{"id":1180,"date":"2022-11-10T20:03:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T20:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meritmusic.org\/?page_id=1180"},"modified":"2026-01-11T13:50:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T19:50:47","slug":"charles-grode","status":"publish","type":"faculty-and-staff","link":"https:\/\/meritmusic.org\/pl\/faculty-and-staff\/charles-grode\/","title":{"rendered":"Karola Groda"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Karola Groda<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Prezes i Dyrektor Wykonawczy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Northwestern University, magister historii teatru
Lawrence University, BM, teatr i dramat

West Central Association \u2013 cz\u0142onek zarz\u0105du
Klub Ekonomiczny Chicago \u2013 Cz\u0142onek
Uczestnik Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management \u2013 Harvard Business School, lato 2019<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Charlie Grode jest do\u015bwiadczonym liderem w dziedzinie sztuki i edukacji, z ponad 25-letnim do\u015bwiadczeniem w organizacji, relacjach, rozwoju zasob\u00f3w i personelu. Jest szcz\u0119\u015bliwy i dumny, \u017ce pe\u0142ni funkcj\u0119 prezesa i dyrektora wykonawczego Merit od 2015 roku.<\/p>

Charlie urodzi\u0142 si\u0119 w Kaukauna w stanie Wisconsin i mieszka w dzielnicy West Loop w Chicago \u2013 w odleg\u0142o\u015bci kr\u00f3tkiego spaceru od Merit's Joy Faith Knapp Music Center \u2013 wraz z \u017con\u0105 Heidi, ich kotem Bixby i ich Westie, Pearl. Jest zapalonym biegaczem.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Moja \u017cona i ja uwielbiamy Pink Martini, kt\u00f3re jest raczej ma\u0142\u0105 orkiestr\u0105 ni\u017c zespo\u0142em. \u017badne s\u0142owa nie opisz\u0105 lepiej, dlaczego je kochamy, ni\u017c s\u0142owa lidera zespo\u0142u i pianisty, Thomasa Lauderdale'a:<\/p>

\u201ePink Martini to szalona muzyczna przygoda na ca\u0142ym \u015bwiecie\u2026 gdyby Organizacja Narod\u00f3w Zjednoczonych mia\u0142a zesp\u00f3\u0142 house w 1962 roku, miejmy nadziej\u0119, \u017ce byliby\u015bmy tym zespo\u0142em\u201d.<\/p>

\u201eJeste\u015bmy bardzo ameryka\u0144skim zespo\u0142em, ale sp\u0119dzamy du\u017co czasu za granic\u0105 i dlatego mamy niesamowit\u0105 okazj\u0119 dyplomatyczn\u0105 do reprezentowania szerszej, bardziej otwartej Ameryki\u2026 Ameryki, kt\u00f3ra pozostaje najbardziej heterogenicznie zaludnionym krajem na \u015bwiecie\u2026 z\u0142o\u017conym z ludzi ka\u017cdego kraju, ka\u017cdego j\u0119zyka, ka\u017cdej religii. Z wyj\u0105tkiem rdzennych Amerykan\u00f3w, wszyscy jeste\u015bmy imigrantami z ka\u017cdego kraju, ka\u017cdego j\u0119zyka, ka\u017cdej religii\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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