Day 28: Linda R. Carlozzi for #WomensHistoryMonth
Linda R. Carlozzi serves as Secretary on the NIAF Board of Directors and is a Shareholder in the New York office of Jackson Lewis PC. She joined Jackson Lewis in 1997 and specializes in traditional labor law. Ms. Carlozzi counsels clients in the development and implementation of preventive labor and employee relations programs. She advises both unionized and union-free clients on a full range of labor and employee relations matters. She has represented numerous employers during arbitration proceedings and negotiations. She has advised employers in labor and employment law proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and other federal, state and city administrative agencies. She regularly represents employers in collective bargaining, provides advice on a diverse range of work place issues, such as those relating to corporate transactions, best workplace practices as well as age, race and national origin discrimination and conducts management training on a broad range of topics. Ms. Carlozzi was named to the list of Top One Hundred Labor Attorneys in the United States for 2009, as compiled by Labor Relations Institute, Inc. She is also a member of the Firm’s Global Labor & Employment Group as a liaison for Italy. L&E Global was founded in 2010 as an integrated alliance of premier employment law boutique firms advising on all international work place related matters.

She is a graduate of Fordham University (B.A., cum laude, 1985) and was awarded the degree of Juris Doctor by Catholic University, Columbus School of Law, Washington, D.C. in 1989. Ms. Carlozzi began her labor law career at the National Labor Relations Board, Office of Appeals in Washington D.C. in 1989. In 1991, she transferred to the Philadelphia Region of the National Labor Relations Board, where she was responsible for investigating all aspects of unfair labor practice cases and representation matters as well as handling trials before Administrative Law Judges on behalf of the General Counsel of the NLRB.

Ms. Carlozzi is a member of the American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section and Entertainment Law Section; and serves as the Employee & Labor Relations Chair for the New York City Chapter of the Society for Human Resources Management (NYCSHRM). Ms. Carlozzi is a member of The Broadway League, Actor’s Fund, and several civic and community organizations.

Ms. Carlozzi has dedicated over thirty years to the Italian American Community. Ms. Carlozzi served on the Board of Directors of the National Organization of Italian American Women from 2005 to 2009. She is a current member of NOIAW, and the Columbian Lawyers in New York. In addition, she has served as a Director of the Italian Welfare League (“IWL”) for the past fifteen years. IWL is a non-profit organization which serves Italian American children in medical need and emotional crisis. She served as President for six years, and she currently serves as the Chairwoman of the IWL. The League has raised and distributed over $1,600,000 to Italian American children and organizations assisting children. Ms. Carlozzi was a NIAF legal scholarship recipient while she was a law student at the Catholic University and during this time she served as an intern for NIAF in Washington, D.C. Ms Carlozzi remained an active member in NIAF while in Philadelphia. She also served as an Area Coordinator in Philadelphia and New York. ... See more

Italy's national commissioner for the Coronavirus Emergency Domenico Arcuri has announced that 180 companies from the country's fashion sector have united to create supply chains producing two million masks a day. Other Italian companies are donating millions to fight the outbreak. Armani, Ferrari and Ferrero included.
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Day 27: The Honorable Anita Bevacqua McBride for #WomensHistoryMonth
The Hon. Anita B. McBride serves as the Vice Chair of Cultural Affairs on the NIAF Board of Directors. She is also the Executive-in-Residence at the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies in the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, D.C., directing programming on women’s political participation, and White House operations and leading national conferences on the legacies of America’s first ladies and their historical influence on politics, policy and global diplomacy.

McBride previously served as assistant to President George W. Bush and chief of staff to First Lady Laura Bush from 2005 to 2009, directing the staff’s work on the wide variety of domestic and global initiatives in which Mrs. Bush was involved. She had primary responsibility for the First Lady’s efforts to support US foreign policy objectives in human rights, women’s empowerment, global health and human freedom. She directed Mrs. Bush’s travel to 67 countries in 4 years including historic visits to Afghanistan, the Middle East and the refugee camps on the Thai-Burma border.

Her White House service spans two decades and three presidential administrations, including as Director of White House Personnel under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush; and as Director of the U.S. Speaker’s Bureau at the United States Information Agency. Also under President George W. Bush, McBride served as a special assistant for White House Management, leading a successful evacuation of the White House on 9/11; and as senior advisor in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Organizations and as the State Department’s White House liaison.

As an outgrowth to her work with Mrs. Bush, she co-founded the RAND African First Ladies Initiative and Fellowship program to partner with Africa’s first ladies and support their efforts to become champions of change for health and education in their countries as well as train their staff and advisors in strategies for establishing and managing an effective First Lady’s office.

She is an advisor to the Women’s Initiative at the George W. Bush Institute and a consultant to several global non-profit institutions. She is a member of several organizations, including the US Afghan Women’s Council, the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, the International Republican Institute’s Women’s Democracy Network, the National Italian American Foundation and the White House Historical Association. McBride is also a consultant to HBO’s Emmy-award winning series,Veep, and is a frequent speaker and network and cable news commentator on presidential transitions and the operations and history of the White House and its occupants. ... See more

We encourage those who want to help Italy, especially those with family there, to consider donating to one or more of the following relief campaigns found on our website: https://bit.ly/3dnHCMh. Each campaign's funds will go directly to the hospital so it can secure the urgent resources needed:

Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital in Bergamo, Lombardy

San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Lombardy

Sant’Anna & San Sebastiano Hospital in Caserta, Campania

Spallanzani Hospital in Rome, Lazio

Donate to one or more of these hospitals here: https://bit.ly/3dnHCMh. ... See more

All Sewing Hands on Deck to Make Masks! NYC Sews is a grassroots effort seeking sewers, tailors, fashion designers, and beyond with sewing machines at home--join and volunteer to make COVID-19 medical masks to donate to our hospitals. Fabric manufacturers are welcome to participate by donating needed materials. Just as women were called to action in WWII - these are 2020’s Rosie the Riveters! Join this modern day team! Visit: https://powerofoneforall.net/. ... See more

Architecture firm Carlo Ratti Associati has designed an intensive care unit that can be sent to hospitals in need. The modular ICUs would be stored within a repurposed shipping container. A first prototype is being built right now in Milan, and if it proves viable, it could help increase the country’s intensive care capacity: https://bit.ly/2y4ygVA. ... See more

The units, which are equipped to handle two patients, can be added on to existing hospitals.

