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Co-chairpersons of the Board<\/h3>

The Board of the Good Will Foundation is headed by the two co-chairpersonsi\u00a0Andrew Baker and Faina Kukliansky. Rabbi Baker is the\u00a0Director of International Jewish Affairs at the\u00a0American Jewish Committee, AJC). F. Kukliansky, a professional lawyer, is currently the Head of the Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) Community.<\/p>\n

Both co-chairpersons have been members of the initiative group, which started negotiations regarding restitution of communal property of Jewish religious communities with Lithuanian authorities more than a decade. Negotiations were successful and resulted in adoption of the Good will compensation law in 2011, based on which the Good Will Foundation was established.<\/p>\n

The Good Will Foundation was established by the Lithuanian Jewish Heritage Foundation.<\/p>\n

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Biography of Faina Kukliansky<\/a><\/p>\n

Biography of Andrew Baker<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Board of the Good Will Foundation<\/h3>
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  1. Andrew Eliot Baker<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Co-chair of the\u00a0Board<\/li>\n
  2. Faina Kukliansky<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Co-chair of the Board<\/li>\n
  3. Arie Bucheister<\/strong>, The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany<\/li>\n
  4. Shmuel Yatom<\/b><\/strong>, Head of the Jewish religious community of Lithuania<\/li>\n
  5. Arie Ben-Ari Grodzensky<\/b>, Chairman of Litvak Association in Israel<\/li>\n
  6. Josifas Bur\u0161teinas<\/strong>, Ad personam<\/li>\n
  7. Gennady Kofman<\/strong>, Head of the Jewish Community of Panev\u0117\u017eys (Ponevezh)<\/li>\n
  8. Gercas \u017dakas,<\/strong>\u00a0Head of the Jewish Community of Kaunas (Kovno)<\/li>\n
  9. Nachliel Dison<\/strong>, World Jewish Restitution Organization<\/li>\n
  10. Prof. Leonidas Melnikas<\/strong>, Ad personam<\/li>\n
  11. Mark Weitzman<\/b>,\u00a0World Jewish Restitution Organisation<\/li>\n
  12. Daniel Seth Mariaschin<\/strong>, B\u2019nai B\u2019rith International<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

    Board of the Lithuanian Jewish Heritage Foundation<\/h3>
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    1. Andrew Eliot Baker<\/strong>, American Jewish Committee<\/li>\n
    2. Julius Berman<\/strong><\/li>\n
    3. Herbert Philip Meir Block<\/strong>, Executive Director of American Zionist Movement<\/li>\n
    4. Shmuel Yatom<\/b><\/strong>, Head of the Jewish religious community of Lithuania<\/li>\n
    5. Reuven Dov Dessler<\/strong>,\u00a0Chief Executive Officer of the Mazel Company<\/li>\n
    6. Vladimir Dribinskiy<\/strong>, Chief Program Officer of the World ORT<\/li>\n
    7. Josifas Bur\u0161teinas<\/strong>, Ad personam<\/li>\n
    8. Gennady Kofman<\/strong>, Head of the Jewish Community of Panev\u0117\u017eys (Ponevezh)<\/li>\n
    9. Faina Kukliansky<\/strong>, Head of Jewish (Litvak) Community of Lithuania<\/li>\n
    10. Ruth Reches<\/b>, Vilnius Sholom Aleichem ORT High School<\/li>\n
    11. Daniel Seth Mariaschin<\/strong>,\u00a0B\u2019nai B\u2019rith International<\/li>\n
    12. Prof. Leonidas Melnikas<\/strong>, Ad personam<\/li>\n
    13. Mark Barry Levin<\/strong>,\u00a0National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry<\/li>\n
    14. Nachliel Dison<\/strong>, World Jewish Restitution Organization<\/li>\n
    15. Feliksas Puzemskis<\/strong>, Head of the Jewish Community of Klaip\u0117da\u00a0(Memel)<\/li>\n
    16. Mark Weitzman<\/strong>, World Jewish Restitution Organisation<\/li>\n
    17. Gercas \u017dakas,<\/strong> Head of the Jewish Community of Kaunas (Kovno)<\/li>\n
    18. Arturas Taicas<\/strong>, Head of the Jewish Community of Ukmerg\u0117\u00a0(Vilkomir)<\/li>\n
    19. Samantha Rebeca Hillman<\/strong>,\u00a0World Jewish Restitution Organisation<\/li>\n
    20. Semionas Finkel\u0161teinas<\/strong>, Lithuanian sport club \"Makabi\"<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>