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