Wharton Club Of DC

Katarzyna Rybka-Iwańska is a career diplomat and the head of public and cultural diplomacy at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, D.C. In her previous posting at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Tel Aviv (2018-2022), she headed public diplomacy and communications. Between Sept 2021 and Jan 2022 she was the CDA a.i. of the Republic of Poland in the State of Israel. Prior to being posted overseas, Katarzyna assisted the Board of Strategic Advisors to the Prime Minister in Poland’s Prime Minister’s Office (2008-2010) and spent 8 years at the Foreign Policy Planning Unit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2010-2018). She is an expert in strategic planning, educational and digital projects, as well as in promoting women’s stories.