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