Our Team

Beate Weinzinger is a Support Services Advisor, where she is helping Fellows access and maximize the program’s resources and networks for greater impact.

With experience across NGOs, impact enterprises, and corporations, Beate focused her career on innovation and entrepreneurship to address global challenges. Before joining Rise, Beate scaled Impact Hub, a global entrepreneurship movement, to more than 30 countries, growing the network's reach to 25,000+ entrepreneurs. She has expertise in community-building, cross-sector collaboration and supporting entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey. Notable achievements include facilitating the creation of Jordan’s Social Entrepreneurship Policy Framework, launching innovation hubs in 40 cities, facilitating corporate innovation programs and conducting research on entrepreneurship ecosystems globally.

Beate also has experience in organizational design, HR, and nonprofit management. She holds a Master of Science in Entrepreneurship from the University of Liechtenstein and a Bachelor of Arts in Tourism Management from the University of Applied Sciences Vienna. Beate is an Aspire Fellow in India.