JBANC Board of Directors meeting Sept. 9, 2001: Simonas Girdzijauskas, Saulius Kuprys, Janis Kukainis, Vello Ederma, Janis Bolsteins, Mati Kõiva, Lya Karm, Henry L. Gaidis, Algis Rimas, Janis Gramatins, Karl Altau	JBANC Presidents: Janis Kukainis (American Latvian Association), Saulius Kuprys (Lithuanian American Council and current JBANC President), Mati Kõiva (Estonian American National Council)	Administration officials with Baltic NATO Petitions - meeting with Baltic-American leaders at White House on Sept. 10, 2001. Seated at the table are (left to right): John Tefft, Ambassador to Lithuania, Elizabeth Jones(State Department), Daniel Fried (National Security Council), Cameron Munter (NSC)
Baltic NATO Petitions Presented to White House September 10, 2001	Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) speaking at Capitol Hill reception for President Adamkus of Lithuania. To Sen. Durbin’s right are President Adamkus and his wife Alma Adamkienë, Lithuanian Ambassador Vygaudas Usackas and his wife Loret Usackiene, and S. Algimantas Gecys, of the Lithuanian American Community.	Polish Ambassador Przemyslaw Grudzinski
Frank Koszorus of the Hungarian American Coalition spoke on behalf of the Central and East European Coalition	Mati Kõiva, President of Estonian American National Council, Inc.	Lithuanian Ambassador Vygaudas Usackas, Alma Adamkiene, President Adamkus of Lithuania, Sen. Richard Durbin
	Iceland’s Ambassador Jón Balvin Hanibalsson was recognized by President Adamkus. Hanibalsson, as Foreign Minister in 1990, led Iceland in becoming the first country to recognize Lithuania’s restoration of independence.