Ashoka Fellows are leading social entrepreneurs who were recognized through Ashoka's rigorous selection process to have innovative solutions to social problems and the potential to change patterns across society on a national-scale. They inspire others to adopt and spread their innovations—demonstrating to all citizens that they too have the potential to be powerful changemakers and make a positive difference in their communities.

To learn more about their individual work, click on the Ashoka Fellow names below.

Rafael Alvarez – Genesys Works
David Anderson - Safe Families for Children
Sanjeev Arora - Project ECHO
George Askew – Docs for Tots
Rick Aubry - Rubicon Programs

Amy Bank - Puntos de Encuentro/Meeting Point
Barry Barkan – Elders Guild
Molly Barker - Girls on the Run
Amy Jaffe Barzach – Boundless Playgrounds
Dale Bell – Media & Policy Center Foundation
Charles Best - DonorsChoose
Daniel Ben-Horin - TechSoup Global
Steve Bigari - America’s Family, Inc.
Steve Binder – Homeless Court Program
Tyrone Bledsoe – Student African American Brotherhood
Bruce Bloom - Partnership for Cures
Elliott Brown – Springboard Forward

Bruce Cahan – Urban Logic, Inc.
Edgar Cahn - CareBanks
Tim Carpenter - EngAGE
David Castro - I-Lead
Oona Chatterjee – Make the Road New York
Gerald Chertavian – Year Up
Ron Chisom – The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB)
Steve Clift – E-Democracy.org
Sandy Close - New American Media
Angela Coleman – Sisterhood Agenda
Mathias Craig - blueEnergy Group

Ami Dar – Idealist.org
Eric Dawson – Peace Games
Alisa Del Tufo – Threshold Collaborative
Adele Douglass - Humane Farm Animal Care
David Domenici – See Forever Fund / Maya Angelou Public Charter School

Jonah Edelman – Stand for Children
Brenda Eheart - Generations of Hope
Derek Ellerman – Polaris Project
David Erickson – Samaritan Inns

Mike Feinberg – KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program)
José-Pablo Fernandez – Parents Alliance (formerly CCA Alliance)
Matt Flannery - Kiva
Fabrice Florin - NewsTrust.Net
Willy Foote – Root Capital
Charlotte Frank – The Transition Network
Marc Freedman – Civic Ventures

Gerald Gray – Institute for Redress and Recovery
David Green – Project Impact
Renae Griggs - National Police Family Violence Prevention Initiative

Rosanne Haggerty – Common Ground
Kathryn Hall-Trujillo – Birthing Project USA
Victoria Hale - Institute for OneWorld Health
Darrell Hammond – KaBOOM!
Mark Hanis - Genocide Intervention Network
Elizabeth Hausler - Build Change
Kristin Hayden – OneWorld Now!
Nancy Henkin – Communities for All Ages
Farhana Huq – C.E.O. Women (Creating Economic Opportunities for Women)
Aaron Hurst – Taproot Foundation

Matthew Johnson – Strive Media Institute
Van Jones –Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

Temp Keller – RISE (Resources for Indispensable Schools and Education)
Wendy Kopp - Teach for America & Teach for All
Tammy Krause - JustBridges
Betsy Krebs – Youth Advocacy Center

Dune Lankard – Cultural Conservation Initiative
Esther Lardent – Pro Bono Initiative
Carolyn Laub – Gay-Straight Alliance Network
Ron Layton – Light Years IP
Matthew Lee – Inner City Press and Fair Finance Watch
Amy Lemley - First Place Fund for Youth
Jane Leu – Upwardly Global
Dave Levin – KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program)
Andy Lipkis - Tree People/Functioning Community Forests
Rachel Lloyd - Girls Education and Mentoring Services (GEMS)
Kevin Long – Global Deaf Coalition
Amory Lovins - Rocky Mountain Institute

Aleta Margolis – Center for Inspired Teaching
John Marks - Search for Common Ground
Joe Marshall – Street Solders / Omega Boys Club
Michael McCullough – QuestBridge
Jim McCorkell – Admission Possible
Suzanne McKechnie Klahr – BUILD (Business United in Investing, Lending, and Development)
Robert Moses - The Algebra Project
Charlie Murphy – Power of Hope

Rebecca Onie - Project HEALTH
Dianna Ortiz – Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International

Bill Pace - Coalition for the International Criminal Court
Jeff Palmer - Coordinated Care Network
Billy Parish – Energy Action Coalition / The Dream Reborn
Eboo Patel – Interfaith Youth Core
Earl Phalen - BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life)
DJ Powers – Center for Economic Justice
Lynn Price – Camp to Belong
Ritu Primlani – Thimmakka’s Resources for Environmental Education

Katie Redford – EarthRights International
Nicholas Reville - Participatory Culture Foundation
Paul Rice – Transfair USA
Terrie Rose - Baby's Space: A Place to Grow
Larry Rosenstock – High Tech High Community
Eric Rosenthal - Mental Disability Rights International
Daniel Ross – Nuestras Raices/Our Roots
Steve Rothschild – Twin Cities RISE!

John Sage – Pura Vida Coffee
J.B. Schramm – College Summit
Don Shalvey – Aspire Public Schools
Carol Shapiro – Family Justice
Connie Siskowski - American Association of Caregiving Youth
Gary Slutkin - CeaseFire
Elisabeth Stock - Computers for Youth
Dorothy Stoneman - YouthBuild
Herb Sturz - The After-School Corporation

Bill Thomas – The Eden Alternative
Jim Thompson – Positive Coaching Alliance
Atsumasa Tochisako – Microfinance International Corporation
Tanya Tull - Beyond Shelter
Michael Turner - Political and Economic Research Council/ Alternative Data Initiative

Felipe Vergara - Lumni
Jill Vialet – Playworks
Raj Vinnakota – The SEED Foundation

Jimmy Wales - Wikipedia
Wynona Ward – Have Justice Will Travel (HJWT)
Jerry White - Survivor Corps
Harry Wiland – Media & Policy Center Foundation
Joe Williams – New Creations Community Outreach
Dallas Wilson – Project Restore

To search for an Ashoka Fellow in the US or globally or to browse through their profiles created at the time of election, please visit the Ashoka Fellow database on the Ashoka Global website.