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NATHANIEL HIBNER ELECTED TO SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Media Contact: Amanda Straub, 202.347.8630 ext. 4877, communications@sister-cities.org
Source: Lindsay Wilson, 202.347.8630 ext. 4004, lwilson@sister-cities.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 25, 2006

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Nathaniel Hibner from Vandalio, Ohio was elected to the Sister Cities International Board of Directors as the Youth Representative during the Annual Board Meeting on July 15, 2006. The meeting was part of the Sister Cities International 50th Anniversary Conference held in Washington, D.C.

Nathaniel Hibner has led the Vandalia Sister Cities Youth Group as its president for the last three years. He has also been actively involved in high school activities as class president, president of the Latin Club, Mock Trial Club and Academic Challenge Team. He planned and led district-wide campaigns for the support of school levies and was a board member on the Vandalia-Butler School District Planning Commission. Hibner will be attending Boston College this fall as an International Relations major.

"After benefiting greatly from the Sister Cities International organization, I would like to be able to give something back. I have been actively involved in youth organizations and would like to be able to bring my ideas to the benefit of other youth groups in the world," Hibner said.

Hibner was elected for a one-year term in the Youth Representative position. Seven candidates were elected to a three-year term to the Sister Cities International Board of Directors. Also elected to one-year terms were a State Coordinator and a Young Professional Ambassador Association Representative.

Hibner's brother, Jason, was elected to the Sister Cities International Board of Directors as the Young Professional Ambassador Association Representative.

About Sister Cities International
Representing more than 2,500 communities in 134 countries, Sister Cities International (www.sister-cities.org) is a citizen diplomacy network creating and strengthening partnerships between the U.S. and communities abroad. Begun in 1956 after a White House summit where U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower called for people-to-people exchanges, sister city partnerships are tailored to local interests and increase global cooperation at the grassroots level. Sister Cities International promotes peace through mutual respect, understanding and cooperation by focusing on sustainable development, youth and education, arts and culture, humanitarian assistance and economic growth programs.

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