Since 2011, Anne Doerner is in charge of the areas of start-up support and Corporate Social Responsibility at SEA. A trained industrial engineer, she worked for many years at Siemens as a Marketing Manager on international projects. In 2003, she became acquainted with the CSR initiative startsocial and since then has worked to pass on her knowledge to social projects. In 2008, she started her own business as a consultant in strategic marketing, innovation and entrepreneurship. Parallel to her consultancy, she also implemented her own social projects and experimented with new working concepts within self-organizing networks. Anne has long been focused on identifying the success factors for innovation processes in social intra- and entrepreneurship.

Carola Vogel is an enabler: her passion lies in empowering people through education and networking, thereby providing them with the tools needed for more self-determination. At SEA, she fulfils this aspiration as “Head of Qualification”, where she also manages SEA:certificate. Before joining our team, Carola worked for JOBLINGE gAG and helped many adolescents and young adults ease into their professional lives. Since 2016, she was also involved in building up the second location of JOBLINGE in Munich, which was a Pilot-project for a nationwide compass-program directed at young refugees. The topic of education has been central to Carola since her first work experiences, as a consultant at the European Patent Office and a scientific associate at the School of Politics. She has also kept a keen interest in digitalization, IT and agile methods from her time as a Product Owner for websites and online-tools. Carola is also fascinated by languages and cultures, which is why she studied Cultural Economics and spent a lot of time abroad. The interpersonal exchange with inspiring minds and different nationalities continues to function as her everlasting source of motivation.

Chiara’s two greatest passions brought her to SEA: Sustainability and communication. Bringing these two topics together has been a matter close to her heart for several years, which is why she has been responsible for communications at SEA since October 2023.

She discovered Social Entrepreneurship in 2018 during her studies in Management of Social Innovations and now wants to contribute to making Social Entrepreneurship popular, attractive and well connected – and thereby inspire entrepreneurs to create an economy full of impact to ensure that the world remains liveable for future generations.

When she’s not planning her next travel adventure, you’re likely to find Chiara in the kitchen, dreaming herself into different cultures while trying out new recipes or relaxing with a good book under a house plant.

Jana Hollmann works as a start-up consultant for the Social-Startup-Hub Bayern.
Supporting individuals and teams in turning their ideas into reality and thus achieving sustainable changes motivates her every day.

In her work, it is always important to Jana to create a place for a confident exchange, to invite people to change perspectives and to encourage future social entrepreneurs to try out new things.

During her time as start-up consultant at the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship, Jana supported those interested in founding and start-up teams in realizing their ideas.

Previously Jana founded Jakale and supported founders, start-ups and medium-sized companies in finding solutions to their challenges as a systemic consultant and workshop facilitator.

Jana studied business administration in Ingolstadt and educated herself further as a systemic consultant as well as a business coach and trainer. Jana always loves to learn new things and is currently doing a further training as a mediator.

At "Speed Up, Buddy", Jana is a mentor for first-time academics and supports them according to her favorite motto: "Everyone said: That's not possible! Then someone came along who didn't know and just did it."

Combining ideas, talent and resources to create impact in society is Kristina Notz’s passion. As Executive Director, she is responsible for SEA’s leadership, strategy and network. She also represents SEA within the university network and acts as a link to partners, government agencies and the ecosystem. In 2022, she initiated the Social-Startup-Hub Bayern on assignment by the Free State of Bavaria and is currently working together with the team to build a state-wide offering for impact- and public welfare-oriented startups.

Before joining SEA, she worked in profit, non-profit and academia. Like some of her SEA colleagues, she also brings her own social entrepreneurship experience to the table: She co-established the German idea competition Generation-D. Since then, she has been driven by the vision of empowering entrepreneurial minds to lead transformational change and shape a better world.

Kristina has now been active in the field of social entrepreneurship and social innovation for 15 years and has built up an international network and extensive experience during this time. She shares her profound expertise through keynotes, panel discussions and as a jury member of various awards. She also volunteers on several boards and councils. In 2023, she was awarded Euclid Network’s Top 100 Women in Social Enterprise.

Lena Holzinger is project manager for the Social-Startup-Hub Bayern. She is responsible for coordinating the project and organizing events. As a startup consultant, she provides support to our founders and teams. With her cheerful and compassionate nature, Lena is keen to gain a deep understanding of her clients' needs. Before joining SEA, she advised prospective students as an admission manager at TU Munich. Prior to her work, she completed her studies in "Business Administration and Marketing Communication" and "International and Intercultural Management".
Lena got in touch with social entrepreneurship through her work at the Community Kitchen where she helps to rescue food and cooks at events.
With her proactive mindset, she contributes largely to the Social Entrepreneurship Akademie. Her can-do attitude inspires and supports founders in their social entrepreneurial endeavors.

