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