About - Cottino Social Impact Campus

Organizations and individuals interested in building a better, fairer, more sustainable and more inclusive future, need to become part of a new knowledge-building effort where social impact driven contents are the core of a new transformative cultural framework, well beyond the traditional professional training currently available.

Transformative means a culture that can enable a person to develop his/her ability to interpret and act in ways that aim at changing current reference models.

To contribute to the world-making effort of interpretation and creation of a new systemic sustainability, we need new instruments, languages and practices, referred to the the most advanced social impact thoughts and experimentations. A new education & learning offer aggregating individuals and organizations that are already contributing to the development of a global vision aligned with a social impact mission.

Experts, academics, practitioners, researchers, policy-makers and businessmen converge on the Campus to share their thoughts, know-how and experiences, building new ecosystems and thought leadership to interpret the challenge of social impact culture.

Social impact culture to shape a new vision of the world and the skills we need to build it

Cottino Social Impact Campus is the place of world-makers for social impact, powered by the cutting-edge entrepreneurial action of Fondazione Cottino

Only a social capacity with renewed competencies can aim at bringing people together to tackle the challenge of a more sustainable and inclusive future.

Our mission is to sustain and reinforce the capacity of communities, organizations and individuals with new, advanced professional skills relevant for social impact, envisioning a future that is sustainable, inclusive and fair.

Cultural change occurs through learning and exposure to new theoretical and practical contents and experiences, successful and unsuccessful, national and international: that is the founding vision of Cottino Social Impact Campus. Thanks to the entrepreneurial and illuminated approach of a unique philanthropist, Mr. Giovanni Cottino, Turin, where the Campus is located, becomes the European hub of advanced education on social impact, activating and pooling together national and international experts and academics.

Our team

International, grass-roots experience: doing with and not just for… She integrates the social impact perspective in its generative potential and radical implementation

Laura Orestano

CEO

Loves teaching about and around social impact. She is the nucleus of the entire educational offer of the Campus and dedicated to the relationship with national and international faculty

Elisa Ricciuti

Executive Director

A versatile designer, constantly looking for innovative, stimulating projects and new trends and ideas

Martina Russo

Communication Manager

Characterized by disciplinary contaminations and by a speculative and design approach, he takes care of the Campus’ educational offer.

Edoardo Fregonese

Educational Expert

Works with numbers, but deeply cares about the people in and around the Campus. Harmony and control, a fundamental contribution to our Campus

Martina Vendrame

General Secretary & Administration

The beating heart of Fondazione Cottino, of which she is Vice-President.
Her experience is a priceless resource to the Campus in facing its challenge with an entrepreneurial outlook

Cristina Di Bari

VP

The Director of Fondazione Cottino brings his managerial and organizational expertise to the Campus. He oversees the Campus as Foundation’s flagship project, keeping continuity and consistency