Italia Gandolfo is a literary agent with Gandolfo Helin & Fountain Literary Management. Gandolfo is the Founder/CEO of Gandolfo Helin & Fountain Literary Management. She has over 25 yearsÕ experience in media between a big 4 Hollywood Talent & Literary Agency, Publishing, PR/Advertising, and Film in Los Angeles and New York. She began her career in the entertainment industry at Creative Artists Agency (CAA) during the tenure of Founder/CEO, Michael Ovitz. She researched classified projects while coordinating and assembling development information (domestic and foreign) for talent agents, writers, directors, producers, actors etc., and was in charge of the agencyÕs library of confidential screenplays and manuscripts.

As the Director of Business Development for Los Angeles based, multi-media company, Meteor 17, Gandolfo raised capital for A-list media projects including the I Hope You Dance feature film, Hendrix Unplugged: Acoustic Generations, and the stage play SERRANO.

Gandolfo worked as a Senior Adviser to the Spirit Bear Youth Coalition alongside Dr. Jane Goodall and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The SBYC is the largest youth-led environmental organization in the world with a network of more than 6 million members in over 75 countries.

Gandolfo is Founder/CEO of Vesuvian Media Group, Inc.