The Fara Daniela Genovese, director general of the Italian Merchant Marine Academy Foundation, was elected president of Italy WISTA, the association is headed by WISTA International, which is made up of women working in the maritime sector.
The outgoing President Maria Gloria Giani Pollastrini, head of the association for eight years, has handed the baton to the current board members: a team, as well as Daniela Fara that will direct the next two years, the vice president Gentian Giacomelli (director of the National School Transportation and Logistics), the Alberta treasurer Frondoni (lawyer in the transport sector, at the Law Firm in Genoa Teglio) and the new contact person Biggio Sofia (Head of Operations K-Ships Ltd) together with Damiana Baratelli other members (Head Office Sales Blumarine Italy Srl), Francesca D'Orsi (maritime lawyer law firm D'Orsi) and Michela Rifle (owner and CEO of Yacht Brokers Ltd).
"This - the president said Daniela Fara - will be a period where we will focus primarily on training, both of our associate that of other women who want to create a profession in the world of shipping. We have a diverse board for both the professional and present the geographical distribution. We want our association to grow through new membership and stimulate exchanges of experiences and contacts with other realities of the maritime sector. "
Among the remarkable results of the last eight years of association under the leadership of Maria Gloria Giani Pollastrini, having led the Secretary of the International Maritime Organization, Efthimios Mitropoulos, in Italy for a meeting on piracy, the series of Road Shows the sea to Italy, bringing the WISTA Rai on "Blue Line", having cared for, with partners such as the General Command of the Harbor and Federagenti, the two editions of the Journal of the Citizens of the sea under the auspices Ministry of Environment.
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The Fara Daniela Genovese, director general of the Italian Merchant Marine Academy Foundation, was elected president of Italy WISTA, the association is headed by WISTA International, which is made up of women working in the maritime sector. 
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