Driving innovation for social change

Diana joined Ashoka in the 1980s after graduating from Brown with a BA in South Asian Studies. Her intrapreneurial drive quickly led to the creation of Fellowship Support Services, which links Ashoka social entrepreneurs to one another and to a wide array of information and supports. After a leave to do her Ph.D. in anthropology, she returned — and has provided her characteristic quiet, strong leadership ever since. She tactfully but firmly strengthened Ashoka’s leadership in a number of countries. She helped systematize management of the key Fellow selection process as the number and types of selections increased. She also conceived and developed Ashoka’s widely respected Measuring Effectiveness program.

Speech Topics

• Measuring Social Impact
• Social Entrepreneurship and the Citizen Sector