Michael
Zakaras
Director, Ashoka United States, Ashoka
Michael Zakaras is Director of Ashoka in the United States. He is co-author of the 2023 book America’s Path Forward: Conversations With Social Innovators on the Power of Communities Everywhere, and also co-founder of Ashoka’s All America initiative that since 2015 has pushed the boundaries of social entrepreneurship beyond the traditional coastal circles. Michael has worked for Ashoka in Ireland Central Europe, and before that in the California wine industry. He writes regularly about social entrepreneurship for Forbes, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Chronicle of Philanthropy and more. Michael grew up in Brussels, holds a Master’s in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, and currently lives in Burlington, Vermont.
