Why PIB?
In early 2009, upon suggestion of Mr. Liborio Stellino, at that time Consul General of Italy in Boston, a small group or young Italian professionals gathered to create a community for Italian-speaking and Italian professionals in town. The project turned into the leading group for Italians in Boston, which today counts on about 400 members from academia and industry, and set an example for Italian communities in other US cities who are starting to replicate the Boston developed program.
PIB favors collaborations with other Italian groups in and out of Boston, and closely partners its activities with the Italian Consulate network and the current General Consul of Italy in Boston, Mr. Giuseppe Pastorelli.
PIB Profiles
Coordinators
Giovanni Abbadessa
Giovanni is one of PIB’s co-founders. Serves as Coordinator of PIB’s management group, of events, partnerships, and of the site managers.
MD, PhD, Senior Medical Director at ArQule, Inc, he is focused on translational and clinical research to select new drug candidates and bring them to clinical development through phase 1-3 trials.
Marcella Debidda
Marcella is one of PIB’s co-founders. She coordinates internal meetings and is involved with planning, logistics, and marketing of PIB’s events.
PhD, serves as Program Manager of the Trial Design department at Harvard Clinical Research Institute, focusing on supporting design and management of clinical trials.
Elisa Dell’Oglio
Elisa serves as coordinator of website design and maintenance and is involved in PIB management, event planning and logistics, communications with members.
Elisa received her Master Degree in Biomedical Engineering at University of Padova and worked as Research Associate at Brigham and Women’s Hospital dealing with image processing and analysis of MRIs in multiple sclerosis.
Nadia Di Carlo
Nadia is involved in planning PIB’s events, finding sponsors and assessing services that PIB can offer them.
MBA at MIT, she manages a real estate investment firm.
Francesco Fragasso
Francesco is one of PIB’s co-founders. He serves as Treasurer of the organization and helps with event planning and logistics.
Francesco is Vice President and CFO at Nuvera Fuel Cells, a global leader in the development and advancement of multi-fuel processing and fuel cell technology.
Salvatore Mascia
Salvatore is one of PIB’s co-founders; he coordinates communications with members and affiliates, and is actively involved in the strategic planning and execution of PIB events.
MPharma, PhD in Chemical Engineering, he is the Strategic Project Manager at the Novartis-MIT Center for Continuous Manufacturing
Tiziana Musacchio
Tiziana manages website design and maintenance and is actively involved in PIB management, event planning and logistics, partnerships.
PharmD, PhD, Tiziana is a Postdoctoral Research Associate working on lipid- and polymer-based drug delivery systems at the Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine at Northeastern University.
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Managers
Valentina Oppezzo
Valentina is the official Photographer for PIB.
She owns a photographic studio in East Boston, and she shoots portraits, product photography, model portfolios and events. She’s also a fine art photographer. Valentina has a Master in Performing Arts, and she’s the author of the book Harry Potter al Cinema, freshly published in Italy by LeMani Editore, one of the major Italian publishers for essays about Cinema and Arts.
Nicola Orichuia
Nicola holds the media relations for PIB.
He is an Italian journalist and has written for NBCChicago.com, The Huffington Post, Limes, Il Riformista, Il Campanile Nuovo and several other Italian publications. After obtaining an MA in journalism from Columbia College Chicago, Nicola is currently working for Fra Noi, a monthly magazine published in Chicago for the Italian American community.
Marco Perucchi
Marco is mostly involved in website maintenance and event planning.
Bastiano Sanna
Bastiano is one of PIB’s co-founders, involved in event planning and logistics.
PhD, is Associate Director at the Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research.
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Collaborators
Cynthia Carrillo Infante
Cynthia was acquired and “Italianized” from Mexico. She is the Graphic Designer for PIB’s website, fliers, logo, and hosts most of the internal planning meetings.
M D, she is a Safety Physician at Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
Federica Del Monte
Federica is involved in event planning and website maintenance.
MD, PhD, Federica is an Assistant Professor in cardiovascular research at the Beth Israel Deaconess Center and at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Michele Di Carlo
Michele is one of PIB’s new managers, serving as promoter for PIB’s events and initiatives. He is currently enrolled in the business program at HULT International Business School.
Marco Ferrara
Marco is involved in event planning and logistics.
Ph.D., is co-founder of Solar Machines, a Boston based start-up developing an innovative solar-to-mechanical energy conversion technology, and is co-founder of Astra Energia S.p.A., a leading solar power developer in Italy. He also sits on the board Pro-Q Solar, an international photovoltaic procurement company with offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Melissa Gallin
Melissa, acquired and “Italianized” from Boston, is involved in website content management and event planning.
She is Senior Manager, Foundation and Government Relations at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Eugenia Garrisi
Eugenia is involved in event planning and public relations for PIB.
She is enrolled in the Master Program for International affairs at Boston University.
Alberto Pepe
Alberto helps with PIB’s website maintenance and event planning.
MS in Computer Science, BS in Astrophysics, PhD in information science, Alberto is a research fellow at the Harvard University Center for Astrophysics. He is an information scientist interested in the study of socio–technical systems: networks of people, artifacts, data and ideas. Previously worked at CERN (Geneva, Switzerland), at CINECA (Bologna, Italy) and studied at University College London and UCLA.
Sandro Santoro
Sandro helps with reaching out to sponsors and promoting PIB’s events at MIT.
He is enrolled in the Master of Finance program at MIT Sloan and has degrees from the University of Notre Dame and Washington University in St. Louis. Sandro has passed all Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exams and plans to pursue a career in finance.
Alessandro Vianello
Alessandro is one of PIB’s co-founders. He helps with PIB management, event planning, and ensuring that PIB’s mission is followed and maintained.
Davide Zaccagnini
Davide is mostly involved in event planning and logistics, and website maintenance. He is Director of Medical Informatics at Nuance Communications.
Honorary Members of PIB’s Management Board:
Alessandro Rollo – Boston, MA
Andrea Messuti – Milan, Italy
Andrea Vaccari – Chicago, IL
Giuseppe De Prisco – Houston, TX
Liborio Stellino – Milan, Italy