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