Public speaking and speechwriting coach; Communicating with Americans and the Finns

University of Gdańsk (Poland)

PhD in North American Studies (University of Helsinki); MA in English and North American Studies (University of Tampere, Finland); US Presidential Foundations grantee; academic lecturer; guest lecturer at several universities in Europe, inc. Finland, Czechia (New York University), France, Portugal, Slovenia; Iwona specializes in American political communication and speechwriting; frm. Lech Wałęsa Institute Foundation Project Officer responsible for, ia. cooperation with public administration, cultural institutions, presidential foundations, museums, and archives in Poland and internationally. Member of the American Professional Speechwriters Assc. and the European Speechwriters' Network; National Science Center grantee for a study on the profession of a speechwriter in American and European politics and business. She coached European Commission speechwriters in the art of writing deliberative speeches. Iwona cooperates with cultural institutions in the implementation of Polish-American projects. She was invited to serve on the panel of jurors by the Association of Public Relations Companies in the "Złote Spinacze" competition, the oldest and most prestigious public relations competition in Poland whose aim is to increase professionalism and raise standards in the Public Relations industry.