Leadership
President - Vytautas J.
Šliupas, P.E., Burlingame, CA is an
irrigation, drainage and water resources
engineer retired from Morrison-Knudsen
International. Mr. Šliupas has over thirty years
experience worldwide including Lithuania and
is fluent in Lithuanian.
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Vice President
International/Academic Relations -
Professor Calvin O. Qualset, Rohnert Park,
CA is a world known Cereal Grain Geneticist
and Director of Resources Conservation
Program, University of California, Davis.
Thirty years experience worldwide including
Lithuania.
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Vice President for Exchange
Programs and Treasurer - John S.
Chiles, Davis, CA is a local farmer and
researcher for Campbell Seeds. He is
Co-chair of the Yolo County - Siauliai
County Sister County Project ; also a member
of the Board of Directors of the Yolo County
Farm Bureau and is active in the National
Young Farmers Educational Association.
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Vice President of Administration
and Secretary - Leland H. Ruth,
Sacramento, CA is President Emeritus of the
Agricultural Council of California and an
expert in farmer cooperative development.
Mr. Ruth (Rutkauskas) has over 35 years
experience including Ukraine (Crimea),
Russia, Armenia, Estonia, Latvia and
Lithuania. Some knowledge of the Lithuanian
language.
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Vice President of Public
Relations - Heather White, RN, Palo
Alto, California is Director of the White
Knight Foundation (a non-profit that has
supported medical and surgical charities in
Lithuania), has lived and volunteered in
Lithuania as a nurse, and has some knowledge
of the Lithuanian language.
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Chief
Operating Officer
- Gint Federas, Lafayette, California is
President of Careside Medical LLC and
past-president of the Lithuanian American
Community in Northern California
(1990-2006). Mr. Federas is a first
generation Lithuanian-American whose parents
immigrated to the US after World War 2. He
reads and speaks Lithuanian.
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Honorary Advisors to the
Foundation Board:
Gražina Gudaityte Liautaud, Chicago, IL.
Dr. O. Meaders, Agricultural Education,
Michigan State University, USA
Lawrence F. Uebner, Director Siauliai-Omaha
Sister City Project, Omaha, NE.
Honorary Sponsors:
Mrs. Alma Adamkiene, First Lady of
Lithuania
Dr. Algirdas Avizienis, University of
California, Los Angeles, CA.
Dr. Jonas Valaitis, Lithuanian-American
Society, Lithuania and Chicago, IL.
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