Fundacja im. Stefana Batorego

The Foundation Council, Board, Program Committees and Staff

Council

Chairman of the Council

Anna Radziwiłł
historian

Members

Jan Krzysztof Bielecki
President of the Bank Pekao S.A., Prime Minister (1990)
Bogdan Borusewicz
historian, Speaker of the Senate
Wojciech Fibak
businessman
Prof. Bronisław Geremek
Deputy to the European Parliament, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1997-2000)
Prof. Leszek Kołakowski
philosopher, Oxford University
Prof. Marcin Król
social scientist, Warsaw University, editor-in-chief of Res Publica Nowa
Olga Krzyżanowska
physician
Prof. Krzysztof Michalski
philosopher, Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna
Andrzej Olechowski
economist, advisor at the Bank Handlowy, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993-1995)
Prof. Zbigniew Pełczyński
political scientists, Oxford University
Bp. Prof. Tadeusz Pieronek
Polish Bishops Conference
Prof. Andrzej Rapaczyński
lawyer, Columbia University
Prof. Hanna Suchocka
lawyer, Prime Minister (1992-1993), Ambassador of Poland to the Holy See (on leave)
Prof. Stanisław Wellisz
economist, Columbia University

Board

Chairman

Aleksander Smolar
political scientist, Centre National de la Recherché Scientifique (CNRS), Paris

Members

Klaus Bachmann
publicist and political scientist, Willy Brandt Centre of German and European Studies, Wroclaw University
Nathalie Bolgert
financial consultant, Polish-American Community Assistance Fund (PAFPIO)
Mirosława Grabowska
social scientist, Warsaw University
Prof. Jacek Kochanowicz
economist, Warsaw University
Jarosław Kurski
journalist at Gazeta Wyborcza
Prof. Andrzej Rychard
social scientist, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences
Prof. Andrzej Ziabicki
chemist, Polish Academy of Sciences

Financial Committee

Nathalie Bolgert
Board member of the Stefan Batory Foundation, financial consultant, Polish-American Community Assistance Fund (PAFPIO)
Włodzimierz Grudziński
President of the Board of BISE Bank
Janusz Jankowiak
chief economist at BRE Bank
Stefan Kawalec
Managing Director PZU S.A.
Krzysztof Stupnicki
President of the Board of AIG Investment Fund

Program Committees

Civil Society Program

Watchdog organizations. Social responsibility in public life

Elżbieta Czyż
Board member of Helsinki Human Rights Foundation
Radosław Gawlik
President of Eko-Unia Ecological Association
Anna Wojakowska
Program Director of Polish-American Freedom Foundation

Microgrants for individual development

Ija Ostrowska
Chair of the Board of the Union of Citizens Advice Bureaus
Katarzyna Sekutowicz
trainer, consultant of Social Initiative Service Office BORIS
Bogdan Skrzypczak
Chair of the Board of Local Activity Centre Association

Beata Pawlak Award

Urszula Doroszewska
Chair of the Board of East Democratic Society
Wojciech Jagielski
journalist at Gazeta Wyborcza
Maria Kruczkowska
journalist at Gazeta Wyborcza
Antoni Rogala
representative of the family of the Founder
Olga Stanisławska
independent columnist
Adam Szostkiewicz
Polityka weekly columnist
Joanna Załuska
program officer, Stefan Batory Foundation
Wojciech Załuska
journalist at Gazeta Wyborcza

Legal Education Program

Łukasz Bojarski
expert, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
Prof. Andrzej Rzepliński
Board member of Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
Barbara Rymaszewska
judge at Provincial Administrative Court in Łódź
Ewa Siedlecka
journalist at Gazeta Wyborcza
Mirosław Starzyński
Head of Social Welfare and Health Department, Warsaw-Wola Municipal Office

Anti-Corruption Program

dr Ewa Balcerowicz
President of Center for Social and Economic Research
Janusz Durlik
Vice-Director of Public Opinion Research Center Foundation
Krzysztof Herbst
Vice-President of the Board of Foundation for Social and Economic Initiatives
Paweł Jordan
President of Social Initiative Service Office BORIS
Prof. Lena Kolarska-Bobińska
Director of Institute of Public Affairs Foundation
Paweł Łukasiak
President of Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in Poland
Jacek Strzemieczny
President of Center for Citizenship Education
Andrzej Szeniawski
Secretary of Olsztyn district
Mirosław Warowicki
President of URSA Consulting
Prof. Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński
Chair of Scientific Council of Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences
Jakub Wygnański
Board member of Forum on Non-Governmental Initiatives

Only Fish Don’t Take Bait? competition

Klaus Bachmann
Board member of Stefan Batory Foundation
Magdalena Bajer
Chair of Council of Media Ethics
Krzysztof Bobiński
Vice-President of Union & Poland Foundation
Teresa Bogucka
Gazeta Wyborcza columnist
Janusz Buszyński
American Embassy representative
Justyna Duriasz-Bułhak
Rural Development Foundation representative
Prof. Marcin Król
member of Stefan Batory Foundation Council
Dr Stanisław Mocek
Vice-Rector of Collegium Civitas

