From August 1-4, 1997, SUSK elected Gena Slawuta as its president. The Executives included: Bohdan Horich, Michael Anisimovicz, Debbie Chudyk, Michael Ilnyckyj, Tim Monastyrski, Lubko Belej, Taras Zajac, Jarko Stecko, Leanne Salnick, Pavlo Oleskevych, Taras Hetmanczuk, Tanya Haluk, Ron Bayda, Lisa McDonald, and Volodymyr Boychuk.