Luisa Rizzitelli

Luisa Garribba Rizzitelli is an expert in communications, events, institutional relations, and diversity, equality, and inclusion. A journalist and trainer, she is the owner and director of Communis srl, a communications and training company.

She conducts training courses and speaking engagements for businesses, social organizations, and institutions. She received the Marisa Bellisario Award in 2003 and was included in Forbes Italia's list of 100 successful women in 2020. In 2025, she received the Differenza Donna Award and the national Fair Play Award for her commitment to human rights in sport.

She writes for the Huffington Post blog and has written editorials for The Guardian and the newspaper Domani. She is the founder and president of Assist, the National Association of Athletes, an organization that has been working since 2000 for the collective rights of men and women in women's sports . She is an activist, feminist, and a staunch supporter of the alliance between men and women in developing strategies to combat all forms of discrimination and violence. She is the coordinator for Italy and Europe of the One Billion Rising movement, which in February and March mobilized around 60 countries around the world with a flash mob to fight against male violence against women.