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