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The Steering Committee of the Costa Cruises Foundation is comprised of the Board of Directors, the President and the Internal Auditor; it supports the Foundation in setting the strategic direction and managing operations.
The Board of Directors develops the mission, the objectives and strategies based on the constitution, the principles that inspire the Foundation and the staff’s recommendations.
It identifies the most impactful activities within the Foundation’s areas of interest, which include campaigns to protect the sea and the marine environment, and projects of high social value aimed at supporting people and communities in need.

Its purpose is to set the general direction of the Foundation, outlining a path for managing the donations and the selection of projects, based on the recommendations of the Secretary General and the staff. Ongoing conversations with the Foundation’s staff responsible for overseeing operations, and the Foundation’s various partners, enable the Board of Directors to assess the progress and results achieved, reflect on the quality of past experiences and implement change.

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Foundation Staff

Sara Dotta
Secretary General Costa Crociere & Corporate Communication and Events Director
It was my honour and pleasure to be appointed Secretary General of the Costa Crociere Foundation in the second half of 2023, embracing its principles, values and goals.
I continue to work in Costa overseeing Communications and I intend to embrace this dual role to continue to enhance the synergy between Corporate and Foundation with a view to building the positive impact on the Communities with which we come into contact.
We feel especially close to the topic of the sea, and we work to seed and spread a culture of protection of our seas and coasts in the new generations.
We also work on providing food and material assistance: we take action to support those who need help with donations of food and other goods that the Cruise Line no longer needs but which are still in excellent condition and to which we can give a new lease of life. Communicating effectively to fuel the virtuous circle of our actions is also our top priority challenge with a view to rationalising and optimising projects.
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Silvia Dallai
Project Coordinator
I started in 2016, when the Foundation took its first steps: if I look at the results today, I still can’t believe how far we have come. Before joining the Foundation, I worked for several years abroad at non-governmental organisations and for institutions such as the United Nations and the European Commission, where I have always dealt with institutional communication and social issues, in particular with policies for young people.
At the Foundation, I manage communication focussing on our Costa colleagues both ashore and aboard ships, involving them and updating them on all our projects. I’m also in charge of preparing the Annual Report, the report summarising our activity published each year. Last, but not least, I co-ordinate the various voluntary activities involving the large Costa family.
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Anna Giordano
Senior Program Management Officer
I am an enterprising, pragmatic and results-oriented person with strong project management experience. My world until 2019 was in the Digital & E-Commerce area of Costa Cruises, where I implemented challenging projects from start to go live, involving both multi-markets and multi-brands with Carnival Corp. At the Foundation, I deal with the implementation, management and reporting of projects in both the social and environmental areas. A project’s success? They have to be capable of bringing changes to people’s lives and to the environment that are tangible, measurable and proactive and enduring over time.
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Daniel Ingenito
Graphic Designer and social media manager
I have a degree in advertising graphics and a degree in Graphic Design from the Academy of Fine Arts in Genoa. I love all aspects of the visual communication world: from graphic design to videomaking, from web design to illustrations and publishing design. I met the Foundation in 2017 and it was love at first sight. Since then, I have been working alongside the team by supporting them in the management of the main social media networks with a view to generating exchange and dialogue and sharing goals, and I follow, implement and manage the Foundation’s visual system across all its applications, focussed on the aim of conveying its values and vision.
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Mayor of the Foundation

Pietro Pongiglione
Supervisory Body
Chartered Accountant and Statutory Auditor at Studio Pongiglione e Associati.

Board ofDirectors

Helen Alford

Professor of Economy and Ethics, Deputy Rector and Deputy Principal of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Pontifical University San Tommaso (Angelicum) and President of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
Stefania Bertolini

Sustainability Makers at CSR Manager Network and Director of the “Istituto per i Valori d’Impresa”
(ISVI), she is also a university lecturer in Corporate Sustainability and Business Economics.
Giuseppe Carino

SVP Sea-Land Experience Operations at Costa. He designs and creates unforgettable experiences for Costa Cruises’ guests.
Laura Cannone

Costa Brand Emergency Response Officer & Business Continuity Director, Laura leads the Emergency Response and is Chairwoman of the Foundation.
Paola Girdinio

Member of the Board of Directors of IREN, President of the START4.0 Competence Center, and university lecturer with expertise in environmental and cybersecurity topics. She has also been a member of several ministerial committees.
Ugo Salerno

Chairman of RINA, Italy’s supervisory body responsible for classifying, inspecting and testing in the marine, energy and transport sectors.
Mario Zanetti

CEO of Costa, he coordinates the growth and positioning strategies of the Costa brand in Europe, South America, and Asia, after holding roles of increasing responsibility within the company in Europe and Asia.