Foundation Management Board
Maja Surowicz-Biłyj
President of the Management Board
President of the Rakiety Foundation (formerly Find Help) and Change4Good not-for-profit Sp. z o. o. A graduate of master's studies at the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw and Special Pedagogy at the Academy of Special Pedagogy and postgraduate studies in Psycho-oncology (SWPS), Corporate Social Responsibility (Kozminski University), PR and Strategic Communication in companies (SGH) and project management. A graduate of the Crisis Intervention Study of the Institute of Health Psychology of the Polish Psychological Society and the National Emergency Service for Victims of Domestic Violence "Blue Line". Her passion for helping developed already during her studies, when she actively volunteered in oncology wards and hospices. She gained experience in large charity organizations, among others. at the United Way Polska Foundation, the Oriflame Foundation, the Alivia Foundation and the National Competence Center Foundation. Privately, she is a lover of French bulldogs and plant-based cuisine.
Foundation Council
The activities of our Foundation are supervised by unique people from various backgrounds and with different experience.
Thanks to this, we can develop in a thoughtful and comprehensive way.
Chairman of the Council
Łukasz Margol
Deputy-chairman
Marcin Jakubek
Members of the Main Council
Łukasz Margol
Marcin Jakubek
Aleksandra Urbaszek
Sylwia Pusz
Marek Rybiec
Michal Korczak
Agnieszka Piękniewska
Members of the Honorary Council
Bolesław Rok
Andrzej Jonas
Łukasz Margol
Chairman of the Council
Financial controller with over 11 years of experience in finance, including external audit (Big4). A graduate of the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw. On the Foundation Council since its establishment.
Marcin Jakubek
Deputy Chairman of the Council
Doctor of economics, graduate of the Faculty of Economic Sciences and the Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Mechanics at the University of Warsaw. Currently, he works as an assistant professor at the Institute of Economic Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences and at the National Center for Nuclear Research.
Co-founder of the Foundation.
Aleksandra Urbaszek
Member of the Main Council
Psychologist, psychotherapist, psycho-oncologist. He has extensive experience, both clinical and in private practice. He has been working as a psychologist, psychotherapist and psycho-oncologist for over a dozen years, currently at the Institute of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases at SPCSK in Warsaw. He works with patients, their families and improves patient-doctor relations. She has repeatedly given lectures and training for doctors, nurses and volunteers. She is the author of numerous articles, including: author of the chapter "How to talk to a cancer patient" Oncology for primary care physicians; author of chapters on mental well-being in the book Lifestyle Medicine; author of articles on Psychology in "Be Active. Dietetics & Fitness”; author of the guide "Body under stress" created for Medicover and other self-help content also created for pharmaceutical companies.
Sylwia Pusz
Member of the Main Council
Business Development Executive at Netwise SA, with experience in business development in the retail sector in the CEE region. At SAP, she coordinated marketing, pre-sales and sales activities to best address market needs and offer the latest SAP solutions for the retail and manufacturing sectors.
Originator of Retail Day, a conference for the largest Polish retailers. Founder and head of the "Europe without Borders Association", working for Poland's accession to the EU.
She has been associated with the consulting and IT services industry since 2006. She worked as a management board advisor at EY and Asseco Polska. She was responsible for sales strategies and contacts with strategic clients in these companies, as well as the promotion and marketing of new products.
After obtaining a diploma in Law and Administration from the University of A. Mickiewicz and Economics of the Poznań University of Economics, she sat for two terms in the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, the European Parliament and the Wielkopolska Voivodeship Assembly.
Marek Rybiec
Member of the Main Council
President of iWealth Management since December 2017.
He is a graduate of the Faculty of Geographic and Geological Sciences at the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań. He also completed postgraduate studies in Capital Investments, Management and Marketing and the Investment Funds Market. In October 2013, he completed Executive MBA studies, organized with the participation of the Gdańsk Foundation for Management Education, the University of Gdańsk and Erasmus University.
He has been working on the capital market since 1996. In the years 2012-2017, he served as the President of the Management Board of Skarbiec TFI SA and Skarbiec Holding SA (a company listed on the WSE).
In the period 2007-2012 he held, among others, as a member of the management board of BRE Wealth Management SA, a member of the management board and later Vice-President of the Xelion Investment House (formerly Xelion Usługi Finansowi).
Member of the Council of the EFPA Polska Foundation - Foundation for Financial Advisory Standards (www.efpa.pl) and founder and chairman of the Double Challenge Fund Council.
Marathon runner and ultramarathon runner.
Michal Korczak
Member of the Main Council
Managing Director of the integrated marketing agency Focus Nation. An experienced practitioner with over 15 years of experience in the industry and a specialist in marketing strategies.
A keen observer of trends, a believer in sustainable development in business. Promoter of balance between body, mind and the technology surrounding us. Privately, he is a fan of active recreation and plant-based diets.
Agnieszka Piękniewska
Member of the Main Council
prof. Bolesław Rok
Member of the Honorary Council
Director of the Positive Impact Entrepreneurship Research Center, Department of Entrepreneurship and Ethics in Business, Kozminski University. Initiator of postgraduate studies "CSR. Sustainable Development Goals in the company's strategy.
He has been involved in business for over 30 years as an entrepreneur, advisor, ethics spokesman and promoter of corporate social responsibility.
Co-founder of the Responsible Business Forum, Coalition for the Circular Economy, co-author of the annual Ranking of Responsible Companies and Startups with a Positive Impact for Kozminski Business Hub, coordinator of Polish and international projects in the field of innovation for sustainable development.
Author or co-author of a number of books, including: "Foundations of social responsibility in management", "Responsible business in an irresponsible world", Transition Redesigned", "Understanding Ethics and Responsibilities in a Globalizing World", "Sustainable Business Models".
Andrzej Jonas
Member of the Honorary Council
Journalist for over 40 years. Press and television commentator. Founder and editor-in-chief of The Warsaw Voice (since 1988), also president of the Warsaw Voice SA publishing house. In 1991, co-founder of the Association of Children of the Holocaust in Poland. In the years 1995-2002, Vice-President of the Association of Polish Journalists, in the years 2006-2010, President of the Association of European Journalists - Polish Section, in the years 1997-1999, Vice-President of the Association of European Journalists.
Lecturer at the Faculty of Journalism of the University of Warsaw and the Diplomatic Academy. In 2010, he was awarded the Bene Merito Badge of Honor.
