Read more about Italia Living here: About Us
Richard J. Michelli
Italia Living Founder/Executive Director & Contributing Writer
Richard was inspired to create ItaliaLiving.com in 2007, by finding a market niche in focusing primarily on luxury Italian topics.
He is a member of the NIAF and OSIA, among other Italian and luxury related organizations.
As a strong supporter of Law Enforcement, Richard is also a member of the 200 Club of Monmouth County and the Italian American Police Society of NJ.
Due to the growth success of Italia Living on social media, Richard also helps other businesses and brands expand their own media marketing visibility with digital, social and mobile through DiSoMo Solutions.
In addition, Richard is involved in other work with business development consulting for IT contractors with the Department of Defense and other federal markets through Michelli Associates, Inc.
He also served on the Board of Directors for First Atlantic Federal Credit Union.
Richard is active in volunteer activities as well, such as involvement at Monmouth University. Richard is on the Blue/White Club Leadership Council supporting athletics at the University, where he also served terms as the councils VP and President.
Richard a Trustee for the Michelli Family Foundation which supports advancements in Education, Healthcare and Philanthropy Awareness.
He resides in the United States on the beautiful Jersey Shore with his wife and two sons.
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Giada Valenti
Singer/Songwriter & Host of Giada Live
Giada is an award-winning singer and songwriter, born and raised in Venice, Italy, and now residing in Las Vegas. She is most known in the United States for her stunning music special, entitled “From Venice With Love”, aired by PBS Television. Giada has even performed with Andrea Bocelli.
Since March 18, 2020, after COVID-19 hit, Giada has been hosting an online live show entitled, Giada Live. To bring some joy into the life of her fans, Giada livestreams content a few days weekly for almost an hour, where she tells fun stories, teaches, cooks, sings and interviews several of her celebrity friends.
In a special collaboration with Italia Living, on Thursdays at 5pm EST, Giada hosts her show featuring Italian Culture & Lifestyle. This is live-streamed on the Italia Living Facebook page.
If you missed the past few Italian Culture & Lifestyle episodes, you can view them here.
For more about Giada, visit her website at: giadavalenti.com
Francine Segan
Food Historian
Francine is one of America’s foremost experts on Italian cuisine, is an engaging public speaker, author and TV personality. A noted food historian and James Beard-nominated author of six books including Dolci: Italy’s Sweets and Pasta Modern.
She is the host on NYC’s popular weekly TV series “Americans who Love Italy” and appears on many other TV programs, including Today Show and Early Show. Francine has been featured on numerous specials for PBS, Food Network and History, Sundance and Discovery channels.
Read some of her published articles on Italia Living here: Francine Segan
Visit her website at www.francinesegan.com
Kristine Jannuzzi
Food & Travel Columnist
Kristine Jannuzzi is a New York City-based food and travel writer, content creator, and social media strategist. A bilingual dual American and Italian citizen, she travels frequently throughout Italy for work and pleasure. Her articles have been published in Italy Magazine, The Epoch Times, Culture: The Word on Cheese, Listen Magazine, and British Heritage Travel, among others.
Kristine has a particular fondness for formaggio, which blossomed while she was living in Florence. She served as a judge in the 2019 World Cheese Awards in Bergamo. and has taught classes at Murray’s Cheese flagship location in NYC, in addition to hosting cheese classes and events at the French Cheese Board, the USA Boska Showroom, and in people’s homes. You can follow her adventures (cheesy and otherwise) on Instagram @nyccheesechick and read more of Kristine’s articles on her website.
Noemi Guerriero
Fashion Blogger & Influencer
Noemi loves fashion, photography, travel…and her dachshunds. She lives in Avellino, Naples and Milan, and frequently writes for her own fashion blog: Noemi Guerriero – Fashion Style. Here on Italia Living she shares some of her expertise on Italian fashion, as well as covering on location fashion events in Milan – and an occasional “non-fashion” topic.
Juli Piscedda
Lifestyle & Travel Columnist
Juli Piscedda works as a journalist, social media manager and travel counselor. She is also the founder of Sardinia Travelling www.instagram.com/sardiniatravelling – a page that provides the best shots, videos and information about the wonderful Sardinia. She loves sports, music, digital marketing, photography, as well as traveling, meeting new people and visiting new places.
You can visit her digital strategist website at: www.julipiscedda.net
For much more about Sardinia, visit her website: https://sardinia2day.com
Sergio Porrini
Sergio is an expert in Virtual Reality and a pioneer in rich media productions. He has been producing amazing Virtual Tour applications for world-famous museums, such as the Accademia Gallery, the Uffizi Gallery and the Magi Chapel in Florence. He has produced a Virtual Tour on behalf the Shanghai Italian Center in China. Sergio has also been working for exclusive luxury hotels and Private Residence Clubs, such as the iconic Palazzo Tornabuoni in Florence. He is a contributor for the Nikon Italy website and leading Italian photographic magazines. Read: Luxury Embraces Virtual Reality & Digital Marketing
For Italia Living, you will find Sergio writing about the Renaissance period and history of Italy. He also represents Italia Living as press correspondent at events in Italy.
For more info visit Sergio’s website: Virtualiter
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