Staff
President of Slow Food International
Carlo Petrini

President of the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity
Piero Sardo

General Secretary of Slow Food International
Paolo Di Croce

General Secretary of the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity
Serena Milano

Slow Food International President’s Office
Coordinator: Laura Bonino
Carlo Bogliotti, Elisa Peirone, Valentina Tibaldi

Slow Food International Service Centre
Coordinator: Elena Aniere
Daniela Conte, Simona Malatesta

Communication Office
Coordinator: Serena Milano
Valeria Melucci, Michèle Mesmain, Bess Mucke, Claudia Saglietti

Administrative Secretary
Cristina Battaglino

Events, Training Courses, Ark of Taste
Giada Talpo

Iternational Fundraising
Coordinator: Paolo Di Croce
Serena Alaimo, Shayna Bailey, Simona Piasentin

Fundraising in Italy
Coordinator: Stefano Colmo
Andrea Alfieri, Martina Dotta

Food and Taste Education
Coordinator: Lilia Smelkova
Simona Malatesta, Elisabeth Manning, Mariagiulia Mariani

Earth Markets in Developing Countries
Coordinator: Serena Milano
Pierluigi Frassanito

Geographical Areas
Coordinators of each geographical area are responsible for what happens in their countries: member activities, activities connected to biodiversity (Ark, Presidia, Earth Markets), taste education, events, the Terra Madre network etc. In more complex geographical areas (with larger numbers of members, national boards, numerous languages etc.) the roles overlap to a greater extent.

Africa
Coordinator: Serena Milano
Francesco Impallomeni, Michela Lenta, Velia Lucidi, John Kariuki

Middle East
Coordinator: Serena Milano
Michele Rumiz

Latin America
Coordinator: Lia Poggio
Andrea Amato, Veronica Chesi, Mariana Guimaraes, Paolo Passano

North Western Europe
Coordinator: Silvia Monasterolo
Veronica Chesi, Daniela Conte, Elisa Demichelis, Mariagiulia Mariani, Veronica Veneziano, Doris Wiesbauer

Easter Europe, The Netherlands, Irelands
Coordinator: Lilia Smelkova
Elisabeth Manning, Michele Rumiz, Victoria Smelkova

North America
Coordinators: Silvia Monasterolo, Lilia Smelkova

Asia, Oceania
Coordinator: Elena Aniere
Francesca Baldereschi, Annalisa Lombardo

Permanent Collaborators of the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity (across all geographical areas)
Cristiana Peano (Professor of Arboriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Turin)
Francesco Sottile (Professor of Arboriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Palermo)
Ezio Giraudo (Agronomist)
Carlo Bazzocchi (Agronomist)

Collaboration at the National Level
Some countries have an office dedicated to the coordination of Slow Food Foundation projects, which operates in collaboration and agreement with its own National Association (where they exist) and with the Foundation’s headquarters.

Italy
Ark of Taste and Presidia Coordinator: Raffaella Ponzio
Working group: Francesca Baldereschi, Salvatore Ciociola
Italian Earth Markets Coordinator: Alberto Arossa
Events: Tiziana Gazzera

Austria
Ark of Taste and Presidia Coordinator: Tena Mimica

France
Ark of Taste and Presidia Coordinator: Oliver Porte

Germany
Ark of Taste and Presidia Coordinator: Simon Reitmeier

Switzerland
Ark of Taste and Presidia Coordinator: Raphael Pfarrer


Local collaborators
In countries where there is not yet a National Board, the Slow Food Foundation works with local partners to coordinate projects. These local collaborators are compensated on the basis of agreements renewed each year, and they play an important role in managing the various activities of the Slow Food Foundation and developing the Association.

Afghanistan
Naser Jami

Argentina
Julian Bouilly

Armenia
Ruslan Torosyan

Brazil
Roberta Marins De Sà

Ethiopia
Zerihun Desalegne

Kenya
Samuel Karanja, Jack Wafula, Jane Karanja, Peter Namianya

Guatemala
Manrique Lopez Castillo

Mali
Guindo Mamadou

Morocco
Zoubida Charrouf

Mauritania
Nedwa Oumoulbenine Mint Moctar Nech

New Caledonia
André Passa

Peru
Moises Quispe

Romania
Adriana Popoiu

Senegal
Seck Madieng, Jiuliette Zingan

Tanzania
Mwadhini Manza

Project coordinators and volunteers
In addition, each individual project (Presidium, Earth Market, etc) has a local person in charge (in some cases there may be two people). These project coordinators have daily contact with producers, communicate their requirements and check that each project’s objectives have been met. Project coordinators are also in contact with area managers who monitor progress. Local coordinators carry out their work on a voluntary basis without receiving any compensation from the Slow Food Foundation. They are usually representatives of the producers, technical experts (agronomists, veterinarians etc) or from a local institution (NGO, association, university, research institute etc), which is a partner in the project. The network of Slow Food convivia, of course, monitors and supports the Foundation projects within their areas.