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.

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