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