Maximilian Wopinski is driven to help people reach their potential and make education more fair, digital, and future-oriented. As an educational scientist and philosopher, he’s deeply interested in one central question: How do people learn, grow, and thrive – especially when systems put obstacles in their way?
Since August of 2025, Maximilian has been bringing his expertise in education policy, didactics, and digital learning into SEA, where he designs education formats as part of the “Impact for Future” project. Previously, he worked as a policy advisor at the Bavarian Teachers’ Association, consulting elected representatives on topics such as educational equity, migration, and digitalization. At the Munich School of Philosophy, he developed digital and blended learning courses for the Virtual University of Bavaria. He also supported young adults transitioning from school to work at bfz Bayern.
With a passion for technology, media, and language, Maximilian combines an educational approach with a passion for digital design. He is also creative in his free time – as a musician on stage and in his home studio. His vision of education? It’s successful when it creates real impact for the people who experience it.

Since October 2025, Mustafa has been supporting the SEA team as part of the ‘Impact for Future’ project. His passion for media, intercultural communication, and societal change runs like a common thread through both his studies and practical experiences.

While studying ‘New Media and Intercultural Communication’ at Landshut University of Applied Sciences, he discovered how digital formats, cultural diversity, and storytelling can connect people and make sustainable ideas visible. At SEA, he wants to bring exactly that to life – helping to design innovative qualification programs, showcase their impact, and spark enthusiasm for social entrepreneurship.

Outside of work, Mustafa is full of energy – whether he’s boxing, at the gym, or exploring new cultures while traveling. Sustainability, healthy living, and creative projects are just as much a part of his life as the courage to try new things.

With her work as project and event manager, Valentina wants to make entrepreneurial thinking and acting to solve societal problems the standard of modern business.

She is passionate about organizing and executing inspiring events that support founders and future entrepreneurs in realizing their ideas. What brought her to SEA was her desire to promote impact-oriented and sustainable entrepreneurship after completing her Master’s in Management at TU Munich.

Through her work, Valentina enjoys providing a platform for people with a desire for sustainable change to network, learn from each other, and implement impactful projects together.

Verena is passionate about guiding people along their learning journey – especially when it comes to lifelong learning in an international context.

With a background in English Studies, she has always kept the global perspective in mind: after completing her degree at LMU Munich and spending time abroad in places such as New Zealand and Canada, she gained experience at the Canadian Consulate and later as Program Manager of the ‘Management & Innovation’ Master’s at TU Munich.

‘Innovation is good – but social innovation is even better!’ With this conviction, Verena joined SEA in August 2025. As part of the ‘Impact for Future’ project, she is developing a cross-university Master’s program in Social Entrepreneurship. Her work combines her passion for education, innovation, and international collaboration – with the aim of creating lasting impact for society.

Whether professionally or personally, Verena is a true team player. On the football field, she proves week after week how much team spirit and solidarity mean to her.

Viktoria is studying ‘Management of Social Innovations’ at Munich University of Applied Sciences and has been supporting the SEA team as an intern since October 2025. She is driven by curiosity about everything happening at the intersection of societal change, (intercultural) education, and real impact.

When she’s not diving into Social Entrepreneurship, Viktoria enjoys staying active – whether through traveling, sports, or connecting with people who are also eager to make a difference.

Since 2006, Klaus Sailer is a professor for entrepreneurship at the Munich University of Applied Sciences (HM) and managing director of the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE). He is a co-founder of the Social Entrepreneurship Akademie and a board member of the Munich Network. Klaus studied physics at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and went on to obtain his PhD. at the German Research Center for Environmental Health. At Infineon AG, he was in charge of project management and the marketing of new technologies in the area of semiconductors. He co-founded a high-tech company in the field of communications and successfully established it on the market as CEO. He is especially interested in social innovation processes, sustainable business models, networking and co-creation.

Bringing ideas, talent and resources together to generate impact has long been Kristina Notz’ hobbyhorse. This is why she has been at SEA since 2012 and is quite appropriately in charge of networking. As the team’s spokesperson, she represents SEA in and outside of universities and is the voice of Social Entrepreneurship Education at the Social Entrepreneurship Netzwerk Deutschland. She is responsible for SEA’s leadership as Executive Director. Prior to her work at SEA, Kristina was in charge of network expansion as Community Manager at Munich’s Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU). Like many of her SEA colleagues, she has personal experience in Social Entrepreneurship, as she helped develop Germany’s GENERATION-D ideas competition. Before this, she worked at a think tank. Until 2005, Kristina Notz studied political science, European law and French at the LMU and the Institut d'Études Politiques in Aix-en-Provence, France.

