REGINA RUDAITYTE

Professor of English Literature, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Philology for research and international relations; MA in English Language and Literature from Vilnius University; PhD in American Literature from Moscow M.V. Lomonosov University; MA in the Novel from the University of East Anglia (UK). Grants, Fellowships: The British Council Study Fellowship, University of East Anglia, UK; Research Grant at the Free University of Berlin, John F.Kennedy Institute for North American Studies; Administrative duties and expertise. Participates in the Socrates/ Erasmus academic exchange programme; Faculty Coordinator of the Socrates/Erasmus programme; Chairperson of the Doctoral Commission of Vilnius University; Chairperson of the Lithuanian Association of University Teachers of English; a board-member of ESSE (European Society for the Study of English); An editorial advisory board member of the International research journal EJES (European Journal of  English Studies). If you want to contact her, please do so at reginarudaityte@hotmail.com
Her web page is www.vu.lt 

VIRGINIJUS KUNDROTAS

Dean of Adizes Graduate School (USA) and Vice-President for Europe of Adizes Institute (USA). Doctor of Social Sciences (Education), Founding President of ISM University of Management and Economics, Lithuania, President of the Baltic Management Development Association (BMDA), Vice-president of Central and East European Management Development Association (CEEMAN); European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) Committee member; International Advisor to Emerald Group Publishing Limited (UK), Member of Editorial Board of Baltic Journal of Management (UK), member of International Scientific Committee of the EDUNIVERSAL Official selection of World Business Schools (France), Board member of Lithuanian Free Market Institute, Board member of Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education. He permanently chairs the International Expert teams on the evaluation of study programs in economics and business administration at Latvian universities and institutions of higher education, serves as expert of EPAS, CEEMAN, Lithuania Higher education Quality Evaluation centre. Dr. V. Kundrotas is a Founding President of Kauno Tauro Rotary club, member of Vilnius International Club, etc. If you want to contact him, please do so at virkun@ism.lt His web page is www.ism.lt

ULF HALLAN

Ulf Hallan was the founder and General Director of the North Norwegian Leadership Foundation (NNL) for 25 years. In 2006 Ulf Hallan established ELIN in Lithuania where he holds the position as president. Ulf Hallan has a wide experience in Leadership development programs. He has worked with companies like Statoil, DNBNord, Fokus Bank, as well as several companies in Lithuania. He has been engaged as a trainer in countries all over Europe, the USA, India, The Philippines and has been designing and conducting development programs for municipalities and The Norwegian Prosecuters office. He has also been a key-note speaker in international conferences and conventions.

He is the Program Director for the Main Leadership Program in NNL which is running for 23 years. This program is still considered one of the best and most popular for top managers in Norway. Ulf Hallan has experienced through his life and strongly believes that the good leadership is the important feature to determine company’s success. He firmly stands that any leader who takes his job seriously will take time to work with following: Yourself, Your company’s future and Your own ideas of leadership. Ulf Hallan is a visiting professor in Dailes Academia (Cultural Management), in VPU and he has been a visiting professor in TVM for five years. He is also appointed Honorary Consul for Lithuania to Norway. Web page: www.elin.lt Email: ulf@elin.lt

OLGA MEDVEDEVA

Dr Olga Medvedeva studied philology and foreign languages at Moscow State University of Linguistics, where she obtained a PhD in English linguistics. She has worked in adult, vocational and higher education at various institutions and companies. She has been extensively involved in teaching materials and tests design ( co-author of several textbooks and distance learning programmes); she is an experienced teacher trainer. Since 2001 Olga Medvedeva has worked on several EU Socrates programme projects aimed at promoting linguistic and cultural diversity in Europe, introducing innovative teaching and learning methods, creating up-to-date learning tools. Her present interests include applied linguistics, semantics, intercultural communication and didactics. If you want to contact her, please do so at olga.medvedeva@VilNews.com Her web page is www.VilNews.com