Rachel Donadio

Rachel Donadio

Executive Director

staff in New York

Hope Campbell Gustafson

Hope Campbell Gustafson

Senior Program Associate

Michaela Olson

Michaela Olson

Coordinator of Programs and Operations

Juliette Neil

Juliette Neil

Special Projects Coordinator

Staff IN italy

Leandro Beacci

Leandro Beacci

Groundskeeper

Patrizia Caini

Patrizia Caini

Head of Housekeeping/ Sous Chef

Francesca Cacioppo

Francesca Cacioppo

Housekeeping

Greta Caseti

Greta Caseti

Program Assistant

Romana Ciubini

Romana Ciubini

Head Chef

Ilaria Locchi

Ilaria Locchi

Program Coordinator

Diego Mencaroni

Diego Mencaroni

Interim Director/Residency Director

Rosanna Minelli

Rosanna Minelli

Housekeeping

Debora Ventanni

Debora Ventanni

Sous Chef

Civitella Ranieri celebrates and is committed to diversity and inclusion.  We are an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer.

“It would take a far more brilliant wordsmith than me to articulate the Civitella experience fully. It starts, I think, with an extraordinary group of people who make these buildings and their community tick. And together with the Fellows, they create an atmosphere which is at once completely down to earth, and unbelievably rarefied. The latter, because such opportunities for complete solitude and intense focus, and in a turn, for such togetherness and fertile exchanges of ideas, should somehow be almost impossible to reconcile: and yet here they are, completely naturally and unselfconsciously.”

Alexander Hawkins (Fellow 2018)

Board Directors

Civitella Ranieri Foundation has a Board that is comprised of friends and relatives of the donor, as well as professionals from philanthropy, academia, finance and law. The Board plays a vital role in maintaining the mission, health, and direction of Civitella Ranieri Foundation. It sets goals and policies, oversees the endowment, assesses the program and the Executive Director, as well as attends to board development. 

Stephen Doyle

Stephen Doyle

Secretary, DG 2015

Jennifer Dowley

Jennifer Dowley

Chair

Stephen Evans

Stephen Evans

Helen C. Evarts

Helen C. Evarts

Chair Emerita

Holly Evarts

Holly Evarts

Jonathan Galassi

Jonathan Galassi

Dwight E. Lee

Dwight E. Lee

Treasurer

Emily Rafferty

Emily Rafferty

Christopher "Kit" White

Christopher "Kit" White

Vice Chair, DG 2010, 2013

Deborah Willis

Deborah Willis

DG 2019

Du Yun

Du Yun

Fellow 2015

“There are no words to express how deeply appreciative I am for this time, this magic place, this gift of integrity. The sounds, the textures, the light, the flavors, the camaraderie filled my days with a new sense of hope that we can all support each other’s artistic vision to create a more harmonious world for all.”

Jane Rigler (Fellow 2016)