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