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