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Lidia Lombard --UAC European Program Director & President "Familia" Foundation
Lidia was born in Bucharest, Romania and is a graduate of the University of Bucharest. She holds a Master of Arts in specialization Romanian and English languages. She is a US citizen, residing in North Miami Beach, Florida since 1984. Lidia spends, collectively, more than six months a year in Romania to oversee the UAC Child Protection Services Program. She has been coordinating the Medical Aid and Relief Program and also the Permanency Planning Program since 1991. Lidia has also organized Children Programs in Bulgaria and Ukraine.
Throughout years of change in Romania, Lidia has always retained the confidence of many governments and she is often asked to recommend policies and practices to protect the rights of children, biological parents and adoptive parents. Lidia is one of the four authors of the specialty book entitled "Protection of Children in Difficulty" published in Iasi, Romania in 1998 with the approval of the Romanian authorities. She had meetings with the high officials of the Romanian government, including the former presidents Ion Iliescu and Emil Constantinescu, both in Romania and Washington, D.C.
On March 10, 2005 Lidia met the new elected President of Romania, Traian Basescu, during the official reception offered by the Embassy of Romania in Washington, D.C. in the honor of the Romanian President at the Metropolitan Club.
Lidia is sociable and energized by contact with people. She is a sensitive person who pays attention to details, thinks practically and values facts and actual experience. She is modest, but we want to tell you that she is a former Miss Romania and was very involved in the high fashion industry in the United States before deciding to dedicate her time and energy to all children in need. She likes to say that " beauty comes from inside, just like an ocean tide".
Marian Modoran--UAC Romanian Program Director & Vice President "Familia" Foundation
Marian, known to everybody as Mac, was born in Bucharest, Romania and has made the US his home since 1999. He was formerly a member of the Romanian Aero Space Program for eleven years. Mac has graduated The Military Academy in 1988. He has been a part of UAC's Romanian Programs since 1991.
This educated, refined and caring individual handles nearly every aspect of the Romanian Child Protection Services Program. Like Lidia, he also spends a lot of time in Romania to supervise UAC programs. He had coordinated The Medical Aid and Relief Program in Transylvania between 1996 and 2002. He had also established in this area one of the strongest foster care networks sponsored by "Familia" Foundation. Even now in 2005 people still remember the Christmas and Easter parties Mac has organized for hundreds of children in the orphanages years ago. With funds from UAC, "Familia Foundation was able to buy presents like clothes, candies, toys for many abandoned children. Mac is a "thinking person", he is logical and objective. Everywhere he goes children adore him. He is a devoted father and a wonderful husband to Lidia.