People in Fondazione

Fondazione brings together the skills and passions of many people who participate in promoting the right to quality education.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors shall be assigned all the powers of ordinary and extraordinary management of the Foundation. Currently, the Board of Directors consists of:

Carla Rinaldi

President of Fondazione Reggio Children – Centro Loris Malaguzzi

Annamaria Contini

Director DESU Dipartimento Educazione e Scienze Umane at UNIMORE

Margie Keith Cooper

Co-Chair of NAREA (North America Reggio Emilia Alliance)

Serena Foracchia

Responsabile Reggio Emilia Parma e Piacenza - Demetra Srl

Harold Valdemar Göthson

Senior Consultant of REI (Reggio Emilia Institutet)

Giuseppe Zizzo

Head of Medical Operations - Diaverum Italia

Scientific Committee

The Foundation can rely on the aid of a multidisciplinary Scientific Committee of international significance, which provides advice and guidance on institutional activities. The Scientific Committee is composed of:

Jerome Bruner

University of New York (passed away in 2016)

Gunilla Dahlberg

Stockholm University

Howard Gardner

Harvard University

James Heckman

University of Chicago, Nobel Prize

Peter Moss

University College London

Mitchel Resnick

MIT Media Lab in Boston

Lester-Irabinna Rigney

University of South Australia

Paola Cagliari

Pedagogista and Director of Preschools and Infant-toddler Centres – Istituzione of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia (2010-2019)

Graziano Delrio

Member of the Italian Parliament

Carlo Feltrinelli

G. Feltrinelli Foundation

Susanna Mantovani

University of Milano Bicocca

Remo Italo Portioli

Italian Society of Internal Medicine

Francesco Profumo

Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo

Ambassadors

The Ambassadors of Fondazione Reggio Children are influential people, appointed by the Board of Directors, on the basis of their affinity with Fondazione in terms of ideas, history and values. Ambassador of Fondazione:

James M. Bradburne

General Director of Pinacoteca di Brera

Jay Wilson Weatherill

Chief Executive of Thrive by Five, a Minderoo Foundation’s initiative

Staff

The staff of Fondazione Reggio Children is characterized by multidisciplinarity: pedagogistas, atelieristas, architects, educators, researchers, project managers who share a broad and participatory vision on knowledge and human beings.

Massimiliano Massimelli

General Coordinator

Valentina Conte

Middle Management Research, Architect

Barbara Donnici

Middle Management Research, Institutional relations

Benedetta Melloni

Middle Management Design

Marina Rossi

Middle Management Administration

Chiara Baldelli

Evaluation and Monitoring

Cristina Castagnetti

Administration

Silvia Cocconi

Remida Project

Mara Davoli

Collaborator - Atelierista

Eloisa Di Rocco

Remida Project, Atelierista

Elisa Ferrari

Project Officer

Giulia Ferrari

Fundraising, Institutional relations

Luisa Gabbi

Press Office, Journalist

Lorenzo Manera

Researcher in collaboration with UNIMORE

Elena Sofia Paoli

Atelierista

Laura Pedroni

Remida Project

Giulia Sberveglieri

Social Media, Graphic Design

Applications for the Servizio Civile Universale at FRC are now open for four young people aged 18 to 28

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