Robert Allegrini
President @National Italian American Foundation
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WORK HISTORY
President @National Italian American Foundation
Washington, DC, US
EDUCATION
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Graduate Fellowship , International Relations
Northern Illinois University
Bachelor's Degree, Journalism
SKILLS
ABOUT ROBERT ALLEGRINI
Robert Allegrini is the President of the Washington D.C. based National Italian American Foundation, the nation\'s premiere organization dedicated to preserving, protecting and promoting Italian American heritage. In addition, Allegrini is a public relations & travel executive, author, civic leader and diplomat. For more than a decade, Allegrini served as Vice President of Communications-the Americas for Hilton Worldwide. In this capacity Allegrini managed the public relations team serving all the Hilton family of brands, corporately managed properties throughout the Western hemisphere. Previous positions held by Allegrini at Hilton Worldwide include VP of Public Relations, Luxury Brands and Regional Communications Director for Hilton’s central division. In this capacity Allegrini oversaw the public relations activities of all corporately managed Hilton properties in a 23 state area. In 2015 Allegrini was named one of the Top 25 Extraordinary Minds in Hospitality Sales & Marketing by the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI).Allegrini’s prior positions include Assistant VP in charge of public relations for Hyatt Hotels Corporation and Director of Corporate Communications in charge of public relations for all Swissotel properties world wide. He has worked extensively in the hospitality industry in Asia, Europe and New York in addition to his native Chicago.In 2005 Allegrini authored the book, “Chicago’s Grand Hotels” which subsequently was made into a documentary narrated by nationally renowned journalist Bill Kurtis and aired on the CBS network’s Chicago affiliate. The book and the documentary were recognized when Allegrini was presented with the Governor’s Award for the Best Public Relations Campaign at the 2007 Illinois Governor’s Conference on Tourism.Allegrini is active in Italian American affairs on a local and national level.His services to the Italian American community have been recognized both by Italy’s former royal family, the House of Savoy, which made him a Cavaliere (Knight) in 1991 and by the Republic of Italy which made him a Commendatore (Knight Commander) in the Order of Merit in 2002.
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