Board of Trustees

Meet the members of La Scuola d’Italia’s board of trustees.

CHAIRMAN

Charles Adams, Esq.
Partner
Clifford Chance

SECRETARY

Marco Bianchi
Senior Market Professional

VICE CHAIR

Valentino Gallo
Managing Director
Citigroup

TREASURER

Alessandro Zampedri
Real Estate Developer

Members

Francesco Bardazzi
Executive Vice President, Retail Leasing
PD Properties, NYC

Massimo F. D’Angelo, Esq.
Partner 
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.

Prof. Elizabeth F. Defeis
Distinguished Scholar and Dean Emeritus Seton Hall University Law School

Gr. Uff. RoseMarie Gallina-Santangelo
Former Special Assistant
to Governor Mario M. Cuomo

Ex-Officio

Minister Francesco Genuardi
Consul General of Italy in New York

Maria Palandra, PhD
Head of School, La Scuola d’Italia

Administration

Maria Palandra, PhD
Head of School, La Scuola d’Italia

Joel R. Henry
Founder and General Manager
Fig Food Company, LLC

Hon. Dominic R. Massaro, JD
Retired Justice
Supreme Court of New York 

Francesca Verga, MD
Surgery Center Michele Verga, MD, PC

John M. Viola
Chief Operating Officer
National Italian American Foundation