Equal Opportunities Program

Local Scholarship Funds

Sylwestra Borowczyk
NGO trainer, collaborator of NGO Support Center and Foundation in Support of Local Democracy in Białystok
Teresa Ogrodzińska
President of Comenius Foundation for Child Development
Iwona Olkowicz
program officer, Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in Poland

Rainbow Academy

Radosław Jasiński
Program Director, Polish-American Freedom Foundation
Jarosław Kurski
Board member of Stefan Batory Foundation
Ewa Suchcicka
President of More Loved Association of Parents and Protectors of People with Down Syndrome

Citizens in Action Program

Regional Partners

John Kubiniec
Regional Director, Freedom House, USA
Rodger Potocki
Director, Central Europe & Eurasia, National Endowment for Democracy, USA
Przemysław Radwan
Director of School for Leaders Association
Wojciech Zajączkowski
Deputy Director of Department of Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Credibility and partnership – non-governmental organizations in local communities competition

Ilona Gosk
President of Foundation for Social and Economic Initiatives
Irena Gadaj
President of Community Foundation of the Biłgoraj Region
Adam Sauer
Program Director, Poland-America-Ukraine Cooperation Initiative PAUCI

Community Initiatives Partnership Program

Bartłomiej Głuszak
Deputy Director of Elbląg Association to Support of Non-Governmental Initiatives
Julia Bardun
Director of NGO Agency in Support of Cultural Initiatives Tranzit, Kaliningrad District, Russia
Prof. Gudrun Schmidt-Kärner
specialist on relations with Kaliningrad District at Schleswig-Holstein Parliament, Germany
Jakub Boratyński
International Programs Director, Stefan Batory Foundation
Carsten Lenk
Program Director, Robert Bosch Foundation, Germany

Twin Cities Program

Dr Wolfgang Egerter
Prime Minister of Thuringia’s adviser on German-Polish and German-Czech relations
Tomasz Schimanek
Deputy Director of Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in Poland
Dr Simeona Zikmundova
Director of Regional Office of Vysocina, Czechy
Carsten Lenk
program officer, Robert Bosch Foundation, Germany
Heda Jungmanova
program officer, NGO Information Centre, Czech Republic
Justyna Blinowska
program officer, Stefan Batory Foundation

East-East Program

Joanna Konieczna
Ukraine, Russia and Belarus expert, University of Warsaw, Institute of Sociology
Marek Menkiszak
Russia expert, University of Warsaw, Centre for East European Studies
Zdzisław Nowicki
Central Asia, Russia and Ukraine expert
Marek Pernal
Visegrad countries expert, Deputy Director of Secretariat of Minister of Foreign Affairs
Wojciech Stanisławski
Balkan countries expert, Centre for Eastern Studies
Stanisław Zapaśnik
Central Asia, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus expert, University of Warsaw, Centre for East European Studies

Staff

Executive Director

Anna Rozicka

Programs

Jakub Boratyński
director of international programs
Lidia Kuczmierowska
director of domestic programs
Grażyna Kopińska
Anti-Corruption Program director
Ewa Woydyłło-Osiatyńska
Regional Alcohol and Drug Program director

Justyna Blinowska
Civil Society, Third Sector, Twin Cities Programs
Grażyna Czubek
Anti-Corruption and International Cooperation Programs
Agata Gajewska
Community Initiatives Partnership Program (since July 2005)
Grzegorz Gromadzki
International Cooperation Program
Piotr Halbersztat (till March 2005)
Equal Opportunities Program
Katarzyna Kaczkowska
Legal Education Program, Community Initiatives Partnership Program (till March 2005)
Agnieszka Komorowska
International Cooperation, Citizens in Action Program
Wojciech Konończuk International Cooperation Program (since March 2005)
Piotr Kosiewski
International Cooperation Program
Piotr Krygiel(since July 2005)
Citizens in Action Program
Marta Masojć(since July 2005)
East-East Program
Małgorzata Prejzner
Regional Alcohol and Drug Program
Adam Sawicki
Anti-Corruption Program
Sylwia Sobiepan
East-East and Citizens in Action Programs
Wojciech Stanisławski
International Cooperation Program (since March 2005)
Ewa Styperek
Civil Society, Third Sector Programs
Robert Szczęsny
International Cooperation and Citizens in Action Programs (till June 2005)
Alina Wasilewska
Equal Opportunities Program
Grzegorz Wiaderek
Legal Education and Third Sector Programs
Anna Wojciechowska-Nowak
Anti-Corruption Program
Sylwia Maksim-Wójcicka
Civil Society, Third Sector, Equal Opportunities Programs
Joanna Załuska
Civil Society Program

Information and Development

Ewa Kulik-Bielińska director
Anna Czajkowska

Secretary's Office

Karolina Oczkowicz
Joanna Sieniawska

Financial Department

Alina Muzińska financial director
Krystyna Grzeszkiewicz
Danuta Mingin

Administration

Grażyna Rutkowska administrative director
Karolina Płatek
Andrzej Wydrych
Tomasz Ostrowski computer specialist