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Our organisation

The Costa Crociere Foundation Steering Committee comprises the Board of Directors, the Scientific Committee and the President. It supports the Foundation by promoting its strategic work and guiding operational activities.
The Board of Directors develops the mission, objectives and strategies in adherence with the constitution and the principles that inspire the Foundation, as well as 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 environment, and projects of high social value aimed at supporting vulnerable peoples and communities.
Its purpose is to set the general direction of the Foundation and to manage the donations and the project selection, based on the recommendations of the Advisory Committee.
The ongoing conversations with the Foundation’s Staff, responsible for overseeing operations, and the Foundation’s various partners, endow the Board of Directors with the knowledge to assess the progress and the results achieved, to consider the value of past experiences and to implement change.

Our transparent process

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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The Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of the Costa Crociere Foundation is comprised of professionals and individuals from the job market and academia who operate based on the principles of openness and transparency, with the aim of defining the Foundation’s strategic direction, based on shared criteria, and supporting it in attaining its specific objectives and expected results.
The specific skills developed within CSR lead the Board to work with the utmost attention and integrity in pursuing the charitable aims of the Foundation, thus helping peoples and communities to improve their circumstances, and protecting the future of our Planet.
The Board ensures the resources made available by Costa Crociere are employed by prioritising the support of projects aimed at attaining lasting change, and endeavours to act respectfully in its dealings with candidates and beneficiaries in the fair allocation of such resources.
The contribution of the seven Board members is especially enhanced by their experience as result-oriented professionals, and converges with the social and environmental issues of interest to the Foundation in selecting the most effective approach and enacting real change.

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.
Laura Cannone
Costa Brand Emergency Response Officer & Business Continuity Director, Laura leads the Emergency Response and is Chairwoman of the Foundation.
Giuseppe Carino
Vice President Guest Experience & Onboard Revenue at Costa. He designs and creates unforgettable experiences for Costa Cruises’ guests.
Paola Girdinio
Board Member ENEL and Professor at University of Genoa, she is a leading expert and member of many environmental impact commissions.
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.