ORGANISATION

The Australian Institute of Polish Affairs (AIPA) is managed by an Executive Committee. It has a Board of Trustees as well as an Auditing Committee.

The current (December 2005) Executive Committee of AIPA comprises:

  • President - MR ADAM WARZEL (Melbourne)
  • Vice-President - MR MAREK BURDAJEWICZ (Sydney)
  • Secretary - MS ANNA SEDEK (Melbourne)
  • Treasurer - DR PETER GRASZKIEWICZ (Melbourne)
  • Board Member - MR ALEXANDER GANCARZ (Canberra)
    Board Member - DR ANDRZEJ SNARSKI (Tasmania)
    Board Member - MS IRENA ZDANOWICZ (Melbourne)

During the 14 years of AIPA's existence, its Executive Committee has included many prominent Polish Australians, including Prof. Jerzy Zubrzycki (Sociologist and founder of Australian multiculturalism), Dr Sev Ozdowski (currently Australia's Human Rights Commissioner) Prof. Andrew Ehrenkreutz (Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Michigan and founder of the North-American Study Center of Polish Affairs), Prof. Martin Krygier (Professor of Law, University of NSW) and Prof. Jan Pakulski (Sociologist and Dean of Arts, University of Tasmania).

A list of AIPA's Executive Committees from 1991 to 2001 is published in:
Expanding the Dialogue: Ten Years of the Australian Institute of Polish Affairs, AIPA Inc., [Melbourne], 2001