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