Linda is inspired by people who question the status quo and take action. Her search for these people has led to co-founding the Slow Food Youth Network, Professional Rebel and TwentieFour. Within her current position at Innofest, she knows how to empower team members, establish partnerships and spot (new) business opportunities. Under her leadership, Innofest has spread throughout the country. In addition to the Northern Dutch provinces, Innofest now has tested in Utrecht, Overijssel, The Hague and Noord Brabant.

Tom believes in the unique power of living labs, such as festivals, as fertile testing grounds for innovations that can be applied on a large scale in society. He can say this with confidence, thanks to his 14 years of experience in organising festivals at ID&T / Air Events. He has a creative entrepreneurial spirit and believes that breaking down ‘bubbles’ is essential for fostering innovation and building an accessible society. Tom has an open-minded outlook and enjoys making new connections. At Innofest Tom is committed to ensure accessibility to the Innofest methodology for all impact-entrepreneurs, so no sustainable and social solution for society is left untapped.

Benthe loves to keep order. She likes to organize and plan everything to perfection. After founding her own social business LUST, her love and passion for entrepreneurship and innovation grew. Since then, she believes social entrepreneurship is the norm. As a project lead she makes sure everyone's job is stress-free so they are able to help the entrepreneurs as best as they can.

As a former entrepreneur, Elisha has experienced the importance of validating your prototype and wants to use her own experience to help other startups move forward. Her own company focused on reducing plastic consumption, but she has a broad interest in sustainability. At Innofest, she is active as Project Lead and Startup Scout and hopes to meet many inspiring sustainable entrepreneurs.

Marjolein is responsible for social media, the website and communications around recruiting innovations. In recent years, she worked at several NGOs and then started working as a freelance communications and marketing consultant.

By day, the enthusiastic critic Friso is a communication strategist and by night, he is the innovation enabler. Because he often collaborates with education partners both by choice and by accident, he is the right person to scour the education sector for innovations to bring to the festivals. Friso also co-developed the Innofest testing method.