Young Ambassadors Society

Alberta Pelino
Alberta is the founder and President of YAS.
She is also the founder and CEO of a start-up that aims at empowering women through financial education, with a focus on investments.
She has worked in the financial sector in London for seven years, starting her career on the trading desk of Goldman Sachs and then of Mercuria Energy Group.
Alberta has been visiting student at IGER Institute for Economic Research in Milan and at the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in Rome. She holds a MSc in Economics from Bocconi University in Milan.
She is also part of the Global Shaper Community of the World Economic Forum and Ambassador of the G(irls)20.
She loves boxing, martial arts and yoga.

Francesca Passudetti
Francesca joined YAS in 2021, after her experience as delegate at the Y20 in Italy.
Francesca lives in Copenhagen and works in the pharmaceutical sector.
Previously, she studied and worked in Italy, US, South Korea, Germany, UK and Panama.
She is interested in innovation and global health. Her hobbies include sports, nature and travels.

Martina Calleri
Cybersecurity consultant at Deloitte Belgium (Bruxelles) with a history of working in think thanks (ISPI in Milan) and EU affairs (European Commission – Bluebook Traineeship).
Skilled in EU policy-making, cybersecurity, cyberwarfare and public-private partnerships, with a Master in EU Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor in International and Diplomatic sciences from the University of Trieste. Currently working as a cybersecurity consultant, monitoring EU regulations on cybersecurity and cyber defence to promote EU policy-making and cooperation between the privates and the public in this field.

Edoardo Cilla
Edoardo joined Young Ambassador Society in 2015, after his experience as delegate at the Y20 in Turkey.
During his studies and working experiences Edoardo has lived in Italy, Ireland, Germany, US and UK and he is currently based in London where he works in the financial sector.
He is very interested in coding, data science and econometrics. Sport and music are among his hobbies: he has played football, basketball, tennis and can play guitar, piano and saxophone.

Fabio Boniolo
Fabio holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Polytechnic of Milan. After graduation he moved to Munich, where he completed a PhD in computational oncology. Currently, Fabio is a research associate at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and at Harvard Medical School, where he continues his research activities.
In parallel to his academic career, Fabio is involved in multiple youth engagement activities. He participated in Youth7 2021 as the Italian delegate responsible for Technology and Innovation. In the same year, he contributed to the organization of public consultation processes in view of Youth20, held in Italy, in which more than 100 youth associations active in Italy and abroad participated. Currently, he is working on policy development in the medical and life sciences sector.

Letizia Dottorini
Letizia joined YAS in 2015, when she was Y20 delegate at the Y20 Summit in Turkey.
Currently, she is a B2B consultant, while in the past she worked as partnership development manager for various international organizations.
When she was 25 she founded her social enterprise.

Giovanni Porcellana
Giovanni is a Nuclear Engineer and Business Developer focused on bringing scientific and technological innovation from academia to society. He currently works at EPFL in Switzerland, after a long experience at CERN, Geneva, developing new generations of particle accelerators for cancer treatment.
Giovanni studied in Italy and Sweden in the Polytechnic Universities of Turin and Milan and in KTH of Stockholm.
Giovanni participated to the Youth Summit of the G20 in Sydney in 2014 and he is part of the Global Shapers Community of the World Economic Forum.

Davide Collotta
Davide is currently working as Product Development Manager in the largest manufacturer of electric power transmission cables and systems. He worked as hybrid powertrain system leader for some of the best car manufacturers in UK, Italy and China. His passion on innovative and low polluting technology applied on vehicles began during the participation at the Formula Student at Polytechnic Institute of Turin where he graduates in Electrical Engineering; he also holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in Energy Engineering from University of Palermo.
He was the delegate for Italy at Y20 Japan in 2019.

Luigi Cavallito
Luigi is an artist, an entrepreneur and a business consultant.
During the day he is now working on improving the global food system with Seeds&Chips, promoting the adoption of the SDGs with Sustain&Ability, mentoring young social entrepreneurs in Syria and Lebanon with COSV and connecting the world with Opportunity Network and with the Global Shapers Community.
In the beginning of 2015 he founded the project The Stereoteller with the aim to tell the inspiring stories of his generation and he made the Travel Around The World in 80 Days following the path of Jules Verne.