Michael Zakaras is Director of Ashoka United States and founder of Ashoka’s All America initiative, which pushes the boundaries of social entrepreneurship beyond coastal cities. He is the co-author of the 2023 book "America’s Path Forward: Conversations With Social Innovators on the Power of Communities Everywhere" that profiles 22 Ashoka Fellows and highlights the patterns that contribute to their success, including their roles as catalysts for mass changemaking across society broadly. Michael previously worked for Ashoka in Ireland and 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.
