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