dr. Philip Wainwright – Vice President of the General Patton’s Foundation – Poland Division (chapter in the United States)

Philip Wainwright comes from an American Family of Naval Officers, International Diplomats and Community Leaders; He has spent twenty five years as the Managing Director & Senior Legal Advisor for the Geneva-based International Committee for European Security and Cooperation; Systems Engineer for BioSecure Intermodal Global Supply Chains.Military historian and Board of Directors George S. Patton Memorial Museum.

Major General (Retired) Jeffrey P. Kramer

Jeffrey P. Kramer, is a former Major General, US Army who retired as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Intelligence at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Allied Joint Force Command-Brunssum, The Netherlands. He also retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after serving over 20 years as a Special Agent and Supervisory Special Agent. General Kramer is currently the Principal of Kramer Consulting LLC. With extensive national and homeland security experience, he assists clients with executive leadership development and strategic planning/advising. While in The Netherlands, General Kramer served as the US Senior National Representative, responsible for all US military personnel in the Joint Force Command, and directed all NATO-led operations in a 13-nation area of responsibility.

Over his 35 years in the Regular Army and Army National Guard, General Kramer commanded at multiple levels including a Combat Aviation Brigade and as the one-star Commanding General of Combined Joint Operation Center/Army Forces-Jordan. His other General Officer assignments included: Director of Exercises and Assessments/J7, US European Command; Deputy Director of Operations/J3, US Northern Command; Deputy Commanding General, 29th Infantry Division; and Director, Joint Staff, Maryland National Guard. In 2016-2017, General Kramer was the Senior US Military Officer assigned to the Kingdom of Jordan, supporting Operation Inherent Resolve combat operations and building the capacity of the Jordanian Armed Forces. Complementing his military service, General Kramer had a distinguished career with the FBI. Highlights of his career include service as the FBI’s only Supervisory Special Agent at the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) Crime and Narcotics Center. Simultaneous to his detail at the CIA, General Kramer was the FBl’s Acting National Program Manager of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, responsible for budget execution in excess of $100 million, which funded over 60 FBI-led Task Forces. During his career with the FBI, General Kramer received several awards including the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award. General Kramer graduated from Loyola University Maryland, and holds a Masters of Strategic Studies degree from the US Marine Corps University. General Kramer has also completed studies at several executive education programs to include Kellogg School, Northwestern University, Navigating Strategic Change; Maxwell School, Syracuse University, National Security Studies Management Course; and Kennedy School, Harvard University, Senior Executives in National and International Security. General Kramer holds several military awards and decorations including the Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, and the Senior Army Aviator Badge.

ZYGMUNT STASZEWSKI – POLISH AMERICAN ACTIVIST

Zygmunt Staszewski was one of the members of the Regional Strike Committee in 1980 in Wroclaw, Poland and a founder of the Solidarity Movement (NSZZ Solidarność) there. He later served as a Chairman of the Electrical Energy Section of Solidarity in Lower Silesia (representing 1,000 members) and a Secretary of the Electrical Energy Section of Solidarity nationwide (representing 50,000 members). In 1980 he was a Delegate to I National Congress of Solidarity Movement in Gdańsk and a member of the Presidium of Congress.
In 1981 he was also one of the co-founders of the Committee in Support of Political Prisoners in Wroclaw. Detained by the communist secret police during the first night of Martial Law in 1981, became a political prisoner himself for the next 6 months. Forced to emigrate abroad, came to the US in October 1982. Once in New York, he co-founded the Committee of Solidarity Members – Former Political Prisoners. From 1983 to 1989 he organized monthly demonstrations against the Martial Law and in support of political prisoners in front of the Polish Consulate in New York, raising funds and smuggling equipment for the Underground Solidarity. From 1984 to 1988 he also served as a public speaker for Amnesty International, lecturing about the evil of communism and violations of human rights in Eastern Europe.
From 2011 to 2019 he served as a National Director of the Polish American Congress.
In 2017 he co-founded the Coalition of Polish Americans, where for the first 6 months he served as an Acting President. He is a member of the Polonia Advisory Board at the Polish Consulate in New York and a Life Member of the Pilsudski Institute.
In 2019 he became a member of the Executive Committee of the Republican Party in Broward County, Florida.

MEDALS AND HONORS:
Officer’s Cross of Merit awarded by the President of Poland.
Cross of Freedom and Solidarity awarded by the President of Poland.
„Distinguished Pole in America” in business category in the New York Consular district.
“Fellow” of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers International (highest honor).
Honorary Fire Chief in New York.

MEDIA APPEARANCES AND PUBLICATIONS:
TV – Nightline (ABC), McNeil – Lehrer Report (PBS), ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX-5, TV Polonia. Radio – Radio Free Europe, Voice of America, WNET TV, Radio Rampa, Radio Polonia. Publications – Tygodnik Katolicki Niedziela, Nowy Dziennik, White Eagle, New York Post, Daily News, Kuryer Polski