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