Ashoka’s team is comprised of leading visionaries from a broad base of expertise. We have brought together experts in strategy and development to collaborate with the world’s leading social entrepreneurs across the globe.

We invite you to meet our Experts and tap into our vast knowledge base.

Ashoka Staff

Valeria Budinich

Enabling innovation for entrepreneurs

Susan Davis

Inventing a new model of social change

Sushmita Ghosh

Sparking social entrepreneurship with global reach

Carol Grodzins

Creating new approaches to international development

Lisa Nitze

Bulding bridges between the citizen and business sectors

Lucy Perkins

Spreading the field of social entrepreneurship worldwide

Anamaria Schindler

Expanding global partnerships

Beverly Schwartz

Marketing the world’s social issues

Diana Wells

Driving innovation for social change

Arthur Wood

Pioneering the business of social investing

Gretchen Zucker

Fostering youth development

Fellow Ambassadors

Ashoka Fellow Ambassadors are experts in their respective fields and have been trained to speak on their role in the social entrepreneurship movement.

Gustavo Alanis

Developing environmental law

Paul Basil

Supporting rural innovators

Hector Castillo Berthier

Reinventing possibilities for youth

Catalina Cock

Creating a market for green gold

Vera Cordeiro

Breaking the cycle of poverty-related illness

Tuenjai Deetes

Developing agriculture and education for tribal populations

Isaac Durjaiye

Promoting a healthier environment through proper waste management

Derek Ellerman

Fighting human trafficking

Al Etmanski

Developing support for disabled

Gerald Gray

Creating a legal system to address torture

Anshu Gupta

Bridging economic gaps in India

Anuja Gupta

Breaking the silence of sexual abuse in India

Miguel Larguia

Designing family-centered hospital care

Joaquin Leguia

Redefining environmental education

Jane Leu

Creating value for corporations and immigrant professionals

Mandla Mentoor

Cultivating land and communities

N. (Nagamalai) Muthu Velayutham

Organizing sustainable business ventures with India's Rural Poor

Kovin Naidoo

Developing comprehensive, sustainable eye care delivery in South Africa

Kalyan Paul

Providing skills to restore the ecology of the central and western Himalayas

Piotr Pawlowski

Integrating disabled people through education

Aaron Pereira

Channeling investment into the citizen sector

Solomon Jaya Prakash

Building infrastucture to support low-income workers throughout India

Lynn Price

Reconnecting siblings in foster care

Shanti Raghavan

Reversing attitudes towards the employment of disabled students

Ratnaboli Ray

Transforming India's state mental institutions

Feliciano Reyna

Forming networks for AIDS education, prevention and care

Balaji Sampath

Revolutionizing science education in India

Carol Shapiro

Envisioning an alternate system of criminal supervision

Jack Sim

Restructuring the field of sanitation worldwide

Karen Tse

Reforming criminal defense