Fran Shapiro has 20 years experience working with and for Italian businesses in the design and decorative field. Prior to joining Mercedes Berk, Fran was employed for 13 years by Bisazza, the Italian luxury glass mosaic manufacturer, most recently as Executive Administrator of the company’s North American operations. Throughout her career, she has specialized in marketing the goods and services of sellers on one side of the Atlantic to buyers on the other. A life-long resident of Manhattan’s Gramercy/Flatiron neighborhood, Fran is fluent in both the Italian and Danish languages.