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Pasquale Capogreco is a lifelong resident of East Boston and serves as President of Italia Unita. He is one of four founders of Italia Unita. His pride for East Boston and Italian culture is quite evident through the successes of Italia Unita’s annual events.
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Ben Tauro one of four founders. Ben was born in Italy and settled in East Boston raising a family of four and the proud grandfather of 12 grandchildren. He is a successful entrepreneur, starting a few family businesses including, a tailor shop and a glass shop (Logan Glass family owned). He spent most of his years volunteering on many boards including serving as President of the East Boston Chamber of Commerce. He is strong community activist in East Boston.
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Elvira Federico, currently serving as Treasurer for Italia Unita was born in Italy and raised in Boston, she is proud of and has always remained true to her Italian heritage. Her accounting background has been a strong base for both her job and her volunteer activities. Elvira is a Subcontracts Administrator for an Environmental Engineering firm in Boston and also donates her time to other Italian-American Organizations such as the Dante Alighieri Society, where she serves on the Board of Governors and as Treasurer, she is a member of Fieri-Boston, and Treasurer of Aprutium (an Abruzzese Womens' organization).
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Lisa Capogreco-Cappuccio is the event coordinator for Italia Unita. One of four founders and a life long resident of East Boston, Lisa works in the areas of public relations, community development, film, politics, and radio. Lisa is the president of Boston Concepts a full service marketing and public relations agency. www.bostonconcepts.net
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Neffo Cappuccio is Sales Manager of Cappuccio Construction. Born in East Boston, Neffo served as President of the East Boston Main Streets Program. He volunteers and donates in many organizations and other worthy causes. www.cappuccioinc.com
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Gene Schepici, Gene was born and raised in East Boston. He is a Budget Analyst with the Massachusetts Trial Court and has been employed there for over twenty years. Gene has been an Italia Unita Board Member since 2005 and became involved to further promote and preserve the Italian culture within the East Boston and surrounding communities.
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Charles Clark, was born in Connecticut and has lived in East Boston for ten years. Charles is the Facilities/IT Manager for the AIDS Action Committee and has been there since 1996. Charles has traveled extensively throughout Italy and has adopted the culture and the language. His interest in Italy and the Italian culture brought him to Italia Unita two years ago.
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Stephen Jones, has lived in East Boston his entire life. Stephen first got involved with Italia Unita in 2005 to reconnect with his Italian heritage. In 2006, Stephen received his Italian Citizenship.
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