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.

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