Locations
The Academy is a private residential community located on the Janiculum Hill in Rome, Italy. AAR also maintains a home office in New York, on East 60th Street near the southeast corner of Central Park.
New York Office
The Academy’s office in New York conducts the annual Rome Prize competition, maintains Trustee relations, and manages the Academy’s financing and fundraising efforts. The New York office also organizes the Rome Prize Ceremony and annual events that benefit the American Academy in Rome.
Leadership
Mark Robbins, 1997 Fellow
President and CEO
m.robbins [at] aarome.org
Administration
Clayton Okaly
Executive Assistant for the President’s Office
c.okaly [at] aarome.org
Archives
Catie Heitz
Archivist
archives [at] aarome.org
Communications & Programs
Christopher Howard
Communications Manager
c.howard [at] aarome.org
Shawn Miller
Programs Director
s.miller [at] aarome.org
Andrew Mitchell
Director of Communications
a.mitchell [at] aarome.org
Development
Rachael Edmonston
Development Operations Coordinator
r.edmonston [at] aarome.org
Katie Eisenberg
Manager of Board Relations and Individual Giving
k.eisenberg [at] aarome.org
Elizabeth Harris
Director of Individual Giving
e.harris [at] aarome.org
Eve Orenstein
Senior Manager of Development, Special Events
e.orenstein [at] aarome.org
Ilana Sarkozi
Senior Manager of Individual Giving
i.sarkozi [at] aarome.org
Micah Trippe
Associate Director of Institutional Giving
m.trippe [at] aarome.org
Finance
Henry Eng
Staff Accountant
h.eng [at] aarome.org
Siobhan O’Grady
Administrative and Fundraising Assistant
s.ogrady.ext [at] aarome.org
Tara Mia Paone
Chief Financial Officer
t.paone [at] aarome.org
Roseann Winter
Controller
r.winter [at] aarome.org
Rome Office
An alphabetical listing of Rome office personnel by department is below.
Leadership
Elizabeth Rodini
Interim Director
e.rodini [at] aarome.org
Administration
Gianpaolo Battaglia
Residential Services Manager
g.battaglia [at] aarome.org
Tina Cancemi
External Affairs Officer
t.cancemi [at] aarome.org
Fabiana Ciccone
Assistant for Residential Services
f.ciccone [at] aarome.org
Inga Clausing
Senior Development Officer
i.clausing [at] aarome.org
Francesca Cupini
Receptionist
f.cupini.int [at] aarome.org
Sofia Ekman
Assistant for Residential Services
s.ekman [at] aarome.org
Marina Lella
Executive Assistant to the Director
m.lella [at] aarome.org
Alessandra Vinciguerra
Bass Superintendent of Gardens
a.vinciguerra [at] aarome.org
Programs
Anne Coulson
Deputy Director for Programs and Administration
a.coulson [at] aarome.org
Giulia Barra
Stephen Kieran & James Timberlake Permissions Associate and Programs Associate
g.barra [at] aarome.org
Laura Cabezas
Programs Assistant for the Arts and Communications
l.cabezas.int [at] aarome.org
Lexi Eberspacher
Programs Associate for the Arts
l.eberspacher [at] aarome.org
Valentina Follo
Curator, Norton-Van Buren Archaeological Study Collection
v.follo.ext [at] aarome.org
Lindsay Harris
Interim Andrew Heiskell Arts Director
l.harris [at] aarome.org
Marla Stone
Andrew W. Mellon Humanities Professor
m.stone [at] aarome.org
Business
Sara Argentieri
Deputy Director for Finance and Administration
s.argentieri [at] aarome.org
Vittorio Zucchetti
Operations Manager
v.zucchetti [at] aarome.org
Francesco Cecchetti
Operations Assistant
f.cecchetti.ext [at] aarome.org
Fabrizio Lucati
Senior Accountant
f.lucati [at] aarome.org
Giovanna Pazzini
Cashier/Administrative Assistant
g.pazzini [at] aarome.org
Anna Tsyba
Administrative Assistant
a.tsyba [at] aarome.org
Library
Sebastian Hierl
Drue Heinz Librarian
s.hierl [at] aarome.org
Paolo Brozzi
Library Assistant
p.brozzi [at] aarome.org
Denise Gavio
Assistant Librarian
d.gavio [at] aarome.org
Kristine Iara
Classical Studies Librarian
k.iara [at] aarome.org
Paolo Imperatori
Assistant Librarian
p.imperatori [at] aarome.org
Tina Mirra
Acquisitions Assistant
t.mirra [at] aarome.org
Photographic Archive
Lavinia Ciuffa
Curator
l.ciuffa.ext [at] aarome.org
Giulia Ciccarello
Giuseppe Emiliano Di Carlo
photoarchive [at] aarome.org
Villa Aurelia
Paola Gaetani
Villa Aurelia General Manager
p.gaetani [at] aarome.org
Dario Intorrella
Assistant to the General Manager
d.intorrella [at] aarome.org
Gate Reception
Luca Zamponi
Gatekeeper
l.zamponi [at] aarome.org
Housekeeping
Luana Di Marzio
Fabrizio Lambiti
Wenura Manathrige
Fabio Stocchi
Elena Tinaburri
Claudia Tonetti
Head of Housekeeping
Buildings & Maintenance
Giorgio Cei
Cristophe Dell’Ospedale
Glauco Muolo
Tommaso Musa
Grounds
Marco Casani
Head Gardener, Villa Aurelia
Luigi Cocozza
Head Gardener, McKim, Mead & White Building
Bruno Crocicchia
Enzo Donati
Andrea Francini
Rome Sustainable Food Project
Josefina Gimenez Bellucci
Intern
j.bellucci.int [at] aarome.org
Tiziana del Grosso
Waitress
t.delgrosso [at] aarome.org
Andemariam Kidane
Dishwasher
a.kidane [at] aarome.org
Georgia Lahiff
Intern
g.lahiff.int [at] aarome.org
Giorgia Lauri
g.lauri [at] aarome.org
Cook
Sara Levi
Sous Chef
s.levi [at] aarome.org
Tesfaldet Libsekal
Dishwasher
t.libsekal [at] aarome.org
Alessandro Lima
Waiter
a.lima [at] aarome.org
Valentina Montrone
Cook
v.montrone [at] aarome.org
Giulia Picardo
Cook
g.picardo [at] aarome.org
Kyle Pierce
Head Chef
k.pierce [at] aarome.org
Gabriel Soare
Bartender
g.soare [at] aarome.org
Giulia Tognon
Intern
g.tognon.int [at] aarome.org
Tewolde Woldekidan
Dishwasher
t.woldekidan [at] aarome.org