About IOHI

Advisory Board

Specialists and community figures who lend the Institute their judgement on research, programming and partnerships.

Counsel

Advice from many fields

The Institute's advisory board brings together people from universities, museums, journalism, publishing, food and community organisations. Their knowledge helps the Institute choose sound projects, reach the right audiences and work with care when it handles other people's memories.

The names below are recorded in the Institute's history as advisers and supporters of its work.

Academic advisers

Donald Cosentino, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Alessandro Duranti, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Maria Grazia Pellegrini, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Timothy Tangherlini, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Edward F. Tuttle, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Dale Treleven, Director, Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles

Cultural and community advisers

Peter Chinnici, Librarian, Marlborough School
Patrick Ela, Craft and Folk Art Museum
Guido Fink, Director, Istituto Italiano di Cultura
Adolfo Nodal, General Manager, Cultural Affairs Department, City of Los Angeles
Marcella Spinotti, theatre director
Carmela Speroni, community volunteer

Food and media advisers

Evan Kleiman, restaurateur and Slow Food advocate
Russ Parsons, journalist
Daniela Roveda, journalist, Il Sole 24 Ore
Lorenzo Soria, journalist, La Stampa
Mario Trecco, editor, l'Italo Americano

Foundations and institutions

Frank S. Wyle, founder and chairman, Wyle Laboratories
Alberto Pranzo, Director of Public Programs, IOHI

Advisory service is given in a personal capacity. Affiliations are listed as they stood when the advisers joined the Institute.