During our 40th anniversary celebration the presidency of the club was transferred from Giuseppina Piasente Alvarez to Luca Dorigatti. The club was founded on February 9, 1980 with the assistance of Dr. Bruno Fonza, who was visiting from Trentino. Initially, there were only 30 members.
The current club roster contains more than 200 households. Giuseppina has been president now for over 30 years.
She felt it was time to pass the leadership to a younger generation. Giuseppina has spirited one of the most active clubs in Northern America. She has a passionate desire to promote our culture to a new generation of Trentini. She welcomes with open arms the flow of newer immigrants who have come to find success in Silicon Valley and elsewhere in California.
The new president is Luca Dorigatti, a native of the city of Trento. Luca has held various roles in our community. From 2013 to 2018 he was the US Consultant to the Province of Trento. From 2013 to 2018 he was the US Coordinator for the Trentini nel Mondo Association, and from 2018 to 2021 he played the same role for the Western US.
From 2000 to 2008 he was our club secretary and for the past 10 years he has been a board member. Giuseppina has placed us in good hands by passing the presidency to Luca.
Giuseppina will remain on our board and will certainly continue to play a pivotal role in our affairs. We express our sincere admiration and gratitude to Giuseppina and Luca for their dedication to our community.
Soon after our club was founded, the Trentini nel Mondo Association conferred upon our club a formal letter of recognition. During the anniversary event, Giuseppina handed this letter of recognition to Luca, symbolizing the transition of leadership. Luca was also presented with a cycling jersey, the same one worn by the world champion from Trentino, Francesco Moser. ... See MoreSee Less
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At our 40th anniversary on May 14 th , we gave special recognition to the legacy members of the club; that is, those who have been members since the 1980s.
See the attached photos.
Back row:
- Ramona Krausnick Antonioni, San Bernardo, Val di Rabbi and Verla, Val di Cembra;
- Josephine Agostini Costa, Cologna (Pieve di Bono);
- Laura Floriani Vitlacil, Bieno, Valsugana;
- Adriana Salvadori Antoniolli, Bondo (Sella Giudicarie);
- Lino Rizzi, Cloz, Val di Non;
- Bob Zanoni, Cloz, Val di Non and Vermiglio, Val di Sole.
Front row:
- Rosie Yob, Ralph’s wife;
- Giuseppina Piasente Alvarez, Pieve Tesino;
- Ralph Yob, Sporminore, Sfruz and Lover, Val di Non;
- Antonio Vitlacil, Borgo Valsugana;
- Nelly Antoniolli Mussi, Roncone and Agrone (Pieve di Bono); - Ruby Franch Zanoni, Cloz, Val di Non;
- Olga Degregorio Disney, Spera (Castel Ivano), Valsugana.
Giuseppina and Laura were founding members. ... See MoreSee Less
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GIUSEPPINA ALVAREZ
PADRE EFREM
RON MARINELLI
ROMEO ZUECH
ZANONIS