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.

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