Cohort 1 · 9 mentors

The mentors

Senior professionals from organisations like IBM and Wipro, volunteering their time to work 1:1 with nonprofits and social enterprises.

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Anca Luca

Social Designer · The Roots

Works at the intersection of systemic change and technology, helping organisations innovate digitally without losing the people they serve.

SystemsDesignFacilitation
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Danny Belitz

Responsible AI Consultant · IBM

Leads responsible AI work across Northern and Central Europe. Writes privacy and review guardrails that fit real organisations, not compliance theatre.

Responsible AIGovernanceNLP
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Dora Wierzbicka

Co-founder · AI for Impact Collective

Works at the intersection of AI and public policy, active in the EU AI space. Mentors with a focus on getting the process right before reaching for the tools.

EU PolicyAdoption
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Jesselit Jimenez

Director Strategy & Transformation · Wipro

20+ years of enterprise transformation at Microsoft, Accenture and Wipro. Moves teams from scattered AI use to strategic, responsible adoption and value realization.

AdoptionChangeStrategy
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Kees Brinkmans

Founder · Grow Social

Helps dozens of impact organisations a year build sales systems and adopt AI responsibly, on a nonprofit budget.

GrowthAdoptionNonprofits
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Miguel Castillo

Co-founder & CPO · DoQcheck

Physicist turned product leader. Built a GenAI platform for compliance-heavy industries and has trained 100+ professionals in working with generative AI.

GenAIComplianceProduct
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Steef van Velzen

Co-founder · AI for Impact Collective

Founded the collective and leads the mentorship programme. Helps teams go from “we should do something with AI” to tools they use every week.

AdoptionStrategyGenAI
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Vincent Ulmer

VP Chat & AI · Zig

Product entrepreneur who built an AI chat product from zero to real scale. Background in linguistics; loves mentoring founders and teams.

ProductNLPStartups
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Ward Pennink

Machine Learning Engineer · Media Distillery

ML engineer who enjoys translating the technical into the practical, so non-technical teams can run their own AI workflows.

Machine LearningEngineering

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