Participants 2022/23
Our participants are executives and leaders of change from all sectors accelerating social impact initiatives in their environment. They are pioneers striving for new careers, business and social impact pathways in society. Every year Ashoka Fellows, current and future social entrepreneurs, highly motivated professionals from different sectors (corporate world, public sector, civil society/NGOs, foundations, and impact founders) come together in a cohort in one of the regional programs to start their transformational learning journey of 9 months.
Meet the participants of the CEE cohort:

Verena Riedler
Initiator, "Steady Steps";Organisational Consultant, Coach

Verena Ahne
Head of Knowledge Transfer & Dissemination, Complexity Science Hub Vienna (on educational leave)

Katarina Banicevic
Teamleader South East Europe, Austrian Red Cross

Ilya Yacevich
Founding Director, Global Trauma Project (GTP); Ashoka Fellow

Corinna Geissler
Head of Advocacy & Child Rights, UNICEF Austria

Cecilia Toncic-Sorinj
Finding sustainable solutions in gastronomy.

Johanna Kerber
Co-Founder and CEO, DreiKreis Consulting GmbH

Tina Deutsch
Co-founder and Board Member, Klaiton; Strategic Advisor, CoachHub

Mikhail Krivonos
Co-Founder, Rabota-i LLC; Chief Executive Officer, RAOUL charity foundation (till Feb '23)

Elin Baranyai-Ulvestad
Project Manager, Austrian Red Cross

Elena Tanase
Founder, Mousse Pamplemousse

Rana AlZoubi
National Director, SOS Children's Villages Jordan

Sabrina Stepanian
Founder, STEPANIAN CONSULTING e.U.

Christophe Cuny
Individual Giving Department Lead, SOS Children's Villages International

Christiane Holzinger
Managing Partner, 360° Business Planner GmbH, Start-Up Stars GmbH

Pavel Hrica
Founder, Cesta von; Ashoka Fellow

Monika Hrochova
Program Manager, Educhange Foundation

Hélène Menapace
Founder, WeLovePinkPlanet - SanFem