Alumniadmin2023-07-26T11:25:45+02:00

Our alumni

The Ashoka Visionary Alumnae*i Network provides alumni with the opportunity to stay connected, to contribute to the program and to deepen their experience in follow-up events and projects. Ultimately, our alumni expand their network within the social entrepreneurship scene and keep finding solutions. Read more at “Our network“. Also, here you can view all Ashoka Fellows (speakers & participants) at one glance.

Meet our 300 visionaries from three continents, in the regions: Central and Eastern Europe, Mediterranean and East Africa. Click on the photos to learn about their stories
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Innovation and Sustainability Coordinator, S.C.S. Armonia Work Onlus

Stefan van der Swaluw

Program Director at SOS Children's Villages The Netherlands

Senior business analyst for public health

Global Lead Funding Advisor at Joining Forces Initiative by World Vision

Angelika Bartholomäi

Director of the coordination office, StartNet Italy

Manager in PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Public Sector Group

Maurizio Bergia

President of the social & agricultural cooperative I TESORI della TERRA in Cervasca

Abraham Gossaye

Head of Country Office, Austrian Red Cross in Ethiopia

Obayda Abo Asbeh

Founder Sanad Yoth Association (Israel)

Project Manager of Center Noordung

Educator and project manager, AG Di Donato

Pascal Kayiranga MD

Rwanda Red Cross Society

Sozialwirtschaft Steiermark

Veronica Pistyur

Co-Founder and CEO of Bridges Budapest Ⅰ General Partner at Oktogon Ventures

Andreja Rosandic

Lecturer at Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences University of Zagreb

Silvia Silvozzi

Manager Bottega Terzo Settore - Fondazione Carisap

Barbara Mayrhofer

Regional Manager for the Institute for Inclusive Education

Head of Knowledge Transfer & Dissemination, Complexity Science Hub Vienna (on educational leave)

Country Representative of Ashoka Hungary

Krzsytof Rutkowski

Director Magovox

Ninon Ndayikengurkiye

CARE USA Impact and Innovation Team

Human Rights Lawyer

Changemaker from Egypt, Member of the Egyptian Parliament

Business Development Manager, TRACE Eastern Africa

Christoph Soukup

Senior Project Manager HYPO NOE Gruppe Bank

Ethiopia Program Manager at African Disability Forum

"i3" (I-Cube) Information Engineering Incubator

Linda Stucbartova

Partner ATAIRU company, Founder Diversio

Katerina Bursikova Jacques

Executive Director, Educational and business centre Sněmovní 7

Tangaza University

Elin Baranyai-Ulvestad

Project Manager, Austrian Red Cross

Social Entrepreneurship Development Officer Athens Development and Destination Management Agency

Ahmed Abdelgalil

VP alumnus & Gender and Economic Empowerment Specialist

Agnes Schillhuber

Communications neunerhaus; formerly: Ashoka Austria

Peter Herreiner

Financial Advisor & Supervisory Board Member

Grant Administrator, Porticus Nairobi

Stefanie Kirwald

Consultant Alumnae*I Network

Jana Krajcovicova

Private Sector Development Specialist at the World Bank

Finance Manager Ashoka Austria, Visionary Program Manager & Communication

Danijel Baturina

Assistant professor in University of Zagreb

Managing Director at EnableMe Foundation

Matthias Weichhart

Austrian Research Promotion Agency

Charlotte Steenbergen

COO of the European Forum Alpbach

Sabrina Stepanian

Founder, STEPANIAN CONSULTING e.U.

Gabriele Hampson

Managing Director at W*ORT

Corinna Geissler

Head of Advocacy & Child Rights, UNICEF Austria

Managing Partner / Chairman EOOS Design, IDRV - Institute of Design Research Vienna

Walter Odhiambo

National Director, SoS Children's Villages Kenya

Blühendes Österreich

Daniela Herneth

Leadership Coach / People & Business Developer

Co-Founder and CEO, DreiKreis Consulting GmbH

Project Management SOS Children’s Villages International

European Commission/Centre of Thematic Expertise on Civil Society Support

Account Manager at RxWare

Founder and CEO of Raw Culture

Development Specialist fpr NGOs

Humanitarian and human rights specialist

formerly: Communications for Ashoka Austria

Katharina Markovics

Professor of Musicology at New England Conservatory in Boston

Beata Jaczewska

Managing Director, Visegrad Fund

Project Coordinator at Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation - 'fairplay initiatve'

