Aldona Wos

Dr. Aldona Wos is a native of Poland, a graduate of the Warsaw Medical Academy, and a retired internal medicine and pulmonary medicine physician. Dr. Wos served two terms as a Presidential appointee to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. From 2004-2006, Dr. Wos was appointed by President Bush as the U. S. Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia. From 2013-2015, Dr. Wos served as Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. In May 2017, President Donald Trump appointed Dr. Wos as Vice Chair of the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships—one of America’s most prestigious programs for leadership and public service. The President’s Commission on White House Fellowships is responsible for interviewing candidates and recommending people to the President. White House Fellowships offer exceptional young men and women first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government. Dr. Aldona Wos currently resides in Greensboro, North Carolina, with her husband, Louis DeJoy, and their twins Ania and Andrew DeJoy.