Revs. Kristin and David Markay and their two children have been living in Milano since August 2004. They are both United Methodist pastors from the United States, and have served churches in Ohio, England, and Lithuania prior to their time in Italy. David and Kristin speak English pretty well, and are trying to learn Italian!

Rev. Eliana Briante is an Italian Waldensian pastor, having come to serve the Methodist Church in Milano in August 2005. She has served in pastorates in Italy and Germany, having for the past five years served as the administrator at the Servizio Cristiano Waldensian school in Riesi, Sicily. She and her husband, the Rev. Uli Eckert who is the pastor of the Lutheran Church of Milano, have two children. Eliana speaks Italian pretty well and is trying to learn English!