Ashoka Fellow, Founder & Vice President NEVER GIVE UP Onlus

Klára Rundová

Project Managar Česká spořitelna foundation

TV host The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation

Eleonora Cadone

Community Integrator, Ashoka Italy

Sumita Kunashakaran

Project Manager at the Zero Project

Andrea Babčanová

HR Manager, Visegrad Fund

Jindra Marešová

Director, Albatros Foundation

Stefan Lilischkis

Senior consultant, empirica Gesellschaft für Kommunikations- und Technologieforschung mbH

Communications and Marketing Expert

Initiator & Head of aws Sustainable Food Systems Initiative

Markéta Pěchoučková

Head of Social Innovation Unit at Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Czechia

Assistant to VIP & Exhibitor Relations

Member of the board of directors, Eduzměna foundation fund

Sustainability Specialist Enel Romania

Selene Orellana

Communications Lead at Planeterra Foundation

Project Lead Developing Neighborhood Institute

Co-Director of Ashoka Nordics

Account Director at Ketchum

CEO GTS - Technologies Ltd (Israel)

Irit Zviely Efrat

Chief Operations Officer at Hillel

Michael Hilbert

Head of Business Unit Banking

Partnership Expert at Light for the World

Jihad Shoja'eyeh

Founder of “Youth without Borders Network”

Alexandra Nitzlader

Senior Project Manager HYPO NOE Gruppe Bank

Claudia Lingner

Managing Director Ludwing Boltzmann Gesellschaft

Founder, Think Opal

Elisabeth Siencnik

Startup Coach; Co-founder & CFO reha buddy

Agnieszka Franeczek

Head of Consumer Lending Processes at UniCredit Bank Austria

Christophe Cuny

Individual Giving Department Lead, SOS Children's Villages International

Initiator, "Steady Steps";Organisational Consultant, Coach

Birgit Radl-Wanko

Managing Director of younus Mentoring

Elisabeth Campestrini

CEO of Progressive Health Consulting

Christiane Holzinger

Managing Partner, 360° Business Planner GmbH, Start-Up Stars GmbH

Project assistant & communication manager, Ashoka Italy

Katarina Banicevic

Teamleader South East Europe, Austrian Red Cross

CEO Midot, promoting impact (Israel)

Regional Fund Development Director, SOS Children's Villages International, Eastern & Southern Africa Region

Head of Finance & Service, Österreichische Caritaszentrale

Milica Aksentic

Head of Communications and CSR at Western Union International Bank

Urška Starc-Peceny

Chief Innovation Officer, lead Tourism 4.0 at Arctur

Acting Manager Livelihoods, CARE Uganda

Special Assistant & Regional Director, Ford Foundation office, Eastern Africa

Katharina Jeschke

Austria Secretary General at IMZ International Music + Media Centre

Heidrun Gruber-Größwang

Marketing expert; Founder, Gruber-Größwang Consulting

Karin Haselböck

European Integrator, Ashoka

Charles Karimbu Kimathi

Head of Corporate Affairs & Partnerships The Standard Group PLC

Nicola Fraccaroli

Consultant for marketing strategies & business model changes

Co-founder of Venezia Autentica

Regional director of the social enterprise Sindbad

Franziska Wizany

Cultural advisor

Christina Kauer

CONCORDIA Sozialprojekte

Head Of Department Development at SWISSAID

Benjamin Dragolj

Founder of Igramo Zajedno Inicijativa – IZI

Municipality Director, Kajiado County Kenya

Lisa Binderberger

Founder of Boom Creative Lab

Managing Partner, Culen Mayrhofer Partner

Torsten Engelage

Risk Management and Compliance for the PwC Advisory

Raphaela Toncic-Sorinj

Co-Director Ashoka Austria and Nordics; Director Ashoka Visionary Program

Cecilia Toncic-Sorinj

Finding sustainable solutions in gastronomy.

