From February 20-22, 1998, SUSK elected Lubko Belej as its president. The Executives included: Taras Hetmanczuk, Jarko Stecko, Orest Szczurko, Daria McDonald, Tyrsa Gawrachynsky, Anna Marzotto, Mark Fedorowycz, Roman Zakaluzny, Pavlo Horbal, Pavlo Oleskevych, Michael Ilnycky, Bohdan Horich, Danylo Soja, Lisa McDonald, and Gena Slawuta.