The Polish-U.S. Fulbright Commission is overseen by a Board of Directors comprising 10 members, with five Polish citizens and five U.S. citizens appointed by the honorary co-chairpersons of the Board – the Minister of Science and Higher Education and the U.S. Ambassador to Poland.
The Board holds primary responsibilities for overseeing the implementation of statutory objectives and managing the finances of the Commission. Board members actively contribute to shaping the Commission’s development strategy and approve the lists of Fulbright grants nominees. The term of office for a Board member spans three years.
Brian George
Counselor for Public Diplomacy at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw. Member of the Senior Foreign Service, serving in Poland for the third time.
- U.S. Embassy
Monica Damberg-Ott
Cultural Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw. Career diplomat with years experience in Foreign Service. First time serving in a diplomatic position in Poland, fluent in Polish.
- U.S. Embassy
Dorothy Hansberry-Bieguńska
Competition law expert with significant litigation experience, co-founder of the Hansberry-Tomkiel competition law boutique.
- Hansberry Tomkiel
Dr hab. Robert Kupiecki
Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. An experienced career diplomat with many years of service, Ph.D. scholar with habilitation in political science.
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dr hab. Anna Mazurkiewicz
Historian (PhD habil.), Deputy Dean at the Faculty of History, Chair of the International Border Studies Center at the University of Gdańsk. Fulbright Poland alumna.
- University of Gdańsk
Angelo Pressello
CEO and owner of Directio, a global IT services company. Came to Poland in 1994 as a high school English teacher with the U.S. Peace Corps. MBA from the WEMBA program of the Warsaw School of Economics.
- Directio
Dr hab. Eliza Przeździecka
Professor at SGH Warsaw School of Economics where she leads the Institute of International Economics at the SGH College of World Economy. Senior economist in the Economic Analysis Team of Deloitte Advisory. Fulbright Poland alumna.
- SGH Warsaw School of Economics
Peter Strupp
Experienced business leader, management consultant, and facilitator for dozens of corporations in Europe with a concentration in Central and Eastern Europe. Mr. Strupp is the President of Achieve Dynamics and works with global, as well as high growth private companies.
- Achieve Dynamics
Prof. Andrzej Szeptycki
Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education
- Ministry of Science and Higher Education
Dr hab. Jan Szumski
Head of the History of Humanist and Social Thought Research Unit at the Institute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences
- Institute for the History of Science PAS