Kurek is a Trade/Investment Counselor for the Monarchy of Madagascar, serves on several international boards on education, youth development, and economic development serves on the team of the first smart village project model in Malawi, and is an appointee to N.C. Governor's Advisory Council on Aging. She joins to help the organization gain new insights and advice to solve organisation problems or explore new opportunities by stimulating robust, high quality conversations and also to provide current knowledge, critical thinking and analysis to increase the confidence of the decision-makers who represent the organization.