The Italy-USA Foundation is a non-profit organization created to promote political and cultural friendship between Italy and America. The Rome-based foundation was founded in conjuction with the Embassy of the United States in Rome and a representative of the U.S. Embassy acts as a premanent member of the Board of Directors.
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Although created to solidify friendship between Italy and the United States, the ITaly-USA Foundation also works to enhance American culture in Italy and improve the Italian perception of the United States. The Italy-USA Foundation partners indiscriminately with politicans of all political parties to acheive these goals. The staunchly bipartisan role of the foundation ensures that the continuing good relations of the two countries does not become a biased issue, but rather stays politically neutral. In short, the Italy-USA Foundation works mainly at a societal and not governmental level to bring together two cultures under a common goal of friendship and cooperation.
The foundation organizes meetings between Italian members of Parliament and US Senators and Representatives to discuss legislation and cultural issues. Fondazione Italia-USA also works in partnership with the American Legislative Exchange Council to ________________________.
Fondazione Italia-USA consists of a small number of administrative officers who partner with other non-profit organizations and politicians in order to conduct various projects and events to acheive their goals. In addition to the main administration, the Italy-USA Foundation retains a scientific committee, consisting of more than 30 members including scientists, politicians, diplomats, and journalists.
President:
Rocco Girlanda
Vicepresidents:
Lapo Pistelli
Alessio Bonciani
Gabriella Giammanco
Alberto Rossetti
Secretary General:
Corrado Maria Daclon
General Counsel:
Marco Casella
Executive Director:
Catia Polidori
Director of International Programs:
Alessia Mosca
Director of International Relations:
Rinaldo Petrignani
Director of Business Relations:
Daniele Toto
Director of Cultural Affairs:
Anne Wingenter
Director of Legislative Affairs:
Santo Emanuele Mungari
Director of Academic Affairs:
Pia G. Celozzi Baldelli
Director of Communication:
Federico N. Manzella
Director of Public Policy:
Leonardo Benvenuti
Director of Special Projects:
Mariacarla Mortari
Representative in Washington DC:
Mariann Bedway
President of Scientific Committee:
Luigi Frati
Vicepresident of Scientific Committee:
Franco Bassanini
Secretary of Scientific Committee:
Annagrazia Calabria
Scientific Committee:
Boris Biancheri, Claudio Bisogniero, Giorgio Calabrese, Emilio Carelli, Giuliano Cazzola, Innocenzo Cipoletta, Lucio D’Ubaldo, Marta Dassù, Franco Debenedetti, Aurelio De Laurentiis, Giuseppe De Rita, Arturo Diaconale, Gian Maria Fara, Carla Fendi, Alberto Gaffi, Ernesto Galli della Loggia, Oscar Giannino, Giampiero Gramaglia, Ludovico Incisa di Camerana, Carlo Jean, Umberto La Rocca, Monica Maggioni, Andrea Margelletti, Paolo Mieli, Clemente J. Mimun, Fiamma Nirenstein, Angelo Maria Petroni, Yahya Pallavicini, Vito Riggio, Giuseppe Roma, Nicola Rossi, Gian Tommaso Scarascia Mugnozza, Mario Scialoja, Lucio Stanca, Luisa Todini, Umberto Vattani, Claudio Velardi, Marco Zacchera
Italy-USA Foundation (Fondazione Italia-USA) was established on July 4, 2005 to promote friendship between Italians and Americans and bolster American culture in Italy. The foundation is a non-profit organization based in Rome, Italy. The Embassy of the United States in Rome officially attended the establishment of the Foundation, represented by the Minister Counselor for Public Affairs.
The Italy-USA Foundation often partners with a number of organizations and companies, both Italian and American, in its efforts to solidify Italo-American relations.
Partners in Italy:
Loyola Univeristy Chicago-John Felice Rome Center
John Cabott University
Sky Tg34
Partners in America:
American Legislative Exchange Council
NASA
U.S. Congress
On December 13, 2009, a delegation of the Italy-USA Foundation met with Amanda Knox at Capanne prison on the ourskirts of Perugia. At the meeting, Amanda Knox interacted with Fondazione President Rocco Girlanda, Corrado Maria Daclon, and a number of other Italy-USA Foundation administrators. The intention of the meeting was to heal any rifts formed by the American sentiment that the trial had not been conducted fairly.
The Italy-USA Foundation promote the America Award, a recognition under the auspices of the President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano. The award is mainly seen as a means to acknowledge and encourage initiatives and work aimed at favouring relationships between Italy and the United States of America. Among the 2009 winners Walter Veltroni, Umberto Veronesi, Ennio Morricone, Franco Frattini.
Italy-USA Foundation (Fondazione Italia-USA) was established on 4 July 2005 to promote the friendship between Italians and Americans and American culture in Italy. The foundation is a non-profit organization based in Rome, Italy. A representative of US Embassy in Italy sits on the Board of Directors, the Embassy of the United States in Rome is, in fact, one of the founders.
The foundation organizes meetings between Italian members of Parliament and US Senators and Representatives to discuss about legislation and cultural issues, also in partnership with the American Legislative Exchange Council. The foundation cooperates with many American universities, first of all Loyola University Chicago through the John Felice Rome Center, for projects, conferences, staging. The scientific committee consists in more than 30 members, including some Italian scientists, politicians, diplomats, journalists, like for example Paolo Mieli, Fiamma Nirenstein, Aurelio De Laurentiis, Carla Fendi, Paolo Guzzanti.
President is Rocco Girlanda, Vicepresident is Lapo Pistelli, Secretary General is Corrado Maria Daclon, President of Scientific Committee is Luigi Frati, Vicepresident of Scientific Committee is Franco Bassanini, Secretary of Scientific Committee is Annagrazia Calabria.
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