Day 26: The Hon. Patricia de Stacy Harrison for #WomensHistoryMonth
The Honorable Patricia de Stacy Harrison is the chairman of the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) and the president and chief executive officer of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the leading funder of public radio and public television programming for the American people. Under her leadership, Ms. Harrison has strengthened public service media through the strategic focus of CPB in three important areas: Digital: CPB investments in innovation and technology; Diversity: CPB investments in and commitment to diversity of content, talent and service; and Dialogue: CPB investments in local community engagement, partnerships and service.

Ms. Harrison is also chairman of the Leadership Council of Women and Girls Lead, an innovative public media initiative designed to focus, educate and connect women, girls and their allies across the globe to address the challenges of the 21st century. In 2012, she was included on the Forbes list of “Women Changing the World in Media” for establishing Women and Girls Lead and her continued leadership on the project.

Prior to joining CPB in 2005, Ms. Harrison served as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs and Acting Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. A former entrepreneur, Ms. Harrison is a frequent speaker and writer on the subjects of leadership, communication strategy and constituency building. She is the recipient of many awards and honors, including the 2008 Leadership Award from the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities and the U.S. Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award.

She sits on the boards of the National Italian American Foundation and the American University of Rome. She is also a member of the Board of Advisors at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security.

Ms. Harrison received her B.A. from American University, Washington D.C., and an honorary doctorate from the American University of Rome in 2002. She is a former Thomas Colloquium on Free Enterprise guest lecturer at Youngstown State University in Ohio and was a visiting fellow at the Institute for Public Service of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, in 2000, and at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, in 1992.

She is the author of two books, "A Seat At The Table: An Insider’s Guide for America’s New Women Leaders" and "America’s New Women Entrepreneurs." ... See more

Day 25: Catherine B. Reynolds for #WomensHistoryMonth
Born Catherine Brescia in 1957 in Jacksonville, Florida, she is a self-made multi-millionaire that is Chairman and CEO of the Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation. In 2004, BusinessWeek named Reynolds one of the 50 most generous philanthropic living Americans and is the first self-made woman ever to make the list. Reynolds made her fortune when, as a certified public accountant, was brought in to try to save Educap (a developing a private-education loan market to help students finance college) and Servus Financial. And she did. And when the financial services giant Wells Fargo brought it 12 years later, her share of the sale was reported to be close to $100 million. "I didn't marry money. I didn't inherit money. I actually made it," she says. The rest of the money generated by that once-bankrupt company - almost $500 million - went into the charitable foundation that bears her name.

With her Foundation, she has given $100 million to the Kennedy Center and endowed fellowships at Harvard and NYU for future “social entrepreneurs” to attack problems in innovative ways. Her passion for education led to her support for DC’s College Access Program, which helps students who might otherwise never have the chance to attend college. She has also given $1.2 million to the National Symphony Orchestra, two National Gallery of Art exhibitions, Morehouse College, Fight for Children, Best Friends and the Special Olympics, among others. Reynolds has received honorary degrees from Georgetown University, Morehouse College, and Willamette University, as well as New York University’s Gallatin Gold Medal. She was honored in 2011 as Washingtonian of the Year.

She came from a working class family that traces their Italian heritage to Brescia, Italy. NIAF honored her at its 2006 Anniversary Gala for her achievements and contributions to education and cultural affairs. ... See more

NIAF has listed Italian restaurants, delis and eateries that are providing curbside, pick-up and delivery services to help your community during these difficult times: https://bit.ly/3dz4I2X.

Got a restaurant you want to tell us about? If you know of any Italian restaurants anywhere in the United States assisting the community, send it in.

If the restaurant is offering pick-up, delivery and curbside services, let us know by emailing us at media@niaf.org the following information:

Restaurant Name
Location (city and state)
Website

All restaurants NIAF has so far can be found here: https://bit.ly/3dz4I2X.

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Day 24: Marisa Tomei for #WomensHistoryMonth
Tomei (b. 1964) is an award-winning actress that has enjoyed a career spanning four decades, appearing in more than 35 motion pictures, 10 theatrical performances and several television shows. In 1992, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in "My Cousin Vinny" and followed this with a number of critically acclaimed performances, such as “Untamed Heart,” “The Paper,” “Unhook the Stars,” and “In the Bedroom,” for which she received her second Oscar nod, “The Wrestler,” which she earned her third Oscar nod, and "The Ides of March." Her other films include "Love Is Strange," "The Big Short" and "The First Purge." She also portrays Aunt May in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, having appeared in "Captain America: Civil War" (2016), "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (2017), "Avengers: Endgame" (2019), and "Spider-Man: Far From Home" (2019).

Since she was a child, Tomei was captivated by the Broadway shows her parents would take her to in the city, which influenced her passion for acting. Tomei has done extensive work in the theater, receiving praise for her performance in plays such as “Top Girls,” “Daughters,” “Wait Until Dark,” “The Realistic Joneses.” Tomei's parents are both of Italian descent; her father's ancestors came from Tuscany, Calabria, and Campania; while her mother's ancestors are from Tuscany and Sicily. ... See more