Civitan International's Board of Directors has appointed Carmelo Cutuli as new General Secretary for Italy.

Cutuli who has distinguished himself in introducing Civitan International in his Country and contributing in developing the Southern Europe network, ranks the MST Grade that recognizes Civitans who excel at building new Clubs.

Cutuli is an expert in international Public Relations and Communications, as well as new digital technologies; his professional skills mainly involve Corporate Communications, Digital PR and Media Relations.

Actually serves as personal Advisor of the President of Italy-USA Foundation and as member of the Board of Directors of the Italian American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest (IACC Midwest), based in Chicago.

Cutuli, who is also a registered journalist, runs a Blog in English language called 'Stars'n'Stripes' - available at www.cutuli.it - where he speaks about Italy-USA Relations.

He's member of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy (Amcham Italy) and the Italian Federation of Public Relations Professionals (FERPi). Recently he has appointed as fellow at Competere.eu a very dynamic think thank composed by talented Public Affairs professionals.

Civitan International (www.civitan.org), based in Birmingham, Alabama, is an association of community service clubs founded in 1917. The organization aims "to build good citizenship" by providing a volunteer organization of clubs dedicated to serving individual and community needs with an emphasis on helping people with developmental disabilities. The organization includes 40,000 members (referred to as Civitans) in almost 1,000 clubs around the world.