Karin Haselböck is part of the leadership team of Ashoka in Europe as head of strategic planning. She is leading strategic change processes in Ashoka Europe with its community of 500+ Ashoka Fellows, 100 FTEs staff as well as partners and collaborators. She has held positions in most sectors, working in different countries in Europe, studying in Austria, USA and England. She is passionate about working across disciplines and borders, empowering people to create systemic change and social innovation. She was working as a Marketing Director for the Austrian tourism industry (creating social change in the field of safety on the slopes), as a journalist and did research on sustainability topics for the Ministry of Environment in Austria.