professionals with strong expertise

Simona started working in fundraising after years of experience in HR management and external relations at Universities. With a master’s degree in fundraising from the University of Bologna and specialized training completed with organizations and institutions abroad, she is a consultant and trainer for nonprofits and companies, both Italian and foreign. What drives her in her work is seeing how dedication and commitment make change possible, day after day. And how the cultural context determines most of our identity… tying in with her passion for sociology and anthropology.
She is Vice-chair of ASSIF (Associazione italiana fundraiser, i.e. Italy’s fundraiser association) entrusted with internationalization, Board member and Chair of Public Affairs of the European Fundraising Association and Council member of the European Lung Foundation. She loves sports, books, quiet woods, sunsets over the sea, and licorice.
Those who know her well say she is precise, serious (but not boring), transparent, talkative, and sometimes touchy.

Alberto has a specific expertise in financial sustainability and in the design and development of organizations, built over many years of work experience with prestigious Italian universities.
Holding a master’s degree in management from Milan’s Polytechnic, and having specialized in fundraising and philanthropy at Italian and international institutions, he has been published multiple times as an expert on these subjects, and has been a consultant and trainer for various organizations in Italy and abroad. He is a member of ASSIF (Associazione italiana fundraiser, i.e. Italy’s fundraiser association). Because he gets bored easily, he likes the fact his job requires constant learning, listening, asking questions and not just giving answers.
He loves going to the cinema (low lights and silence included), the feeling of wellbeing after physical exercise, honey and mystery novels.
Those who know him well say he is reserved, skittish, empathetic, chaotic and rigorous at the same time, reliable and always true to his principles, both in work and in life.

An organizer of cultural and artistic events and initiatives since 1995, he has worked in training and career counseling for 15 years. In 2010, he co-founded the professional community Lab121 in Alessandria, where he currently manages the community, coordinates activities, and manages institutional relations. Since 2014, with Proteina, he has offered consulting services to public bodies, companies, and private social organizations, fostering unprecedented alliances between profit and nonprofit organizations and developing innovative projects with a high social impact. His social bio states, “I am an imaginary person who practices hospitality to foster relationships of trust.”

He has worked for years as a consultant and social planner promoting the innovation and sustainability of social enterprises and third sector organizations, and is President of Proteina, a cooperative society. With a degree in Law and a specialization in International Relations, sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the University of Turin, he nurtures deep and (very) diverse passions: from the Boston Celtics to coworking spaces, from Guccini to Eco’s novels, and even the issue of refugees, which he believes threatens the credibility and integrity of a truly humane society.
Community is the concept he struggles with most and places his greatest hopes in.