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.

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