Maria A. Lunderius (Trzcinski)
International management executive, consultant
Born Dec. 17, 1943, Lowicz, Poland; came to U.S., 1982; daughter of Zbigniew and Wanda (Elzanowska); married Erik K. Lunderius; child: Dobrochna (Disa).
Education: Master of Laws (LL.M.), A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan (Poland), 1967; Ph.D. (in international business management), Kennedy - Western University, Boise (ID), 1984.
Career, i.a.: senior research associate, Western Institute, Poznan, 1967-74; international specialist, PK-Banken, Stockholm (Sweden), 1975-79; consultant, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 1979-80; research associate, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, 1979-81; consultant to Swedish Government, Prime Minister's Advisory Board and Department of Agriculture, 1980-81; research fellow, Uppsala University, Department of Soviet and Eastern Europe Studies (Sweden), 1981-82; visiting scholar, Hoover Institution, Stanford University (CA), 1982-83; managing partner, Sunnyvale (CA). 1984-86, senior partner, Stockholm, 1986-89, president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Austin (TX), 1989-90, Global Perspectives, Inc.; president, International Development Exchange, 1990-92, senior partner, Eastern Europe Insiders, 1992 -, Austin; board management chairman, Synergia, Ltd., Lodz (Poland), 1992 -; deputy director, Polish Treasury Foundation for Promotion of Small and Medium Size Enterprise, 1995 -; consultant to Polish Government: Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Education, Office of Government Council, President of Poland, Ministry of Industry and Trade, 1990-94; consultant, Austrian Military Academy, Vienna, Institute of Strategic Studies, Munich (Germany), Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey (CA), Royal Institute of Strategic Studies, London (United Kingdom), PepsiCo Food International - Wedel S. A., General Electric Company, Svenska Kullager Fabriken.
Author: over 50 book chapters, articles, reports, reviews; panelist and mediator at national and international conferences.
Member of: Amnesty International; National Organization of Female Executives; National Organization of Women Business Owners; founder and president, Texas - Poland Foundation and International Development Exchange.
Honors: several research grants from governments and other organizations.
Languages: Polish, English, Swedish, German, Russian, French, Italian, Spanish, Arabic.
Hobbies: wilderness trekking, skindiving, sailskating.
Home: 16605 Mixtli Cove, Leander, TX 78641.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996