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"The Commission shall be governed by a ten-member Board, comprising a Statutory Body as defined by Czech law, which shall be authorized to act on its behalf and to manage the activities of the Commission. The Board shall consists of five citizens of the Czech Republic and five citizens of the United States of America... The Chief of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic shall have the power to appoint and remove the Czech members of the Board, two of whom shall be governmental agents of the Czech Republic. The Chief of the Diplomatic Mission of the United States of America to the Czech Republic shall have the power to appoint and remove the American members of the Board, two of whom shall be officers of the United States Foreign Service in the Czech Republic."

Agreement between the United States and the Czech Republic concerning the J. Williama Fulbright Commission

J.W. Fulbright Commission - Bi-national Organization for Educational Exchanges with the USA

Fulbright Board

Honorary Chairs

Josef Dobeš
Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic

John Ordway
Chargé d'Affaire, The Embassy of the United States of America

Chair

Marilyn Wyatt
Independent Consultant

Vice-Chair

Vladimír Papoušek
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Southern Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice

Treasurer

David Gainer
1st Secretary, Office of Public Affairs, The Embassy of the United States of America

Vice-Treasurer

Jan Marek
Director of the Department of International Research Cooperation, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic

U.S. Members

Jeremy Druker
Executive director and Editor in Chief, Transitions Online

John Law
Counsellor for Press and Cultural Affairs, Office of Public Affairs, The Embassy of the United States of America

Michael R. Mullen
Havel & Holasek Attorneys-at-Law

Czech Members

Bronislava Hořejší
Faculty of Business Administration, University of Economics in Prague

Pavel Nováček
Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc

Vlastimil Růžička
Vice-minister, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic