The TAA Board
Honorary Presidents:
The United States Consul General and the President of the Region of Tuscany are the Tuscan American Association Honorary Presidents
Current Honorary Presidents
- Mary Ellen Countryman
- Mary Ellen Countryman arrived in Florence as Consul General in September, 2008. Her prior postings include St. Petersburg, Rangoon, Tokyo, Milan, Rome, and Washington, where she served as Senior Director for Public Affairs at the National Security Council, and Deputy White House Press Secretary.
- Enrico Rossi
- Elected in March, 2010, Enrico Rossi (PD Democratic Party) is the seventh President of the Region of Tuscany. A journalist and politician, after university, Rossi worked for a brief period as a journalist for the daily Il Tirreno. Turning to politics, he was elected to the municipal administration of Pontedera. In 1990, at age 32, he was elected mayor of Pontedera, remaining in office until 1999. In 2000, he entered the regional administration for the first time, becoming Tuscany's superintendent of health.
My interest in and friendship for the United States dates back to a first visit there in September 1972, proposed and invited by the US Consulate General in Florence as a guest of the US government.
Elected as a representative to the national Parliament in May of the same year, this invitation for a month-long sojourn offered me the opportunity to learn about political and institutional life, social and economic realities and customs of the United States.
It was an unforgettable experience and opportunity to learn first hand about a world which I had, until then, followed only as an external observer through books and periodicals. Shortly after my return, I was elected Mayor of Poggio a Caiano and was able to put into...
A graduate in psychology of Vassar College in the United States, four years at United Nations Headquarters in New York as assistant to the Undersecretary for Personnel and for one year as a Pediatric Social worker at Bellevue Hospital in New York, in 1968 moved to Florence and married a Florentine physician ; has three children and three grandchildren.
Always particularly interested in education and the young, has dedicated her time to programs and projects which offer young people new experiences and participation as citizens of the world.
Participated as member of the Board of the American International School for over ten years and acted as its Chairman for two terms.
In 1996 planned and realized a program of...
Aaron Craig works in culture and communication. A resident of Florence for 12 years, Aaron owns Evolving Design (www.evolving-design.com), a boutique design and marketing agency, and Performance International ( www.performance-international.net), a professional production company for theater and music.
Trained at the Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts in Santa Maria, California, Aaron has worked in theater and film for over 15 years. He has directed theater in Italian and English in Italy, owned an acting school in Florence, and continues to teach...
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she moved to Florence, Italy in the early 1980's, where she has been an active member of the local community. A Durant Scholar/Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Wellesley College, she completed her education at Harvard Law School in 1979. Together with an Italian partner and various collaborators, she is active in the field of international law, with particular emphasis on Italy-USA cross-border
transactions and intellectual property licensing.
She is one of the founding members of the TAA's Professional Women's Committee, dedicated to initiatives aimed at promoting greater cultural exchange and networking among Italian and American professional women, as well as actively involved in supporting...
Nata negli Stati Uniti d’America da padre italiano e madre italoamericana sono cresciuta a San Francisco. Sono fiera della doppia cittadinanza quale emblematica testimonianza del doppio patrimonio che mi accompagna nelle attività e nella vita. L’amore per l’Italia nasce in famiglia e viene incoronata con il trasferimento nel 1972 a Firenze, città rinascimentale per eccellenza. Terminati gli studi, ho trovato occupazione presso uno spedizioniere internazionale dove mi sono appassionata al settore.
Dapprima assegnata come segretaria del Presidente, interprete di madre lingua inglese, ebbi modo di mantenere i rapporti con gli Stati Uniti attraverso i numerosi contatti commerciali con la clientela. In seguito poi nelle varie...
A graduate of the University of Pisa in Mechanical and Management Engineering and Master in International Business, The Institute for Foreign Commerce – ICE.
Professionally engaged with significant responsibilities in the sector of packaged and metallurgy in international industrial groups until 2002.
In 2002, member and member of the Administrtive Board of Sicurproject srl , a service company operating in the sector of safely and prevention in the workplace.
In 2006 established, together with other partners and with the patronage of Federmanager Toscana, CDi Manager srl, a service organization providing management consulting and temporary management where he is also a member of the Administrative Board.
In...
Born in Florence, a graduate in Political Science at the University of Florence, Fabrizio Sorbi is a consultant for an insurance firm and has been a member of the Association since its founding in 1995.
His professional activities have included participation in the Administration of the Teatro Verdi in Florence in 1990, and for many years he has been active in the Center for research in the teaching of music in Fiesole.
In the Tuscan American Association he has been a member of the Board of Auditors for many years and participated as the coordinator for iconography in the preparation for publication of “Tuscany and the United States of America – a Special Cultural and Social Relationship”. He has also participated in many...
Professor of Law at the University of Florence, Attorney-at-law, resides part of the year in Los Angeles where he collaborates with the Italian Consulate and the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) and contributes to promote events with the purpose of establishing cultural relations between Italian and American Institutions.
He is member of the Board of the Italian Heritage Cultural Foundation, based in S. Monica (CA), and of the Associations - Accademia Bartolomeo Custofani and “Amici della Chimera” which have played a role of support to re-establish good relations between the Getty Museum and Florentine Museums.
As Vice President of a consortium of firms named “Selezione Italia”, he has contributed to the organization in...
Born in Florence on April 23, 1948, married with one daughter.
Graduated in March 1973 at the University of Bologna, School of Mechanical Engineering with full votes, and in April of the same year initiated his professional activities employed by an engineering company, responsible in the energy sector, first in Milan and subsequently in the Brazilian branch in San Paolo in a technical capacity.
In 1976 joined the ENI Group in Turbotecnica SpA with responsibilities in commercial and management roles in the department for the development of large installations for the production of electrical energy and ultimate responsibility as Director General.
From 1994 responsible for the ‘Six Sigma’ program at General Electric...
A graduate in English and French of a Linguistic Lycee in Florence, in 1967 Giuseppina Morelli enrolled at the Institute of Psychosynthesis of Florence where she followed classes, courses, and conferences for a period of fourteen years. In the 1970’s, she perfected her knowledge of languages at the Bristish Institute and the Grenoble Institute in Florence. She also attended a diploma course for Assistant in Child Care offered by Prof. Ferrao at the University of Florence.
From 1974 -1976 she worked for the Banco di Napoli in Florence with various responsibilities. In 1976 she decided to leaved the Banco di Napoli position to dedicate her time to what was her primary passion: the teaching of English and French.
She taught at...