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Italian Sons and Daughters of America. He was first elected in 2014, and again every two years thereafter. The ISDA is headquartered in Pittsburgh and is one of the largest Italian American fraternal associations in the U.S. www.orderisda.org; He is also President of the Justinian Forum Italian American Bar Association, www.thejustinianforum.org; and is Chairman of the Cleveland Italian Film Festival. He has served as a member of the executive committee of the National Italian American Foundation in Washington DC.
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Italian Sons and Daughters of America. He is the father of
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Anthony Pilla Italian American Studies Program at John Carroll University. Russo and his wife Patricia served as Chairpersons of the Advisory Committee of the Marriage and Family Ministry of the Cleveland Catholic Diocese.
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