Contact: kristina.notz@seakademie.de

// “Over ten years ago, I found my way into social entrepreneurship. Then as now, for me, SEA is the place I want to work. I am very happy with our amazing team and with being able to work with so many exciting and committed people.“

Dr. Bernhard Katzy was a professor for Technology and Innovation Management at the Bundeswehr University Munich, as well as founder and managing director of the university entrepreneurship center CeTIM (Center for Technology and Innovation Management). Professor Katzy’s main area of research interest was innovation management, with a focus on high-growth tech companies. He dedicated himself to expanding the CeTIM into an internationally-oriented center for the support of innovation and start-ups. After obtaining his PhD in engineering at the RWTH Aachen University, Professor Katzy completed his post-doctoral work and habilitated at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. From 1990 to 1994, he worked as a researcher in the RTWH Aachen’s Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL). Following this, he began to teach at the University of St. Gallen’s Institute for Technology and Management.
In addition to his professorship at the Bundeswehr University, which he held from 1999 onwards, Professor Katzy taught at the School of Management at Leiden University in the Netherlands. In 2015, Professor Katzy passed on far too soon, to our great sorrow. In loving memory of him, we award the “Bernhard-Katzy prize“ for unconventional thinkers every year during the Global Entrepreneurship Summer School.

Since 2001, Dr. Ann-Kristin Achleitner holds the chair for Entrepreneurial Finance and is Scientific Co-Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial and Financial Studies (CEFS) at the Technical University of Munich. In 2010, she co-founded the Social Entrepreneurship Akademie and since then has continued to actively support us.

Dr. Achleitner completed her studies, her two PhDs and her habilitation at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. From 1994 to 2000, she was a professor for banking and finance at the European Business School (ebs) in Oestrich Winkel, prior to which she worked as a business consultant for McKinsey & Company, Inc. and the MS Management Service AG in St. Gallen. Her preferred fields of research are venture capital/private equity, family businesses and Social Entrepreneurship. Dr. Achleitner has received many awards and honors for her accomplishments in research and teaching, including the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Natalie works as an agile coach and facilitator to shape the future of the working world. In cooperation with Leadership³, she’s currently developing new concepts & formats for collective leadership & new work. There she accompanies the teams on their way to a humane and effective working together.

Parallel she advises customers of the German Entrepreneurship GmbH, as an innovation architect, on innovation- and corporate acceleration projects. With Moving Mountains, she accompanies high potentials and high-performing teams on their way to explore and use their own potential in hiking coaching and mountain retreats - all in motion and in nature. Previously, Natalie led the Accelerator of the LMU Entrepreneurship Center and developed entrepreneurial programs for young people.

As a master teacher, she has the knowledge to create study surroundings and learning experiences that are fun and motivating. She is a certified coach for personality development and encourages people to develop their potential professionally. She is convinced: "Those who live their potential grow beyond themselves and open themselves to the concerns of others!
Her goal at SEA:start is, to convey to people that are interested in social entrepreneurship, the know-how behind it and to help to find a few first ideas for a „better“ world.

Laura is a social scientist from Munich. During her promotion in the field of „female entrepreneurship „she worked in the Munich centre for digital technology and management team. In this capacity, she has initiated and taught courses in social entrepreneurship, including in cooperation with the UN World Food Program Innovation Accelerator.
Laura is an independent trainer of the SEA and professor for entrepreneurial leadership at the MBA „innovation and business creation “at the technical university of Munich.

Head of Transformation process monastery Schlehdorf
Johannes has a passion for complex systems and ecosystems. Therefore, he prefers to work with people of different disciplines in co-creative processes and brings his passions for art, music & theatre, nature and systemic change.
He is the founder of MIWO e.V., a club that wants to open a dormitory for international students in Munich. He leads the transformation of the monastery in Schlehdorf to become a lively cohouse where living, working, further training, free time and rehabilitation are in perfect balance.

Christine founded the social start-up: Tausche Bildung für Wohnen e.V. in 2012. In 2018, she worked for the charitable start-up “Musik Bewegt”, an online donation platform, that stands up for social justice, together with well-known German artists in berlin.

Today Christine is a guest lecturer and project leader in the field of social entrepreneurship at the Pop Academy in Mannheim and at the university Witten/Herdecke.

Marit is coach, trainer and product manager for and with agile methods since 2014.
As a co-founder of two non-profit organisations in the field of education and science, she is motivated by accompanying budding founders on their creational way to achieve an unbeatable team. As a sociologist and design thinker, she combines cognitive, psychological and systemic methods equally together.

Maria worked in the field of Foundation and higher education, before she teamed up in 2012 to found the social enterprise Working Between Cultures.
After completion of the SEA:certificate program, she became also a social entrepreneurship educator and continues a training in systems thinking for social change. Connecting perspectives continuously motivates her, which is why she’s currently organising a pilot project called „SEA:start together“. In this project, Maria wants to bring together people from many different backgrounds to work together on social challenges.

Since studying business administration, Marlon has been passionate about business that creates social impact. In his bachelor thesis he has intensively studied the topic of social entrepreneurship. He was a team member of the SEA for quite a long time and is very familiar with the Munich startup ecosystem.

Marlon is enthusiastic about innovative ideas and their digital implementation. As Digital Marketing Manager at Media Lab Bayern, he supports startups in the founding process. His passion for creative, innovative work, combined with his enthusiasm for teaching social entrepreneurship, has led him to work as a freelance trainer for the Social Entrepreneurship Academy.