Comune of Rionero in Vultur is the sponsor of the Vultur Project. The comune and the Comunità Montana fund and facilitate this project, thanks largely to the efforts of the Mayor (Italian "Sindaco") Antonio Placido.

Richard Fletcher is the Project Director. He specialises in South Italian, Greek and Phoenician archaeology. His research centres on the development of indigenous societies in South Italy before and during the Roman period. He also studies the Greek-Phoenician exploration of the wider Mediterranean, on which subject he is writing a monograph. Richard Fletcher is currently Adjunct Professor in the Department of History, University of Alberta.

Erin Stepney is a Field Director, responsible for the excavation at Torre degli Embrici. She specialises in Roman archaeology (particularly architecture) and has several years' worth of excavation experience at a broad range of sites in the region. She researches perceptions of antiquity and larger questions of violence and spectacle during the Roman Empire. Erin Stepney is a PhD student at the University of Alberta. 

Emil Aladjem is a Field Director responsible for field survey. He specialises in prehistoric archaeology, but has experience in all periods from the Palaeolithic through to the Ottoman period in the Levant. Emil Aladjem has directed many field projects for the Israel Antiquities Authority, both excavation and survey. He researches lithic technologies and computer applications in archaeology. Emil Aladjem is a Field Archaeologist with the Israel Antiquities Authority.

Pasqualina Iosca is a Field Director responsible for site research. Pasqualina specialises in the archaeology of South Italy, particularly the Vulture-Melfese region. She is native to the area and lives in Rionero, but took her Laurea in archaeology at the University of Macerata. She researches the archaeology of  the region in the pre-Roman and Roman periods and her book on the subject will be required reading for all members of the project team. 

Karen Deighton is a supervisor and a professional archaeologist and zooarchaeologist. She has a B.A in Archaeology and Medieval history from U.C.N.W Bangor and a Msc. in Environmental Archaeology and Palaeoeconomy from Sheffield University. She currently works as a zooarchaeologist and environmental project officer at Northamptonshire Archaeology(UK). She has excavated in the UK,Italy,Jordan and Oman. Her particular interests are Roman and Medieval archaeology.

Roberto Iosca is the project Consigliere. Roberto Iosca is a native of Rionero in Vulture and is a retired Ragioniere. He has taken an interest in the project and gives us invaluable advice regarding the functioning of the project and project funding.

Smadar Gabrieli is the director of the Apotheke (pot-shed). Smadar is probably the most experienced member of the team. She is a professional museum conservator in Israel, a fellow at the Hebrew University, editor for various journals and directs her own project in Cyprus. She has a PhD in Classical Archaeology and extensive experience in many parts of the Mediterranean on more projects than there is space to list here. Smadar has many talents, but she has a particular interest in coarse and cooking wares.

Yngve Thomassen Flognfeldt is an archaeologist and supervisor. He obtained his Masters degree at the Univeristy of Bergen and the Norwegian Institute in Athens. This MA, he studied votive offerings from Early Iron Age sanctuaries in Greece, but is also interested in the Bronze Age of Italy and Greece. He first attended the Vultur Archaeological Project in 2008, but also has experience from the Athenian Agora, and is curenly working as contract archaeologist at the University of Bergen, Norway.

Lajos Spierer is a supervisor and graduate student at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Lajos has many years of field experience in Israel and Italy

James Wilson is a supervisor and graduate student at the University of British Columbia.  He is a Greek archaeologist who specializes in Cretan studies.  His research is concentrated mainly on Cretan warfare, although he has a broad background in Greek Archaeology and has worked at the Athenian Agora for many years.