Alessandra Smerilli

Alessandra Smerilli, FMA (born 14 November 1974) is an Italian Catholic economist, academic, and religious sister who serves as the Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development in the Roman Curia since August 2021. She was the first women to be appointed secretary of a dicastery, the second most senior official of a Curia department after the prefect, which made her the highest ranking woman in the Roman Curia at the time.

Smerilli holds a post-PhD (it. ''docente'') degree in political economy and statistics, obtained from the Pontifical Faculty of Educational Sciences Auxilium. She is a member of the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco. Provided by Wikipedia