Ernest Namanya Rwendeire

Executive Director, Latek Stay Alliance Uganda

Violeta Philippitsch

Leitung Kundenbereich EU & International, Umweltbundesamt - Environment Agency Austria

Eduard Trampusch

Head of International Programmes, Austrian Red Cross

Partnership Manager Ashoka

Member of Ashoka's Global Leadership Group, Leading Ashoka's work in Europe

Ahmad Abdelgalil

Changemaker from Egypt, Staff Ashoka Arab World

Stefanie Kotrba

OPEC Fund for International Development

Masha Djordjevic

Program Manager Open Society Foundations

Katharina Okulski

Head of scholarship program, NOW: International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)

Radoslav Pittner

Co-Country Representative Czech and Slovakia, Facilitator & coach for social impact

Changemaker from Greece, Consultant Costas M. Lemos Foundation

Changemaker from Israel, VP Dualis social investment fund

Managing Director of the International Association of Lake Constance Universities

Elisabeth Pipic

Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF)

Ashoka Fellow, Founder of the Institute for Debt Prevention and Resolution in Prague

Head of Information & Reporting in SOS Children's Villages International

Magdalena Dul-Komosinska

CEE Director, Climate KIC

Andrea Kretschmer

Manager Accenture

Kirsten Tangemann

Managing Director of Social Business Hub Styria

Arianna Tripodi

Child and Youth Participation Advisor, SOS Children’s Villages International

Coordinator – Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET), CARE International in Tanzania

Account Director at ketchum Publico

Emergency Response Director SOS Children’s Villages International

CEO of Tec-Innovation GmbH

Head of Operations at Bethnal Green Ventures

Katharina van Zeller

Founder & CEO DreiKreis

former Operations Manager Ashoka CEE

Claire de Lafarge

Founder and CEO, Dialogue Social Enterprise; Ashoka Fellow

Co-Director Ashoka Austria

Monika Ségur-Cabanac

Regional Manager Central & West Africa and Latin America at Missio Austria

Christina Purrer

Project Manager at Hil-Foundation gGmbH

Flavian Majenga

Senior Project Manager CARE Tanzania

Social Business Consultant, Alumna of the Visionary Program

Zahra I. Lethome

Office Manager, Ashoka East Africa

Elisabeth Mayerhofer

Managing Director, Julius Raab Foundation

Br. Dr. Jonas Yawovi Dzinekou

Director, Institute for Social Transformation Tangaza University College

Eastern Africa Managing Director of Trace

Business Angel & Mentor

Gabriela Vondrusova

Change Manager and Community Mobilizer at Ashoka Czech Republic

Ondřej Zapletal

Executive Director, Depositum Bonum Foundation Prag

Head of the department of social affairs and volunteering at the Red Cross

Managing Director at Viva con Agua Österreich

National Director, SOS Children's Villages Jordan

Josep Maria Miró Pascual

Social Innovation Consultant JovesLab (Spain)

Co-Team Leader of the Youth&ICT4D department in SOS Children´s Villages International

Karsten Ottenberg

Former CEO of BSH Home Appliances Group and Innovater and Purpose-driven leader by heart

Kristina Kroyer

Program Coordinator at HORIZONT3000

Managing Director, Griller Kabel

Changemaker from Israel, Assistant General Director Municipality of Nazareth

Margarita Rebetskaya

Choreographier, Ballet dancer & Performance Director

Father Charles Chilufya

Director of the Justice and Ecology Office of the Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar (JCAM)

Abubaker Musuuza

Gregor Ruttner-Vicht

CEO of Lower Austrian entity of Sindbad

Monika Hrochova

Program Manager, Educhange Foundation

Co-founder and Board Member, Klaiton; Strategic Advisor, CoachHub

Clemens Mulokozi

Ashoka Fellow, Founder & CEO of the NGO NGO Jambo Bukoba

Alicia Rodriguez

Youth and ICT4D Project Coordinator at SOS Children’s Villages International

Consultant on Project Design & Project Evaluation, also: Ashoka Italy

Founder, Fairphone

Cornelia Faisst

Senior lecturer and co-academic Director at the University of Liechtenstein