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