Meet our team

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Sylwia Hałas-Dej, PhD

President of the Board of the Kozminski University Development Foundation
Kozminski Executive Business School Dean

Dean of Kozminski Executive Business School, in charge of postgraduate and MBA programmes. Involved with KU since 2000. Her many years of experience in designing study programmes enable her to work with business and respond to the individual needs of different companies. She also lends her experience to support other talent-oriented initiatives — both as a member of the Programme and Scientific Council of the LifeSkills High School, the Program Council of the LiderShe Academy of Women’s Leadership postgraduate programme, Member of the Supervisory Board of Międzynarodowa Szkoła Zarządzania, and Member of the Chapter of the “Kozminski Lions” award. She has been an international accreditor of MBA programmes as part of the Association of MBAs (AMBA, London) for over ten years.

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Katarzyna Alińska

Managing Director of Kozminski University Development Foundation

Managing Director of Kozminski University Development Foundation. Manager with over 20 years of experience in marketing communications, personal and institutional branding. Expert in public relations and public affairs, advisor to management boards on issues of communication with the public. Creator and leader of the implementation of the PR strategy for the TVN station (2000-2010), which contributed to consolidating the station’s image as the strongest media brand in Poland for many years.
She has experience in the creation and management of foundations – among others, she developed the strategy for the Rafał Brzoska Foundation and managed the foundation for the first two years of its existence (2022-2024) as well as the Omenaa Foundation and before that, as director of communications for the Kulczyk Foundation.
In her work she is guided by the principles of respect, professionalism and love for people and nature. She undertakes only those tasks in whose social potential she believes. A Polish scholar by education, she has a passion for literature and creativity, treating them as a foundation for intellectual and personal development.

At the Development Foundation, she is responsible for building communication strategies, fundrising, and taking care of development and transparency in the management of the Endowment Capital.

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Iga Bala

Deputy Director of Development Office

Involved with Kozminski University for 7 years. She gained experience working both in the marketing team and at the Kozminski Foundation where — as a member of the Foundation Board — she pursued the mission of supporting the best and most enterprising students. She was in charge of not only running scholarship and grant programmes, but also of executing the marketing and communications strategy of these programmes.

Currently, as Deputy Director of the Development Office, she’s responsible for the implementation of the fundraising strategy, collaborations undertaken through corporate partnerships, and relationships with major benefactors. She’s a graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology and of Kozminski University.

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Joanna Sawicka-Golcz

Project and Corporate Client Coordinator

Involved with education for most of her professional life — sourcing and managing training projects. From 2020 to 2023, she worked as an education advisor for postgraduate and MBA studies, courses, and training programmes at Kozminski Executive Business School. As of 2023, she’s been working as a Project and Corporate Client Coordinator at the KU Development Office. Graduate of Warsaw University of Life Sciences and of Kozminski University.

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Zuzanna Misiaczyk-Zarajczyk

Project and Corporate Client Coordinator

An experienced communications and marketing professional. Her professional experience to date includes comprehensive support and co-branding of clients and running image campaigns.
At the foundation, she is responsible for relations with key partners and coordinating philanthropic projects.
She is a graduate of the School of Promotion and Kozminski University. Art lover, Member of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts and TP of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw.

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Zachariasz Stawowiak

Development Office Associate

At the Development Foundation, Zachariasz Stawowiak is responsible for communication strategy and the creation of promotional content related to the endowment fund. He oversees the implementation of scholarship programs and projects aimed at raising awareness of philanthropy and social responsibility.
He has multiple years of experience in leading development and educational initiatives
A graduate of Kozminski University and EMLYON Business School, specializing in strategic management.