Ashoka Support Network
The Ashoka Support Network is a global community of committed leaders who share, support, and advocate for Ashoka’s values and vision, while unleashing their own potential as changemakers.
Emilie Romon leads Ashoka in Switzerland. Prior to that, she worked for the Swiss government and the OECD in Paris, where she managed and grew the OECD Global Network of Foundations Working for Development (netFWD) and co-founded the OECD Centre on Philanthropy. She holds an MA in Public Management and Policies, and a BA in Political Science.
Ana is the Ashoka Support Network (ASN) Lead in Spain and is Co-Lead of Global ASN. From her work with the ASN, Ana seeks alliances that maximize the impact of Ashoka and Ashoka Fellows. At the age of 21, Ana co-founded a professional network focused on providing visibility and development tools to young people. Interested in Talent and Entrepreneurship, she later worked at Russell Reynolds, world leader in headhunting, and later in the investment team of Samaipata Ventures, a venture capital fund. Her drive to work in the social sector led her to lead the José Entrecanales Ibarra Foundation for several years, an institution focused on Education and high impact and commitment to Development Cooperation. Ana holds a degree in Business Administration from CUNEF (Madrid, Spain) and National Chengchi University (Taipei, Taiwan).Ana enjoys looking for common areas to create opportunities that draw an optimistic future, filled with great innovations yet also genuinely human and responsible.