The Bologna Center Advisory Council

The Bologna Center Advisory Council is composed of distinguished leaders from Europe and the United States who represent both private and public sectors. The Council plays a major role in the life of the Center by providing operating advice and financial support. Council members also serve as informal ambassadors of the Center in their home countries and strive to enhance the school's public image throughout Europe and the United States.

Bologna Center Advisory Council Members
Academic Year 2009-10

Mr. Thomas Tesluk, Chair (U.S.)
Managing Director, Sequent Consulting LLC
New Canaan, Conn., U.S.

Mr. Robert J. Abernethy (U.S.)
President, American Standard Development Company
Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.

Mr. James Anderson (UK)
Partner, Baillie Gifford & Co.
Edinburgh, UK

Mr. Michael Bosco (U.S.)
Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP
Rome, Italy

The Honorable Ioannis Bourloyannis Tsangaridis (Greece)
Former Ambassador to Nato and Germany
Former General Director of National Defense Policy and International Relations,
Athens, Greece

Mr. Nicholas Cortezi (U.S.)
Chief Executive Officer
All Risks Limited, Hunt Valley, Md., U.S.

Prof. Giuseppe de Vergottini (Italy)
Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Bologna
Lawyer in Bologna and Rome, Italy

Mr. Marco dell'Aquila (Italy)
Managing Director, Power Capital
London, UK

Ms. Anne Erni (U.S.)
Head of Leadership and Diversity
Bloomberg LP, New York, U.S.

Mr. Martin Fraenkel (UK)
Global Head of Commodities,
Calyon Crédit Agricole CIB
London, UK

Ms. Astrid Haas (Austria)
Junior Advisory Council Member
SAIS Bologna Graduate 2009

Mr. Wilhelm Hemetsberger (Austria)
President, Ithuba Capital AG
Vienna, Austria

Mr. Fredrik Hillelson (Sweden)
Chief Executive Officer, Novare Human Capital AB
Stockholm, Sweden

Dr. Thomas Jetter (Germany)
Managing Director, Syneton Vermoegensverwaltung mbH
Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Dr. Stephen Low (U.S.)
President, Foreign Affairs Museum Council
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Zambia and Nigeria

Mag. Dr. Paul Andreas Mailath-Pokorny (Austria)
City Councillor for Cultural Affairs and Science
Vienna, Austria

Dr. Eric Melby (U.S.)
Partner, Scowcroft Group, Inc.
Washington, D.C., U.S.

Ing. Guglielmo Moscato (Italy)
Chairman and CEO, Gas Mediterraneo & Petrolio Srl
Milan, Italy

Ms. Naneen Hunter-Neubohn (U.S.)
Former Advisory Director, Morgan Stanley,
London, UK

Ms. Silvia Noé (Italy)
CEO, Creazioni Marsil srl
President, UDC Group, Regional Government of Emilia Romagna
Bologna, Italy

Dott. Emilio Ottolenghi (Italy)
President, La Petrolifera Italo-Rumena
Bologna, Italy

Mr. John Parachini (U.S.)
Policy Analyst, RAND
Arlington, Va., U.S.

Mr. Stefano Possati (Italy)
President, Marposs S.p.A.
Bologna, Italy

Ms. Nicole Salinger (France)
Director of the Department of Cultural
Development, Louvre Museum
Paris, France

Mrs. Georgia Santangelo Derrico (U.S.)
Founder, Chairwoman and CEO, Sonabank
Charlottesville, Va., U.S.
Partner, Santangelo and Sandridge
Middleburg, Va., U.S.

Mr. Raffaele Santoro (Italy)
Consultant
Boston, Mass., U.S.

Mr. Alexander Schratz (Germany)
Junior Advisory Council Member
Robert Bosch Stiftung Fellow
Postgraduate Program in International Affairs
Tanzania, U.S., Switzerland

Mr. Jason Simmonds (U.S.)
Junior Advisory Council Member
SAIS Bologna Graduate 2008
SAIS Washington Graduate 2009

Mr. Robert Singer (U.S.)
Former CEO, Barilla Holding S.p.A.
Parma, Italy

Mr. Stephen Vicinelli (U.S.)
Managing Director, The Investment Fund for Foundations
Cambridge, MA, U.S.

Cav. Lav. Ing. Romano Volta (Italy)
President, Datalogic SpA, Bologna
Former President, Industrialists' Association
Province of Bologna, Italy

Dr. Ruprecht Vondran, Md.B. (Germany)
Former President, Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl
Düsseldorf, Germany

Dr. Edward T. Wilson (U.S.)
Owner, Fund for Fine Arts, Inc.
Bethesda, Md., U.S.

HONORARY

M. Georges Berthoin (France)
Honorary European Chairman, The Trilateral Commission
Paris, France

Cav. Lav. Dott. Luigi Deserti (Italy)
President, D & C S.p.A.
Bologna, Italy

The Honorable Alois Mock (Austria)
Former Minister for Foreign Affairs and Former
Vice Chancellor of Austria
Vienna, Austria

Dr. Steven Muller (U.S.)
President Emeritus, The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Md., U.S.

Prof. Romano Prodi (Italy)
Chair, UN-African Union Peacekeeping Panel
Former Prime Minister of Italy
Former President, European Commission

EX OFFICIO

Dr. Ronald J. Daniels
President, The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Md., U.S.

Dr. Jessica Einhorn
Dean, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
Washington, D.C., U.S.

Dr. Kenneth H. Keller
Director of the Bologna Center
Bologna, Italy