Nick Pietrowicz has been active professionally as a special agent with the Diplomatic Security Service. He has received a number of awards for his contribution to the field of foreign service.
Pietrowicz is ready to leverage his trivia skills as a contestant in the 41st season of Jeopardy! His debut episode in the popular reality television program will air on November 29, 2024.
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As part of the decorated trio, Pietrowicz will compete against two contestants on Friday’s episode. His first opponent for the night is the returning Jeopardy champion, Laurel Day.
Laurel, a project manager from Austin, Texas, became the new champion on Thursday’s episode. With a hard-fought win, she added $18,801 to her balance.
Next up to share the stage with Pietrowicz is Susan Beachy, a news researcher from Queens, New York.
You can watch how Pietrowicz performs in his Jeopardy debut on the NBC network.
Nick Pietrowicz Age & Wiki
Pietrowicz was born Nicholas Pietrowicz in 1975. He is 49 years old and he celebrates his birthday every March.
Pietrowicz resides in Arlington, Virginia. Not much is known about his family and education.
What Is Nick Pietrowicz’s Job?
Pietrowicz is busy with his professional service as a Diplomatic Security Service special agent. He first joined the State Department in 2002.
Nick first served in the New York City field office. He was then posted to Port-au-Prince, Kabul, Chisinau and N’Djamena. He then served as the RSO at Embassy Luanda.
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— Nick Pietrowicz (@NickPietrowicz) November 17, 2024
While working at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Pietrowicz was responsible for evacuating Peace Corps volunteers and U.S. Embassy personnel and their families in February 2004. Likewise, he also led the evacuation of 200 American citizens to the airport while two trucks full of rebels attempted to stop the charter plane.
Pietrowicz also personally rescued the head of the National Coalition for Haitian Rights, who was in hiding. He confronted and disarmed two armed men who were trying to break into the U.S. Embassy compound.
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Is Nick Pietrowicz Married?
Pietrowicz is a married man! As of the information from The Foreign Services Journal, September 2014, he was living a blissful life with his wife and a son.
Since Pietrowicz hasn’t shared an update on his personal life, it’s unknown if he and his wife have welcomed more children into their lives.
Additional Information
- Pietrowicz is the winner of the 2014 F. Allen “Tex” Harris Award for constructive dissent by a Foreign Service specialist.
- He also received a national award for Bravery from the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association at a ceremony held in Fairfax, Virginia, on November 4, 2005.
- Pietrowicz wrote the paper on Navassa: America’s Forgotten Caribbean Island for Geography and Strategy (IWP 634) in 2021.
