<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem;">INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem;">Ramakrishnan Mathanagopal from Coimbatore, India was elected to serve a two-year term as a&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem;"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr">director of Lions Clubs International at the association’s 104th International Convention, June 24</div><div dir="ltr">through June 28, 2022. Director Mathanagopal is an industrialist with 30 years of experience.</div><div dir="ltr">He is currently managing a unit that manufactures specialty plastics and is also a property consultant.</div><div dir="ltr">Inspired by the service that Lions were carrying out throughout his community, he became a&nbsp;</div><div dir="ltr">member in in 1991 after joining the Coimbatore Industrial Estate Lions Club, where he still&nbsp;</div><div dir="ltr">serves today. He has held a number of offices within the association including multiple district&nbsp;</div><div dir="ltr">SightFirst coordinator, multiple district Sight Preservation, Awareness and Action Chairperson ,&nbsp;</div><div dir="ltr">multiple district leadership coordinator and associate editor of Lion-India Magazine. Director&nbsp;</div><div dir="ltr">Mathanagopal, has conducted over 250 leadership programs for Lions and trained more than&nbsp;</div><div dir="ltr">10,000 Lions. He has served as a leadership trainer at multiple leadership institutes and vice&nbsp;</div><div dir="ltr">district governors/DGE schools. Additionally, he is LCIP certified.</div><div dir="ltr">In recognition of his service to the association, he has received numerous awards including</div><div dir="ltr">multiple International President’s Awards, International President’s Leadership Awards and&nbsp;</div><div dir="ltr">International President’s Certificates of Appreciation. He is also a Progressive Melvin Jones&nbsp;</div><div dir="ltr">Fellow.</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem;">In addition to his Lions activities, Director Mathanagopal is active in numerous professional and&nbsp;</span></div><div dir="ltr">community organizations. He is also a member of the Citizens Voice Club and has served as a</div><div dir="ltr">secretary of the Industry Owners Association (COSIEMA) and treasurer of the Indian Plastics&nbsp;</div><div dir="ltr">Institute.</div><div dir="ltr">Director Mathanagopal and his spouse, Mathanagopal Thilakavathi, have two children—a son&nbsp;</div><div dir="ltr">and a daughter. Lion Mathanagopal Thilakavathi is a nutrition and childbirth educator. She is&nbsp;</div><div dir="ltr">also a Melvin Jones Fellow</div></div>