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Board of Directors


The International School of Florence is a not-for-profit organization, incorporated in the United States under the name American Schools Abroad, Inc. (ASA).
The Board’s main functions are to ensure the financial wellbeing of the School and the excellence of its educational programs and facilities. The Board is governed through by-laws that can be found in the Policy Book (Section 7000), which is available for consultation in the library of each ISF campus.
Board members are all volunteers: there are no benefits accrued from being a Board member. Members are expected to attend monthly meetings during the school year and to participate in one of the Board’s five committees: Executive, Finance, Facilities, Marketing, and Strategic Planning. Board members work to promote the School’s good name within the ISF and in the Florentine community.

Board Members

  • Arpad Abraham

    Arpad Abraham

    Board Responsibilities: Finance, Risk Management and Governance Committees

    Nationality: Hungarian
    Professional Background: Professor of Macro Economics and Head of Department European University Institute
    Reason for joining the Board: Bring in economic reasoning together with academic and governance

  • David Aspin

    David Aspin

    Board Responsibilities: Learning Environment Committee

    Nationality: British
    Professional Background: Private Property Investment
    Reason for joining the Board: Reason for Joining the Board: To support ISF in financial sustainability and sound facilities decision-making

  • Alessia Cheng

    Alessia Cheng

    Board Responsibilities: Advancement Committee

    Nationality: Italian
    Professional Background: Owner of individual company
    Reason for joining the Board?
    To contribute towards the best possibile present and future for our children.

  • Cathleen Compton

    Cathleen Compton

    Board Responsibilities: Vice Chair of Board, Learning Environment, Strategic Planning and Executive Committees

    Nationality: American but in Florence since 1991
    Professional Background: Cathleen has worked for nearly three decades in the field of American university study abroad education, as a professor and administrator, for both Syracuse Florence and NYU in Florence. Former chief of staff to the deputy mayor for education under Mayor Matteo Renzi.
    Reason for joining the Board: To support ISF as an external Board Member, not having had children at ISF but having participated in the extended ISF community for a long time

  • Kristin Krebs-Dick

    Kristin Krebs-Dick

    Board Responsibilities: Advancement, Strategic Planning, Governance and and Executive Committees

    Nationality: American
    Professional Background: Marketing, management and communications in pharmaceutical healthcare, and non-profits (education, sports and parks)
    Reason for joining the Board: I hope to help the board with strategic, marketing, and communications efforts, and to help our faculty and administrators in support of the school’s mission, which is to foster our children’s personal, social and academic growth

  • Eric Goulder

    Eric Goulder

    Board Responsibilities: Advancement and Learning Environment Committees

    Nationality: American
    Professional Background: Artist
    Reason for joining the Board: Reason for Joining the Board: To bring fresh ideas and insight for the future betterment of ISF

  • Giovanni Liberatore

    Giovanni Liberatore

    Board Responsibilities: Finance and Risk Management Committees

    Nationality: Italian
    Professional Background: Professor of Accounting and Business Administration at the University of Florence, Adjunct Professor of Management Control at LUISS Business School in Rome, Adjunct Professor at NYU, Certified Public Accountant and Certified Auditor in Italy
    Reason for joining the Board: To support ISF in budgeting, investing, and new project feasibility analysis

  • Marc Magistrali

    Marc Magistrali

    Board Responsibilities: Advancement Committee

    Nationality: Italian
    Professional Background: 25 years of international leadership and business transformation experience at leading multinational organizations
    Reason for joining the Board: To support the development and execution of ISF’s strategic plan for the benefit of my / our children

  • Paola Pulidori

    Paola Pulidori

    Board Responsibilities: Strategic Planning, Finance and Risk Management and Executive Committees

    Nationality: Italian
    Professional Background: Global Financial Controller with GE Oil & Gas, Certified Public Accountant and Certified Auditor in Italy
    Reason for joining the Board: Support the school mission and vision, ensuring solid financial governance and careful investments

  • Silvia Quiroga

    Silvia Quiroga

    Board Responsibilities: Strategic Planning and Executive Committees

    Nationality: Bolivian
    Professional Background: Diplomacy
    Reason for joining the Board: To support the school in creating a positive international environment in which to succeed academically and personally

  • Marco Uzielli

    Marco Uzielli

    Board Responsibilities: Board Chair, Strategic Planning and Executive Committees

    Nationality: Italian
    Professional Background: Engineer in risk assessment for geosystems
    Reason for joining the Board: To contribute to the development of ISF as an outstanding academic institution where students can learn the challenges and appreciate the possibilities of todays’s society, understanding virtuous global trends in health, sustainability and developing an understanding and respect for all cultures

Board By-LawsBoard Minutes 2016/17

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