Staff

Color photograph of several dozen people standing in rows as they pose in front of a Roman villa
The Rome staff of the American Academy in Rome, August 2023

Locations

The Academy is a private residential community located on the Janiculum Hill in Rome, Italy. AAR also maintains an office in New York, at 535 West 22nd Street in Chelsea, near the High Line.

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

Peter N. Miller
President
pn.miller [at] aarome.org

Administration

Siobhan O’Grady
Administrative Support Manager
s.ogrady [at] aarome.org

Camila Saavedra
Executive Assistant to the President
c.saavedra [at] aarome.org

Archives

Catie Heitz
Archivist
archives [at] aarome.org

Communications & Programs

Andrew Mitchell
Director of Communications
a.mitchell [at] aarome.org

Shawn Miller
Program Director
s.miller [at] aarome.org

Christopher Howard
Communications Manager
c.howard [at] aarome.org

Jacob Rivers
Curatorial and Programs Manager
j.rivers [at] aarome.org

Development

Sally Benner
Chief Development Officer
s.benner [at] aarome.org

Elizabeth Harris
Director of Development
e.harris [at] aarome.org

Cristina Bianchi Nixon
Manager of Board Relations
c.bianchi [at] aarome.org

Rachael Edmonston
Senior Operations Coordinator
r.edmonston [at] aarome.org

Eve Orenstein
Senior Manager of Development, Special Events
e.orenstein [at] aarome.org

Dinah Seiver
Special Projects
d.seiver [at] aarome.org

Micah Trippe
Associate Director of Institutional Giving
m.trippe [at] aarome.org

Finance

Tara Mia Paone
Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
t.paone [at] aarome.org

Franca Gaudio
Controller
f.gaudio [at] aarome.org

Medalid Soto
Senior Accountant
m.soto [at] aarome.org

Rome Office

A list of Rome office personnel by department is below.

Leadership

Aliza Wong 
Director 
a.wong [at] aarome.org

Administration

Sara Argentieri 
Deputy Director for Finance and Administration 
s.argentieri [at] aarome.org

Anne Coulson 
Deputy Director for Programs and Fellowships
a.coulson [at] aarome.org

Marina Lella 
Executive Assistant to the Director 
m.lella [at] aarome.org

Programs

Marla Stone (1996 Fellow) 
Andrew W. Mellon Humanities Professor 
m.stone [at] aarome.org

Ilaria Puri Purini 
Andrew Heiskell Arts Director 
i.puripurini [at] aarome.org

Giulia Barra 
Stephen Kieran & James Timberlake Permissions Associate and Programs Associate 
g.barra [at] aarome.org

Lexi Eberspacher 
Programs Associate for the Arts 
l.eberspacher [at] aarome.org

Tina Cancemi 
Programs Associate for Special Events and External Affairs 
t.cancemi [at] aarome.org

Laura Cabezas 
Communications Assistant
l.cabezas.int [at] aarome.org

Residential Services

Gianpaolo Battaglia 
Manager of Residential Life
g.battaglia [at] aarome.org

Sofia Ekman 
Residential Life Associate
s.ekman [at] aarome.org

Fabiana Ciccone 
Family Life Assistant
f.ciccone [at] aarome.org

Claudia Tonetti 
Services Coordinator 
c.tonetti [at] aarome.org

Development

Inga Clausing 
Senior Development Officer 
i.clausing [at] aarome.org

Business

Fabrizio Lucati 
Senior Accountant 
f.lucati [at] aarome.org

Giovanna Pazzini 
Senior Cashier
g.pazzini [at] aarome.org

Library and Archives

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

Lavinia Ciuffa 
Curator, Photographic Archive 
l.ciuffa [at] aarome.org

Valentina Follo 
Curator, Norton-Van Buren Archaeological Study Collection 
v.follo.ext [at] aarome.org

Buildings and Maintenance

Tommaso Musa 
Head of Maintenance 
t.musa [at] aarome.org

Giorgio Cei 
Cristophe Dell’Ospedale 
Fares Mountassir

Gate Reception

Luca Zamponi 
Head Gatekeeper 
l.zamponi [at] aarome.org

Riccardo Palma 
Gatekeeper 
r.palma [at] aarome.org

Housekeeping

Fabrizio Lambiti 
Head of Housekeeping 
f.lambiti [at] aarome.org

Luana Di Marzio 
Wenura Manathrige 
Fabio Stocchi 
Elena Tinaburri

Grounds

Alessandra Vinciguerra 
Bass Superintendent of Gardens 
a.vinciguerra [at] aarome.org

Marco Casani 
Head Gardener, Villa Aurelia 
m.casani [at] aarome.org

Luigi Cocozza 
Head Garden, MMW Building and Bass Garden
l.cocozza [at] aarome.org

Bruno Crocicchia 
Enzo Donati 
Andrea Francini

Rome Sustainable Food Project

Fausto Ferraresi 
RSFP Head Chef 
f.ferraresi [at] aarome.org

Sara Levi 
RSFP Sous Chef 
s.levi [at] aarome.org

Giorgia Lauri 
Chef
g.lauri [at] aarome.org

Valentina Montrone 
Chef 
v.montrone [at] aarome.org

Gabriel Soare 
Bartender 
g.soare [at] aarome.org

Tiziana del Grosso 
Wait Staff 
t.delgrosso [at] aarome.org

Alessandro Lima 
Wait Staff 
a.lima [at] aarome.org

Andemariam Kidane 
Dishwasher 
a.kidane [at] aarome.org

Tesfaldet Libsekal 
Dishwasher 
t.libsekal [at] aarome.org

Tewolde Woldekidan 
Dishwasher 
t.woldekidan [at] aarome.org

Villa Aurelia

Paola Gaetani 
Manager of Villa Aurelia
p.gaetani [at] aarome.org

Dario Intorrella 
Assistant to the Manager 
d.intorrella [at] aarome.org

Yvonne Wijemuni 
Housekeeper