STANLEY GLOD

Based in Silver Springs, Maryland, the cooperative is a nonprofit organization working to improve living conditions around the world. One of the cooperative's major efforts has been to improve housing conditions in Central and Eastern Europe. Recently Glod worked to help Poland with certain aspects of NATO membership through his role as national vice president of the Polish American Congress, an umbrella organization that represents more than 12 million Americans of Polish heritage. He consulted officers on the modernization of its armed forces and defense industries. Glod graduated from John Carroll University and the law center at Georgetown University. He also received a certificate from the Hague Academy of International Law and a doctorate in comparative law. During that time he studied both at the University of Munich and the Ukrainian Free University. Currently he is a board member of visitors of the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America. He also serves as a trustee for People to People International. Glod speaks fluent Polish, having spoken the language at home growing up. He is married with six children and five grandchildren.