Biography
Alessia Ardesi is a communications and public affairs consultant with over a decade of experience in domestic and international policies at the highest levels of government.
Alessia started her career as a news presenter for Sky Salute! Television, as a journalist and a political television commentator. She worked in the communication office of the former Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, and ultimately appointed chief of staff and served in that position for five years. She has also served as an advisor to the President of the Italian Committee of the World Food Program.
For many years now she has been an international political commentator for many different Italian Television programs and was a candidate for the Italian Parliament.
Currently Alessia serves as Vice President for Global Governmental Affairs for GV Group a family owned corporation that is leader in printing books in Europe and the USA. She serves on the boards of PA Hutchinson and Lakebook Manufacturing, two facilities that prints books in the United States.
Alessia possesses a very extensive network that includes international leaders, politicians, diplomats, religious dignitaries, business owners, opinion leaders, and academia. Skilled in back-channel diplomacy, effectively connecting people from different backgrounds and nationalities to resolve conflict. She has specialized knowledge in European Institutions and Vatican affairs and has taught Leadership and Communication to a group of International Naval Cadets at the Italian Navy Academy.
On October 2025 her book on the Oratory, the Catholic Institution, was published. The preface is written by the Secretary of Vatican State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
Alessia holds a masters degree in International Public Policy. from SAIS, Johns Hopkins University. She is a member of WIFA (Washington Institution of Foreign Affairs), Foreign Policy Discussion Group and Women Foreign Policy Group. She contributes as volunteer at the work of the Andrea Bocelli Foundation. She serves on the boards committee of The Washington Opera Society and the foundation Saving Innocents and in the Steering Committee of the Aegis Foundation.