EXECUTIVE BOARD Cav. Josephine A. Maietta, M.A.,M.S. President Irma Evangelista, M.A., S.A.S. Vice-President Carolyn De Simone, M.A. Recording Secretary Joseph Leonardi, M.B.A. Treasurer Vincenzo Milione, Ph.D. Membership Director Lea Brunetti, M.A. Newsletter Director Filomena Fuduli Sorrentino, Public Relations Professor Luigi Troiani ISCOP, Rome, Programma Ponte Director Professor Stefano Semplici F.N.C.L., Rome, Programma Ponte Director Maria Palandra, Ph.D. Advisor Carolyn De Simone, M.A., Poetry Festival, Literacy Director Irma Evangelista, M.A., S.A.S, Fellowship Director Prof. Stanislao Pugliese, Ph.D., Awards Director Mirko Notarangelo, Art Director, Fellowship Chair Giuseppe Battista, Ph.D., Student Affairs Director Joseph Tafuro, M.B.A., Professional Advisor Joseph O. Giaimo, ESQ., Professional Advisor ADVISORY BOARD Vito De Simone, Ph.D., Former AIAE President & Co-Founder Mario F. Mignone, Ph.D., Former AIAE President & Co-Founder Dott. Luigi Troiani, University of St. Thomas Aquinas, ISCOP Director in Rome; Programma Ponte Co-Founder, Co-Director in Rome, Italy Stanislao Pugliese, Ph.D., Professor of History at Hofstra University Salvatore LaGumina, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus at Nassau County C.C. Robert Alfano, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Science at City College of New York Mario Fratti, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus at Hunter College, CUNY International Playwright Angelo Gimondo, Ph.D., Founder of the Italian Cultural Month Foundation in New York Fred Gardaphè, Ph.D., Professor of Italian American Studies at Queens College CUNY Calandra Institute Anthony Tamburri, Ph.D., CUNY Dean, Calandra Italian American Institute Director Robert Viscusi, Ph.D., Director of the Wolfe institute at Brooklyn College (CUNY), AIAE Co-Founder Pellegrino D’Acierno, Ph.D., Professor of Comparative Literature, Languages, and Linguistics at Hofstra University