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Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Sue Hilger, Board Chair
Fulvio Domenicali, Interim Vice Chair, Pompeian
Samantha Benjelloun, Interim Treasurer, Marriot International
Diane Sancilio - Gilchrist, Secretary
Tiffany Bassford
Fulvio Domenicali - Pompeian
Sue Hilger, Strategic Marketing Consultant
Carlo Iomini - Johns Hopkins Medicine
Armanda Ligabue - Governance Committee Chair
Diane Sancilio - Gilchrist
Monica Lapenta, Be a Chef for a Day Founder, Executive Director, and CEO
Board Members Emeriti
Robert Baldassari
Pier Massimo Forni*
Francesco Legaluppi
Morris Weinman* - The Toby and Melvin Weinman Foundation
*Deceased
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STAFF
Kimberly Gough, Director of Social Enterprises and Workforce Development
Gail Gray, Be a Chef for a Day Food Access Program - Bussie Bussie Driver
Jamera Hawkins, Community Health Program Coordinator
Monica E. Lapenta, Executive Director & CEO - Be a Chef for a Day Founder
Sienna Lindamood, Outreach Specialist
Maya Madanda, Be a Chef for a Day Specialist - Govans Elementary
Matteo Magaldi, B-More Pasta Specialist
Robyn Schmittt, Be a Chef for a Day Food Access Program - Bussie Bussie Driver
Tyreek Smith, B-More Pasta Specialist
Taueret K. Thomas, VP of Gastronomy Education and Workforce Development
The BIT’s (formerly known as Italian Cultural Center) mission is to support an equitable prosperous Baltimore building community health and wealth for citizens of the world who call Baltimore home.
Always inspired by our Italian culture, we do so by empowering families through the Arts, building community access to affordable quality food,
providing food education,
promoting food justice,
creating international exchange opportunities, training, and jobs for young adults.
TAX ID: 52-2169101
The Bit Center (formerly Italian Cultural Center of Maryland) was founded in 1955 by Professor Regina Levi-Bianchini Soria, Dr. Raffaele Canevaro, and Mrs. Helen Knipp as Circolo Culturale Italiano and incorporated in 1999 joining forces with ItalCultura, founded by Hon. Francesco Luigi Legaluppi.
This decision was made to be more incisive in promoting the contribution of the people of Italy, their descendants, and the immigrant's contribution to Maryland and especially to Baltimore City.
Since 2015 under Monica E. Lapenta leadership, all the community programs were created.
The BIT Community Center Inc. is a 501C(3) charity registered in Maryland, working every day to build community health and wealth for citizens of the world who call Baltimore home and promoting Italian Culture and Heritage in Maryland.
TAX ID: 52-2169101
About Prof. Soria
Professor Soria moved to the U.S. in 1940 and joined the Notre Dame college faculty in 1942, teaching Italian.
A 1979 article in The Sun described her as "a sturdy woman with a big smile, a living room populated principally with books and overstuffed furniture, a dedication to Italy and Italian culture, and a husky voice that gets a lot of exercises." Prof. Soria was the first to point out what Italians have done in Baltimore when she organized in 1979, "The Marble Door," a conference about the influence of Italians in early Baltimore. In it, she discussed Enrico Causici, sculptor of the George Washington statue atop Baltimore's monument to the first president in Mount Vernon Place. She said she wanted the lectures to offset the negative image of Italians brought by The Godfather novel and films.
A memento of Professor Soria, the Center established THE REGINA LEVI-BIANCHINI SORIA AWARD that recognizes excellence in Philanthropy.
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Chef Thomas joins the BIT Center as VP of Gastronomy Education and Workforce Development.