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
Siobhan O’Grady
Administrative Support Manager
s.ogrady [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
Jacob Rivers
Curatorial and Programs Manager
j.rivers [at] aarome.org
Development
Cristina Bianchi Nixon
Manager of Board Relations
c.bianchi [at] aarome.org
Rachael Edmonston
Development Operations Coordinator
r.edmonston [at] aarome.org
Elizabeth Harris
Director of Development
e.harris [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
Henry Eng
Staff Accountant
h.eng [at] aarome.org
Tara Mia Paone
Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
t.paone [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 Administration
a.coulson [at] aarome.org
Marina Lella
Executive Assistant to the Director
m.lella [at] aarome.org
Programs
Lindsay Harris (2014 Fellow)
Interim Andrew Heiskell Arts Director
l.harris [at] aarome.org
Marla Stone (1996 Fellow)
Andrew W. Mellon Humanities Professor
m.stone [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
Laura Cabezas
Programs Assistant for the Arts and Communications
l.cabezas.int [at] aarome.org
Residential Services
Gianpaolo Battaglia
Residential Services Manager
g.battaglia [at] aarome.org
Sofia Ekman
Assistant for Residential Services
s.ekman [at] aarome.org
Fabiana Ciccone
Residential Services
f.ciccone [at] aarome.org
Claudia Tonetti
Services Coordinator
c.tonetti [at] aarome.org
Development
Tina Cancemi
External Affairs Officer
t.cancemi [at] aarome.org
Inga Clausing
Senior Development Officer
i.clausing [at] aarome.org
Business
Fabrizio Lucati
Senior Accountant
f.lucati [at] aarome.org
Giovanna Pazzini
Cashier/Administrative Assistant
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
Operations
Francesco Cecchetti
Operations Assistant
f.cecchetti.ext [at] aarome.org
Buildings and Maintenance
Tommaso Musa
Head of Maintenance
t.musa [at] aarome.org
Giorgio Cei
Cristophe Dell’Ospedale
Fares Mountassir
Glauco Muolo
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 Gardener, McKim, Mead & White Building
l.cocozza [at] aarome.org
Bruno Crocicchia
Enzo Donati
Andrea Francini
Rome Sustainable Food Project
Fausto Ferraresi
Head Chef
f.ferraresi [at] aarome.org
Sara Levi
Sous Chef
s.levi [at] aarome.org
Giorgia Lauri
Cook
g.lauri [at] aarome.org
Valentina Montrone
Cook
v.montrone [at] aarome.org
Georgia Davies
Intern
Jaja Colognese
Intern
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
Villa Aurelia Manager
p.gaetani [at] aarome.org
Dario Intorrella
Assistant to the Manager
d.intorrella [at] aarome.org
Yvonne Wijemuni
Housekeeper