Governance and Staff
About Social Change School – Education for Impact and Leadership in the Social Sector
The staff of Social Change School comes directly from the field, with extensive experience in social, environmental, and political activism, as well as in international cooperation and humanitarian operations.
Our educational approach is rooted in conscientious professional ethics, results-based management, innovation-driven leadership, and a long-term commitment to building a more just and sustainable world.
Through our international master programs in project management, humanitarian action, nonprofit leadership and international development, we prepare professionals to lead change in NGOs, international organizations, and third sector institutions.
We identify with the words of Nelson Mandela:
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
At Social Change School, education is not theoretical: it is practical, impact-oriented, and designed to strengthen leadership and managerial competencies for the global social sector.
President and Legal Representative
Marco Crescenzi (LinkedIn)
Advisory Board
Semi-detached body, it’s composed of the main stakeholders’ groups, included Alumni, Masters Directors, the Manager of the School, the Main Partners, etc.
Marco Crescenzi – (SCS President)
Diego Battistessa – (Lecturer at the University of Carlos III in Madrid, Expert in International Cooperation, Migration, Human Rights, Journalist, Writer)
Federica de Benedittis – (Fundraising and Communication Manager for Apurimac, Head of Career Development Service – Representative of SCS Management)
Ivana Borsotto – (President of FOCSIV – Federation of the Italian NGOs, former Student)
Daniela Fatarella – (General Director of Save the Children Italia, former Student)
Federico Marcon – (Business Development Manager for Global Evergreening Alliance, former Student)
Alessio Di Carlo – (Development Project Trainer and Expert, Advisor)
Tirso Puig de la Bellacasa – (Child Protection and Meal – Monitoring, Evalutation, Accountability and Learning / Trainer and Expert in International Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid)
Board of Master Directors
Riccardo Sansone – (Master HOPE – Humanitarian Operations in Emergencies)
Sabrina Munaò – (Master PMC-Project Management for International Development)
Marco Crescenzi – (Master LEAD – Leadership, Strategic Management & Talent Development for the Third Sector)
Anna Demartini – (Master MIDHA – Management of International Develoment and Humanitarian Aid).
Management Team
Main Partners
President and Legal Representative
Advisory Board
Semi-detached body, it’s composed of the main stakeholders’ groups, included Alumni, Masters Directors, the Manager of the School, the Main Partners, etc.
Marco Crescenzi (SCS President)
Diego Battistessa (Lecturer at the University of Carlos III in Madrid, Expert in International Cooperation, Migration, Human Rights, Journalist, Writer)
Federica de Benedittis (Fundraising and Communication Manager for Apurimac, Head of Career Development Service – Representative of SCS Management)
Tanja Beretta (Director of Master HOPE – Humanitarian Operations in Emergencies, humanitarian expert)
Ivana Borsotto (President of FOCSIV – Federation of the Italian NGOs, former Student)
Daniela Fatarella (General Director of Save the Children Italia, former Student)
Federico Marcon (Business Development Manager for Global Evergreening Alliance, former Student)
Gian Paolo Montini (General Director of Peter Pan Onlus, Euroconsulting member)
Board of Masters Directors
Tanja Beretta (Master HOPE – Humanitarian Operations in Emergencies)
Sabrina Munaò (Master PMC-Project Management for International Development)
Federica de Benedittis (Master FRAME- Fundraising Management)
Tirso Puig de la Bella Casa (Master Midha- Management of International Develoment and Humanitarian Aid).
Managers
Marco Crescenzi General Director
Donna Ratier Kimberley (Head of HR & Administration)
Emanuele Sassoni (Head of Didactics)
Diego Battistessa (Strategy Adviser)
and
Elena Sofia Fanciulli (Career Development Service)
Camilla Stecca (Master HOPE Coordinator)
Chiara Vivani (Master FRAME Coordinator) Sara Martini (Career Development Service)
Tirso Puig (Adviser)
Sofia Torlontano (Partnership)
Michael ODong (focal point Uganda)
