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