Chairman

Dominic R. Massaro

Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

 

 Secretary

Prof. Filomena Ricciardi of New York

Members

Lawrence Auriana, of New York

Chairman, Columbus Citizens Foundation

Robert Blancato, of Washington, D.C.

Chair, National Italian American Democratic Leadership Council

George Bugliarello, Sc.D., of New York

Chancellor, Polytechnic University

John F. Calvelli, Esq., of New York

President, The Conference of Presidents of Major Italian American Organizations

David A. Caputo, Ph.D., of New York

President, Pace University

Dott. Lucio Caputo, of New York

Executive Vice President, Gruppo Esponiti Italiani (GEI)

Vincent C. Centofanti, of Pennsylvania

Councillor, General Council of Italians Abroad (CGIE)

Joseph R. Cerrell, of California

President, National Italian American Foundation (NIAF)

Liliana A. Ciccodicola, Esq., of Michigan

President, National Italian American Bar Association

Jack Como, of New York

President, Italian American Legal Defense & Higher Education Fund

Gene Crescenzi, Esq., of New York

who argued restraint of the "Bell stamp" in Federal Court in 1976

Tony De Nonno, of New York

who produced the video "Antonio Meucci: The Father of the Telephone" (1996)

Hon. Vito Fossella, of New York

whose Staten Island Congressional district encompasses the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum

William Denis Fugazy, of New York

President, Coalition of Italo-American Associations

Joseph M. Gagliardo, Esq., of Illinois

President, Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans

Hon. Joseph N. Giamboi, of New York

President, International Lawyers of Italian Descent

Richard Grasso, of New York

President, New York Stock Exchange

Hon. Frank J. Guarini, of New Jersey

Chairman, National Italian American Foundation (NIAF)

John J. La Corte, Ph.D., of California

President, Italian Historical Society of America (IHSA)

Katherine D. La Guardia, M.D., of New York

whose grandfather, Fiorello, dedicated Meucci Square in 1940

Frank J. Macchiarola, Ph.D., of New York

President, St. Francis College

Joseph Maselli, of Louisiana

repositor of Giovanni Schiavo's manuscript Antonio Meucci: Inventor of the Telephone (1958)

Francesco Nicotra, of Rome

co-author of Antonio Meucci (1808-1889) (1989)

Jay Oliva, Ph.D., of New York

President, New York University

Hon. Adolph C. Orlando, of New York

President, American Justinian Society of Jurists

Anne Paolucci, Ph.D., of New York

Immediate Past Chair, City University of New York

Warren Pepicelli, of Massachusetts

President, Italian American Labor Council

Regina Peruggi, Ph.D., of New York

President, Marymount Manhattan College

Martin O. Picillo, Esq., of New Jersey

President, Tiro A Segno

Paul D. Pope, of Florida

whose grandfather, Generoso, articulated Meucci in the pages Il Progresso

Hon. Giorgio Radicati, Ex-Officio

Consul General of Italy in New York

Roberto Ragone, Esq., of New York

President, FIERI National

Prof. Filomena Ricciardi, of New York

translator of Professor Basilio Catania in America

H.E. Ferdinando Salleo, Ex-Officio

Ambassador of Italy to the United States

Joseph V. Scelsa, Ed.D., of New York

Dean, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute at CUNY

Joseph Sciame, of New York

President, Garibaldi-Meucci Museum

Hon. Peter F. Vallone, of New York

Speaker, The Council of the City of New York

H.E. Sergio Vento, Ex-Officio

Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations

Joseph Zagame, of New York

who arranged the first "special cancellation" in honor of Meucci in 1971