Rūta Jasionienė
District 13 Governor
Zonta Club of Alytus, Lithuania
What makes me laugh?
New experiences, being in a good company and success. I laugh when it's funny. I laugh when I love, especially when I love myself!
Rūta Jasionienė has been a part of the Zonta Club of Alytus since 2009. She has gotten to know Zonta by serving on positions such as club vice president, president and area secretary. For her district, she has served as secretary, nominations committee chair, lieutenant governor and as a member of the UN, public relations and Council of Europe committees.
A graduate of Vilnius University, Rūta studied Lithuanian philology and journalism. Over the course of her career, she has edited 22 books, both alone and collaboratively. For 30 years, she worked in the editorial office of the newspaper, Alytaus naujienos (Alytus News). Currently, she is a specialist for the Alytus City Municipality's communication department and has been educating young journalists at the Alytus Youth Centre for the past 20 years.
Rūta has attended six Zonta International Conventions in San Antonio, USA; Turin, Italy; Orlando, USA; Nice, France; Yokohama, Japan; and Hamburg, Germany, along with six district conferences. Having visited more than 50 countries through her travels, big and small, Rūta is learning tolerance and openness to the world, and Zonta is one of her wise teachers.