Vittoria Zanuso is the Executive Director of the Mayors Migration Council (MMC), a mayor-led initiative to empower and enable cities around the world with knowledge, connections, and technical support to engage in migration diplomacy and policymaking on migrant and refugee issues. Prior to joining the MMC, Vittoria held multiple positions at the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities initiative (100RC), liaising with mayors, senior officials and private sector leaders to address natural and human-made disasters, from climate change to rising global inequality. As a founding staff member of 100RC, Zanuso helped establish a network of 100 cities from the ground up and created the organization’s urban migration practice, leading advocacy campaigns and strategic partnerships with the International Rescue Committee, Brookings Institute, and NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, among others. Originally from Milan, Italy, Vittoria holds an MPA in International Policy and Management from NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and a BA in Politics from Queen Mary University of London.
City leaders at the upcoming Cities of the Americas Summit with highlight how urban areas are leading the way on providing regional migration solutions.
Global cities must respond to the call of Afghan mayors and city officials now under threat of reprisals. But to do so they need asylum seeker-friendly policies already in place
During this pandemic, the leadership demonstrated by city mayors and the skills and resourcefulness of migrants are showing international leaders the way.
