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