Marek Gołkowski was born in Katowice, Poland and moved to the United States when his mother was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Cornell University. He completed his BS in Electrical Engineering at Cornell before moving across the country to California where he earned his MS and PhD at Stanford University. Dr. Gołkowski moved to Colorado in 2010 to join the faculty at University of Colorado Denver. He is currently the Department Chair of Electrical Engineering and performs research in space sciences, plasma physics, and applied electromagnetics. Marek is president of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Kosciuszko Foundation

Kasia Hypsher was born in Poznań, raised, and educated in Kraków. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts with a degree in Interior Architecture. Since 1999, Kasia has lived in Denver, Colorado, where she has made lasting contributions to the local Polish community.

In 2009, she founded Życie Kolorado, a Polish-language monthly publication, and served as its editor through 2024. For 15 years, Życie Kolorado has played a vital role in uniting the Polish community in Colorado while promoting Polish history, culture, and traditions abroad.

Kasia remains an active member of the Polish community in Colorado, assisting with marketing materials for the Polish Club of Denver. Most recently, she launched the inaugural edition of the Rocky Mountain Chapter Polish Film Festival, further contributing to the cultural life of the region.

Professionally, Kasia works as an interior architect, designing both public and commercial spaces throughout the Denver Metro Area.

Malgorzata Schwab is an Information Technology executive specializing in multi-industry digital transformation, with a focus on leveraging AI-augmented technologies to enable innovative business strategies. She holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science from the Warsaw University of Technology, in collaboration with the Polish Academy of Sciences. She also earned an MBA from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, and most recently, a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Colorado in Denver.

Malgorzata is actively involved in community outreach, teaching at several local community colleges and serving as a speaker at the Western Summit of Women in Technology. Originally from Lublin, she has made Colorado her second home, where she remains deeply engaged with the Polish Club of Denver and contributes as an author for Życie Kolorado, a Polish-language newspaper.

Passionate about her community and professional work, Malgorzata is now bringing her experience from the DC Polish Film Festival to the Rocky Mountain chapter of The Kosciuszko Foundation, helping to launch a similar initiative in the region.