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