Rosella Sensi (Rome, born 18 December 1971) is an entrepreneur and Italian professional sports executive. She is the current General Manager of the Italian professional football (soccer) club Associazione Sportiva Roma (A.S. Roma, usually referred to simply as Roma).^[1]

She is a graduate of the Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS). She has held the post of managing director and, since August 28 2008, also the Presidency of Roma, replacing her father, Franco Sensi, who was the president until he died on August 17, 2008.^[2]

She is the second woman to hold the office of president of the club. Previously, Flora Viola, the widow of Dino Viola, succeeded her husband as president of the club when he died in 1991. Rosella Sensi is currently one of two women to lead a football club in Italy's top professional sports soccer league, Serie A. The other is Francesca Menarini, Chairman of Bologna F.C..

Beginning in 2006, the president of Roma has filled the office of the vice president of the Italian Lega Calcio, a position Sensi now holds.

On March 31, 2009, Sensi gave birth to a daughter, Livia.^[3]

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1. ^ "I presidenti dell'A.S. Roma dall 1927 ad oggi". Viva la Roma. 8 June 2007. http://www.asrtalenti.altervista.org/index.php?a=presidenti.htm. 
2. ^ "Roma president Franco Sensi dies after illness". August 18, 2008. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=563945&&cc=5901. Retrieved 2009-06-04. 
3. ^ Masiello, Vince. "Roma President Rosella Sensi Becomes A Mum". http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2009/04/01/1185763/roma-president-rosella-sensi-becomes-a-mum. Retrieved 2009-06-04.