Board of the Foundation “Prize” Milan

messa
Italy President

Maria Cristina Messa

Full Professor of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy, University of Milano-Bicocca, of which she served as Rector; former Minister of University and Research of the Italian Republic

Laera
Italy Vice President

Laura Laera

Retired judge; former Vice President of the Italian Commission for Intercountry Adoption, of which she is currently an expert member

Debernardis2019
Italy Member

Paolo de Bernardis

Full Professor at the Department of Physics, Sapienza Università di Roma; Italian Principal Investigator of the international stratospheric balloon experiment BOOMERanG; Fellow of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and of the Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL, Rome

Fortis
Italy Member

Marco Fortis

Vice President and Director of the Edison Foundation, Milan; Chair of the Scientific Committee of the Confindustria Research Centre; member of the Advisory Board and Scientific Committee of the Trento Economics Festival, of the Steering Committee of the Centre for Research in Economic Analysis and International Economic Development (CRANEC) at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, and of the Executive Committee of the Aspen Institute Italy

Paola Germano
Italy Member

Paola Germano

Executive Director of the DREAM programme, Community of Sant’Egidio; PhD in Infectious diseases at the Sapienza Università di Roma

Merlini2025
Switzerland Member

Giovanni Merlini

Dr. iur., Attorney-at-Law. Owner of the law firm and notary office GM in Locarno and Lugano; President of the Council of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) and former Member of the Swiss Parliament (National Council)

Petrabissa
Italy Member

Riccardo Pietrabissa

Full Professor of Industrial Bioengineering at the Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS in Pavia, where he served as Rector until 2026

Vegas
Italy Member

Giuseppe Vegas

Professor at the Faculty of Economics at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan; former Member of the Italian Parliament, Undersecretary and Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance; former President of the Italian Commission for Companies and the Stock Exchange (CONSOB)

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