The Chargé d'Affaires Shawn Crowley and Consul General Tracy Roberts-Pounds visited the Museo dello Sbarco di Catania (Catania Landing Museum). The museum tells, through stories, original objects, reproductions, and immersive experiences, a fundamental chapter of our shared history: the Allied landing in Sicily in 1943, which marked the beginning o...

On Thursday, March 20, the U.S. Consul General in Naples, Tracy Roberts-Pounds, visited the Gaetano Filangieri Civic Museum, accompanied by Antonella Di Vaio and Beatrice Pelli of the Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S. Consulate General. She was welcomed by Paolo Jorio, Director of the Filangieri Museum; Riccardo Imperiali di Francavilla, represe...

A series of roadshows tied to the SelectUSA initiative have been held in Treviso, Bologna, and Milan, bringing together Italian enterprises and US state-level investment bodies. These events included commercial, R&D, assembly, and manufacturing activities. They aimed to match Italian firms with US Economic Development Organizations (EDOs) from over...

The first Italian edition of the Academy For Women Entrepreneurs, the U.S. State Department's program that aims to provide women and girls with the knowledge and network they need to turn their business ideas into reality, free of charge, has kicked off. The Academy For Women Entrepreneurs was born out of a partnership between the U.S. Diplomatic M...

The NIAF Board of Directors Mission to Italy trip, which took place from June 11 – 21, 2023, was a resounding success. The trip began in Rome, where the board met with high-ranking officials of the Meloni government, members of the Italian parliament and attended a Gala dinner presented by We the Italians, in honor of NIAF, at the historic Circolo...

The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) and the City of Naples have signed an agreement to create new opportunities for cultural and economic collaboration, promote Neapolitan culture in the United States, and strengthen the long-standing bond of friendship between Naples and the US. On the occasion, Consul General

Tracy Roberts-Pounds is the new Consul General of the United States of America, Naples. She began her career in the U.S. Department of State in 2000 and is a career diplomat in the Senior Foreign Service. From 2018 to 2021, Ms. Roberts-Pounds served as head of the Regional Peace and Security Office at the Bureau for African Affairs. Previously, she...