Maurizio Oliviero

Legal Representative of CESAR and President of the General Assembly of Members
Rector of the University of Perugia, Full Professor of Public Law

Francesco Tei

President of the CESAR Board of Directors
Full Professor of Agronomy and Herbaceous Crops at the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences (DSA3) of the University of Perugia.
PhD in Crop Productivity. Author of over 250 scientific publications in national and international journals. Scientific coordinator of numerous national and international research projects. Coordinator of working groups in national and international scientific societies. Member of the editorial board of international scientific journals. Member of the organizing and/or scientific committee of numerous national and international conferences.

Francesco Martella

Director of CESAR
PhD in Sustainable Rural Development, registered with the Order of Agronomists and Forest Doctors, where he served as President of the Order of Perugia and the Umbria Federation from 2017 to 2021.
Expert in risk management in agriculture and rural development policies, specialized in designing and delivering training courses in the agro-food and rural development sectors. He has been collaborating with CESAR since 2002, and in recent years, he has worked closely with the Management to promote the development lines of the association and enhance the growth and competitiveness of the agro-food sector. He follows development projects related to product and process innovations, rural development, local initiatives, and environmental protection.
He provides organizational consulting services to primary structures within the Umbrian and national agricultural system.
He collaborates with major specialized journals in the agricultural field on topics related to risk management in agriculture.

Laura Rondoni

Head of the Training Department, Quality and Accreditation Manager, and Head of Europe Direct Umbria
She holds a degree in Political Science and is currently attending a postgraduate course in European Policies. After an internship at CESAR in 2000, she continued the collaboration, particularly acquiring skills in design, delivery and management of training courses and integrated projects of active employment policies. She collaborates with the other departments, in particular for the design of european activities and information and dissemination actions. She is the referrer for the Quality Management System and accreditation.

Eliana Cerasa

Head of Administration
An accountant who has been collaborating with CESAR since 1995 for administrative, accounting, and personnel management. Expert in financial management and reporting of training projects, and other types of projects financed with EU and national funds.

Antonello Polticchia

Head of the Secretariat and Protocol Office
A Political Science graduate, with a thesis inspired by the CESAR experience, who has been collaborating with the organization since 1988, supporting the Management, the administration office, and various departments. He participates in the provision of training projects, as tutor for the macrotypologies of continuing and higher education.

Collaborators

Francesco Ventura Castellini
expert in European project design and funded projects
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Piergiorgio Marconi
expert in rural development policies.
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Luca Palazzoni
expert in Common Agricultural Policy and rural development
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