Vitelli began working as an entrepreneurship trainer in the early 1980s and was the director of program and policy for New Ventures Maine for 38 years.

[1][2][3] but the family also lived in Italy (where she met one of her loves, the singer Francesco Guccini) and India when Vitelli was a child.

[1][3] Vitelli began working in entrepreneurship training in 1983, focusing on projects and organizations that developed women entrepreneurs.

[16][3] Vitelli enjoys gardening, reading, camping and hiking, and has climbed Mount Katahdin 10 times.

[17][2] The Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini dedicated a song to her, "100 Pennsylvania avenue", in memory of the relationship they had when she was studying in Bologna.