abel
Founder, Fairphone
Angelika Schanda
Specialist for systemic impact, Co-founder of Art of Cooperation
Renée Horster
Ashoka Globalizer
Martin Hollinetz
Ashoka Fellow, Founder of tech2people GmbH & myAbility Social Enterprise GmbH
Jan Engelmann
Policy Advisor, Think Tank iRights.Lab
Ryszard Praszkier
Former founding director of Ashoka Poland, consultant for Ashoka
Bart Weetjens
Ashoka Fellow, Founder of the non-profit organization APOPO
Gregor Demblin
Ashoka Fellow, Founder of tech2people GmbH & myAbility Social Enterprise GmbH
Nneka Mobisson
Founder, mDoc Healthcare
Radoslav Pittner
Manger Ashoka CZ&SK, Facilitator & coach for social impact
Federico Mento
Director, Ashoka Italia
Edit Schlaffer
Ashoka Fellow, Founder and Executive Director of Women without Borders
Alon Shklarek
Ashoka Fellow
Elisabeth Krön
Trainer & Actress
Joseph Nkandu
Georg Tarne
Founder of soulbottles
Björn Strüwer
Gründer & Geschäftsführer, Roots of Impact
Armin Pialek
Innovation, Deutsche Stiftung für Engagement und Ehrenamt.
Terezie Hradilková
Ashoka Fellow, Founder of the Early Intervention Association
Bernhard Hofer
Ashoka Fellow, Founder of talentify.me
Hermann Arnold
Co-founder, Haufe-umantis AG
Asetila Koestinger
Founder of the GoodStartup School
David Corcoran
Opera Singer & Personal Development Trainer
Rebekka Dober
Ashoka Fellow, Founder of YEP – Voice of the Youth
Alexander Ertler
Social investor
Giulia Sergi
Co-Lead, Ashoka Europe Fellowship Program.
Silke Horáková
Co-owner of Albatros Media, Co-Founder of Tilia Impact Ventures
Klaus Candussi
Ashoka Fellow, Co-Founder of atempo
Walburga Fröhlich
Ashoka Fellow, Co-Founder & CEO of atempo
Maggie Lemere
Co-founder, Rhiza
Alexander Kesselring
Program Manager & Expert on scaling impact, Ashoka Austria
Manuela Pastore
Boehringer Ingelheim
Francesca Folda
Award-winning Journalist and Executive Manager, Advisory Council of Ashoka Italy
Gerry Foitik
Federal Rescue Commander, Austrian Red Cross
Kerstin Humberg
Founder and Managing Partner of Yunel, "to make happiness work"
Florian Rutsch
Co-lead, Ashoka Europe Fellowship Program
Federico Garcea
Ashoka Fellow, Co-Founder of Treedom
Nikolaus Hutter
Partner & Founder, New Paradigm Ventures
Sarah Ulrich
Social Psychologist, Expert in impact management
Dr. Moka Lantum
Founder/CEO, Sagitarix Ltd & CheckUps Medical; Ashoka Fellow
Jeff Edmondson
Ashoka Fellow
Karen Tse
Ashoka Fellow, Founder of International Bridges to Justice
Loïc van Cutsem
International Partnerships Director, Ashoka
Attila von Unruh
Founder of TEAM U, Ashoka Fellow
Georg Schön
Co-Director Ashoka Austria
Mónica Expositor
Change Consultant, NEOMERAKI
Arianna Schindle
Co-founder, Rhiza; liberatory therapist, educator, and movement strategist; The Resilience Collective
Sascha Haselmayer
Ashoka Fellow, Founder of Citymart, Partner Ashoka Germany
Laura Catana
Social Entrepreneur, Financing Agency for Social Entrepreneurship (FASE) of Ashoka Germany
Greta Rossi
Co-founder, Recipes for Wellbeing and ChangemakerXchange
Raphaela Toncic-Sorinj
Co-Director Ashoka Austria and Director Ashoka Visionary Program
Gunter Schall
Austrian Development Agency
Olga Shirobokova
Lead of Knowledge at Ashoka, Partner at Ashoka Globalizer
