Members of the Board of Directors

Christine Stufferin - President 

Giulia Galera - Vice-President

Silvano Motto - Treasurer

Clara Bassan 

Federico Faloppa 

Sabina Langer

Marzio Marzorati

Simonetta Nardin

Note: Valentino Liberto served as President of the Board of Directors from 14 March 2022 to 28 June 2023.

Statutory Auditor – Supervisory Body
Dr Piergiuseppe Nicoletti
 

Brief profiles of the Board Members:

Clara Bassan
I was born in 1993 and live in the province of Vicenza. After graduating in History from the University of Padua and in Transnational History from the University of Geneva, I am currently a PhD candidate in Contemporary History at the University of Turin.

My research interests focus on the history of environmental movements and Green parties, and my doctoral project examines the figure and work of Alexander Langer in the European Parliament.

Federico Faloppa
After completing his PhD at Royal Holloway, University of London, Federico Faloppa taught at the universities of Birmingham, Granada, London and Turin.

He is currently Professor of the History of the Italian Language and Sociolinguistics at the University of Reading.

He has worked as an editor and as a consultant on linguistic and intercultural issues for public institutions and non-governmental organisations. His research has focused in particular on ethnic stereotypes and the linguistic construction of diversity.

Giulia Galera
Born in Sterzing/Vipiteno, Giulia Galera is currently a researcher at Euricse in Trento, an institute specialising in social enterprises and cooperatives.

Her research interests include the role and potential of the third sector in fostering the social and labour-market inclusion of vulnerable people, supporting asylum seekers, refugees and people holding different forms of international protection, promoting community-based healthcare systems and, more broadly, combating inequalities and building a more cohesive and democratic society.

She has coordinated numerous European projects and collaborated with a range of national and international institutions. She is also President of Miledù, a social enterprise based in Como.

Sabina Langer
Sabina Langer works in the fields of political education, citizenship education and democracy education in schools.

She holds a degree in Political Philosophy and has always been interested in the art of living together. As a language facilitator, she has worked on the teaching and learning of Italian as a means of fostering coexistence. As an editor and author of school textbooks, she has sought to contribute to pupils’ well-being through inclusive educational materials.

She is currently a PhD candidate in Education at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, where her research focuses on the potential of civic education to strengthen student voice.

For more than 20 years, Bosnia and Herzegovina has felt somewhat like a second home to her, thanks in part to projects carried out with the Alexander Langer Stiftung Foundation.

Marzio Marzorati
A traveller and environmental communicator, Marzio Marzorati has been active in Legambiente Lombardia since 1990. Over the years, he has served as Vice-President, Director and Head of Parks and Protected Areas.

Today, he is responsible for the educational and hospitality centre at Prim’Alpe in Canzo, in the province of Como, and works on environmental project development.

He is President of the Innova21 Agency in the province of Monza and Brianza, which works on sustainable development; President of Parco Nord Milano; and Coordinator of Federparchi Lombardia. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of COSPE, an international cooperation NGO based in Florence, and a member of the Steering Committee of ARPA Lombardia.

From 1998 to 2008, he served as Councillor for the Environment, Social Services and Community Affairs in the Municipality of Seveso. Between 1983 and 1996, he worked in international cooperation as a development worker and consultant in Nicaragua, Chile, Bolivia, Guatemala, Niger and Mozambique.

He lives in Seveso and loves Milan. Over the years, he has kept and cared for bees in Brianza, Tuscany and Nicaragua, as well as in other parts of Lombardy, and today at Prim’Alpe in the foothills of the Como Alps.

Silvano Motto
Silvano Motto is 55 years old and holds a degree in Electronic Engineering. He currently serves as a director of two companies active in the organic sector, one in retail and the other in food processing, of which he is also a founding partner.

Throughout his professional career in the private sector, he has always considered it essential to manage his time and energy in a way that allows him to devote a significant part of both to voluntary work.

Since 1999, he has been involved in international cooperation through the Circolo Alex Langer in Viareggio, of which he has been President since 2005. Since 2006, he has also been a member of COSPE, where he has served on the Board and as Treasurer.

He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Alexander Langer Foundation since 2018, where he has also served as Treasurer.

Simonetta Nardin
Born in Bolzano, Simonetta Nardin is a communications expert who returned to the city a few years ago after a long professional career abroad.

She first worked in West Africa at UNICEF’s regional office in Abidjan and later in Washington, D.C., in the Communications Department of the International Monetary Fund. From 2014 to 2018, she headed the IMF’s Press Office.

Christine Stufferin
An Italian-German-French-Breton translator, Christine Stufferin has been involved with the Foundation, in different capacities and at different times, since 1999.

Since June 2023, she has once again served as President.