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