Francesco has served as the VentureLab@CatholicU Assistant Director since 2023, where he works with students and alumni both in and out of the classroom on their business projects. He is the founder of La Marmotta Gelateria, a DC based Italian gelato company founded in 2021. Francesco is an alumni of the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America.
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