The Administration and Staff

The Administration at the Umbra Institute consists of accomplished and dedicated academics and professionals with extensive experience in international education in the U.S. and Italy. The team is committed to making every student’s experience safe, memorable, and rewarding.

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Anna Girolimetti, MA
Resident Director
and Director of
Administrative Affairs
agiro@umbra.org 

Francesco Burzacca, Ph.D.
Director of Academic Programs

fburzacca@umbra.org

 

 

Carol Clark, Ph.D.
Academic Programs Consultant
cclark@umbra.org

 

 

Roberta Mugno, Laurea, MA

Assistant Director for Italian

Language Programs
rmugno@umbra.org

 

Elgin Eckert, Ph.D.
Coordinator for Special

Academic Projects

eeckert@umbra.org

 

 

Francesco Gardenghi,Laurea
Assistant Director for Italian 

Institutional relations

fgardenghi@umbra.org 

Zachary NowakZachary Nowak, MA
Assistant Director for the

Food Studies Program

znowak@umbra.org

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Elisa Ascione, Ph.D.

Coordinator of the

Food Studies Program

eascione@umbra.org

 

Mauro Renna, Laurea, MA

Co-Program Manager

for Student Life and

Community Engagement; IT and Web Development

mrenna@umbra.org

 

Julie Falk, MA
Co-Program Manager for Student

Life and Community

Engagement

jfalk@umbra.org

 

 

Caitlin Addlesperger, BA
Student Services Coordinator
caddles@umbra.org

Renilda Zajmi, Laurea

Housing Coordinator
rzajmi@umbra.org

Marco Bagli, Laurea

Student Services Assistant

mbagli@umbra.org

 

Rachel Bethany, BA

US Institutional Relations

rbethany@umbra.org

 

 

 

 

 

Julia Bourque, BA
SIT Community Engagement

& Student Services Intern

jbour@umbra.org

CIS Admissions

Program Manager

Kelly Anderson

kanderson@cisabroad.com

 

 

 

 

 

Arcadia University

Program Manager

Francisco Aragón-Guiller
guillerf@arcadia.edu

Arcadia University

Enrollment Counselor
Sarah McIntosh

mcintosh@arcadia.edu