Joanna Monica GwozdziowskiInternational relations
Born Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 23, 1959; daughter of Czeslaw Jan (born Mielec, Poland) and Helena Wanda (Skomra) G. (born Cieszyn, Poland); married Nevin Derrick Whiteley.
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); Master of Arts (M.A.), Oxford University (England); Doctoral Candidate, Oxford University.
Languages: English, Polish.
Career: Consultant, Rand Corporation, 1989-90; Volunteer, Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, 1982-84; Paralegal, 1983-84; Personal Assistant, British Member of Parliament, 1981-82.
Honors: Marquis Who's Who in Finance and Industry; Who's Who in California; United States State Department Fascell Fellowship (1 year, U.S. Embassy in Warsaw); British Government overseas student research award; University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Educational Abroad Scholarship.
Author: Rand publication, October 1989, "Soviet - East European Relations: A Gorbachev Doctrine?"
Member of: Academy of Political Science; Association for the Advancement of Slavonic Studies; International Institute for Strategic Studies; Center for International Strategic Affairs, University of California, Los Angelees (UCLA); United Oxford and Cambridge University CIub.
Resident: Newport Beach, CA.
From: "Polish Americans in California, Vol. II," National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs & Polish American Historical Association. California 1995.