Meet Our Alumni Ambassadors
Regional Alumni Ambassadors offer information and guidance to prospective and current JCU students and support the growth of alumni activity by organizing various types of alumni events in their region. The Regional Alumni Ambassador maintains regular contact with the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs in order to make sure the University possesses the most up to date contact information for alumni worldwide. Please see the Regional Alumni Ambassadors role description.
Here is a list of current Alumni Ambassadors in alphabetical order by region. Contact them via LinkedIn (clicking on their name), or write to [email protected]
United States
Chicago, IL, USA - Gianluca Pesce
Gianluca Pesce transferred to JCU in 2007 and graduated in 2009 with a BA in International Affairs.
He has been living in Chicago for just over 5 years and works as Business Development
Manager for Yolk Restaurants USA. Gianluca speaks English and Italian and in his free
time enjoys rock climbing, biking, cooking, and traveling the world!
Dallas, TX, USA - Ludovica Pizzichelli
Ludovica Pizzichelli graduated from John Cabot University in May 2016, majoring in International Affairs
and minoring in Psychology. Currently, she is a second-year law student at Southern
Methodist University, Dedman School of Law, in Dallas, Texas. She has experience interning
with nonprofits both in Italy and in the United States and hopes to become a public
interest attorney upon graduating with her Juris Doctor (JD) degree.
New York, USA - Valentina De Santis
Valentina De Santis is a 2016 graduate from Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. She double
majored in Communication Studies and Media Arts and minored in Fashion Marketing.
Valentina studied abroad at John Cabot University from August 2014 to May 2015. Now,
she is working full-time in New York City and is proud to be a JCU Alumni Ambassador.
Thousand Oaks, CA, USA - Pedro Vazquez
Pedro Vazquez studied abroad at John Cabot University in the summer of 2003 majoring in International
Business. He is a Real Estate Executive and has been actively involved in commercial
real estate for ten years. Pedro currently works for Guitar Center Inc. as a Senior
Real Estate Manager and assists in the acquisitions of new store locations, relocations,
and lease renewals.
Europe
London, UK - Maria Young
Maria Young is half-American and half-Italian, and graduated from JCU with a major
in international affairs in 2022. Maria will be pursuing her Masters degree at King's
College in London, and would love to help out and meet other JCU alumni in the UK!
Rome, Italy - Anastasiia Shmatina
Anastasiia Shmatina is from Kiev, Ukraine. She came to JCU when she was 17 to study
Business Administration, and Marketing as her minor. She got an internship as a Business
Developer for an IT security company Messagenius that she met at the JCU Career Fair.
After the first two months, she was promoted to a full-time position as a Marketing Manager.
Paris, France - Inès Kuliovska
Inès Kuliovska was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. She went to high school in Paris and moved to Rome in
2010. She graduated from JCU with a BA in International Affairs and Communications
in May, 2014. Inès is now back in Paris where she is doing an MBA.