JCI - A global platform for leaders shaping the future
JCI Latvia is part of an international organisation that brings together entrepreneurs, current and future leaders in more than 100 countries. We believe that real change starts with people taking responsibility for their communities and business environment. We develop leadership, entrepreneurship and international cooperation, creating an environment where professional development meets social impact.
Our values
Trust
We build relationships based on honesty, respect and long-term cooperation.
Leadership
We encourage people to take responsibility and lead positive change in society and business.
Personal growth
We create an environment where people can develop themselves, learn new skills and fulfil their potential.
Our team
Board
Marta Rautenschild
National President
Viktoria Dyachenko
Vice-President responsible
Krista Heel
Secretary-General responsible
Sanda Medne Di Rikko
National President 2024
Council
Liega Bernota
JCI Latvia Senate President
Igor Dyachenko
JCI Europe Senate President
Stefanie van der Sman
Vice President responsible for JCI Europe
Natascha Joof
JCI Nordic Group Adviser
History
JCI origins Henry Giessenbier founded a dance club in Saint-Louis, Missouri, USA in 1910 with the aim of socially uniting its members. JCI Latvia JCI Latvia as a national organisation started in the beginning of 1993, when the first persons involved - Māris Baidekalns and Dan Čiščakovs with the help of JCI representative Kim Castellano - started to gather people interested in founding the organisation.
About 50 interested or potential members, as well as representatives of state institutions, entrepreneurs and students from several Latvian cities, guests from JCI Sweden and JCI Estonia took part in the founding of the organisation. The first chapters were established in Dobele, Jelgava and Riga.
The first JCI Latvia Board of Directors elected President Aigars Strauss, Vice President Dan Chishchakovs, Secretary General Māris Baidekalns and Treasurer Jānis Vaivods. JCI Latvia was founded on 27 September 1993 in Riga.
In 1998, at the JCI World Congress in the Philippines, JCI Latvia became a full member of JCI. In 1999, JCI Latvia joined the JCI Nordic group (a union of 7 countries within JCI). At that time, Latvia established chapters in Riga, Liepaja, Kuldīga, Daugavpils and Saldus.
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