Sam J. Galanis of Southgate, Michigan, a Senior Director-Investments at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.’s Wyandotte, Michigan office, has joined Leadership 100 with a paid in full gift of $100,000. He was sponsored by Tom Jordan, a member of the Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Audit Committee.  A Past President of Southgate’s St. George Greek Orthodox Church Parish Council and Past President of the Hellenic Bar Association of Michigan, Galanis is Trustee of the City of Southgate (MI) Pension Board.

Before joining Oppenheimer in 2010, he served as a Senior Institutional Consultant with Morgan Stanley, achieving the designation of Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA), acting as a Consultant and Financial Advisor to public pension funds and other institutions, as well as to high net worth individuals and families.  He is a private pilot with an instrument rating and owns and flies a C-182RG.