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  • Dr. Martina Hrvolová

    Dr. Martina Hrvolová

    Chair

    Dr. Martina Hrvolová currently serves as Chairman of Friends of Slovakia. She is a Senior…
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  • Andrew P. Rajec

    Andrew P. Rajec

    Vice-Chair

    Andrew Rajec currently serves as Vice-Chairman of Friends of Slovakia.  He is also the Director…
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  • Thomas W. Skladony

    Thomas W. Skladony

    Secretary/Treasurer

    Thomas W. Skladony is a Friends of Slovakia founding member and has served continuously on…
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  • Bibiana K. Rais

    Bibiana K. Rais

    Executive Board Member

    Bibiana K. Rais is a Member of Friends of Slovakia’s Executive Committee. She is the…
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  • Richard Marko

    Richard Marko

    Executive Board Member

    Richard Marko is an inventor and Partner at KMMH Systems tax technology firm. He actively…
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Board of Directors

  • Dr. Brian Green

    Dr. Brian Green

    Executive Committee Member

    Dr. Brian Green, a Professor Emeritus of Sociology from Keene State College in New Hampshire,…
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  • Dr. Elizabeth Guran

    Dr. Elizabeth Guran

    Dr. Elizabeth Guran has over 30 years of professional experience in national security and international…
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  • Amb. Radovan Javorčík

    Amb. Radovan Javorčík

    Amb. Radovan Javorčík assumed his duties as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak…
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  • Roger Kodat

    Roger Kodat

    Roger Kodat is President of American Friends of the Czech Republic (AFoCR) and Senior Project…
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  • Peter Muzila

    Peter Muzila

    Peter Muzila is an Honorary Consul of the Slovak Republic in all New England states.…
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  • Dr. Cecilia Rokusek

    Dr. Cecilia Rokusek

    Dr. Cecilia Rokusek is the President & CEO of the National Czech & Slovak Museum…
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  • Sabina Sabados

    Sabina Sabados

    Sabina Sabados is a dedicated professional with over 15 years of experience at the United…
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  • Jan Erik Surotchak

    Jan Erik Surotchak

    Jan Erik Surotchak serves as Senior Director for Transatlantic Strategy at the International Republican Institute…
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  • Scott N. Thayer

    Scott N. Thayer

    Scott N. Thayer is a retired American diplomat who spent much of his career working…
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  • Madeline Vadkerty

    Madeline Vadkerty

    A native of Washington, D.C., Madeline Vadkerty works at the Holocaust Documentation Center in Bratislava,…
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  • Dr. Sharon L. Wolchik

    Dr. Sharon L. Wolchik

    Dr. Sharon L. Wolchik is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the George…
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Board of Advisors

Amb. Theodore E. Russell – Founding Chairman

 

Joseph T. Senko – Chairman Emeritus

 

Ingrid Kimianová Aielli

Amb. Adrian A. Basora

Kenneth Bombara

Amb. Peter Burian

Amb. Martin Bútora

Mary Ellen Callahan, Esq.

Dr. Pavol Demeš

Hon. Thomas A. Dine

Amb. Rastislav Káčer

Amb. Peter Kmec

Wendy W. Luers

Hon. John Mica

Katarína Mathernová, Esq.

Gail Naughton

Amb. Vince Obsitnik

Amb. Theodore Sedgwick

Julie B. Slavik

Amb. Ronald Weiser

Fergus Shiel and David Frankel