VYTAS BAGDONAVICIUS, NJ

Currently President of the Philadelphia Area LAC Chapter. Vytas is a business owner and an electrical engineer by profession. In his youth, he attended elementary school at St. George Parish where he was an active scout leader and was involved in parish activities. In the late 1970's, he was elected to the Lithuanian Music Hall's (LMHA) Board of Directors and served as Vice Chairman of Operations. There he coordinated major renovation projects including the building of the Lithuanian Cultural Center. He organized and chaired committees that hosted most of the New Year's Eve balls since 1979. He coordinated the necessary technology installation for the LAC's Lithuanian Communications Center during Lithuania's independence movement. Currently, he is a member of St. Andrew's parish and participates in the parent's committee that supports the LAC Lithuanian School. Recently, he was influential in joining the operations of the LAC and the LMHA, and is the driving force behind the establishment of the Lithuanian American Center at the Lithuanian Music Hall. "The Lithuanian American Community Center is urgently needed to unite and involve Lithuanian Americans regardless of what generation they are in, as well as newly arrived Lithuanians in our community activities. I also strongly believe that inter-chapter cooperation in sports and cultural events is necessary to insure that our Lithuanian heritage continues to flourish in our region. I'd like to be elected with the Philadelphia team so our region's local interests are strongly represented in national Lithuanian-American Community decisions".

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