Dana was Executive Director of Civitella Ranieri for 15 years, retiring in 2022. She was the Andrew Heiskell Arts Director at the American Academy in Rome and director of the European Honors Program of Rhode Island School of Design. She is a writer, painter, and educator, who has lived and worked in Italy for most of the past 35 years. Dana holds a BA and MA and has taught painting and drawing at Temple University, Cornell University, and University of Washington in Rome, amongst other programs. Her work was included in the anthology Apple, Tree in 2019 and her poems have been published in the Bennington Review, Epiphany Magazine, and The Journal for Poetic Research, amongst others. She is the editor of the anthology, Feathers from the Angel’s Wing, a collection of poems inspired by the paintings of Piero della Francesca. As a director and educator Dana has nourished and supported the practices of countless artists and scholars.