The Leadership 100 Executive Committee and Board of Trustees met November 10 and 11, 2016 at the Harvard Club New York City and held a Membership Recruitment Dinner on the evening of November 10. Eight new members joined.

The 26th Annual Leadership 100 Conference will convene at the Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa in Manalapan, Florida from February 9-12, 2017.

The Leadership 100 Executive Committee, at a special meeting on December 20, 2016, unanimously approved a gift of $250,000 toward the rebuilding of the Ionian Village, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Summer Camp in Greece, which was devastated by a tornado formed in the Ionian Sea making landfall on September 8, 2016, according to George S. Tsandikos, Chairman.

Michael G. Psaros, a member of the Leadership 100 Board of Trustees and co-Founder and co-Managing Partner of KPS Capital Partners, LP, was honored with the 37th Homeric Award by the Chian Federation at an Award Gala on Friday, December 2, 2016, at the Hellenic Cultural Center of the Chian Federation in Astoria, New York.

The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco honored the extraordinary leadership of Gerry and Jeannie Ranglas, longtime members of Leadership 100, and celebrated the Metropolis ministries at the 2016 Gala, Saturday, November 12, at the Island Hotel in Newport Beach, California. The Ranglas couple were honored with the Theofanis Economidis Award in recognition of their devoted stewardship and exemplary leadership on behalf of the Metropolis of San Francisco. His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco remarked: “This honor being bestowed upon you tonight does not signify the completion of your work, but rather it pays tribute to your faithful service and your ongoing devotion to the Church.”

Merkourios A. Angeliades, known as “Mike”, a prominent member of Leadership 100, was honored by Hellenic Public Radio-COSMOS FM 91.5 with The Phidippides Award at the 21st Annual Phidippides Award Gala Dinner on November 5, 2016 at Terrace on the Park in Flushing, New York. A native of Symi, Greece, who immigrated to the United States in 1960, Angeliades was acknowledged for his “passionate advocacy of Hellenism.”

John C. Tsunis, a prominent attorney, entrepreneur and banker and a member of Leadership 100, was honored by the Greek Division of the Ronald McDonald House New York on December 13 at the 2lst Annual Christmas Dinner of the organization at The New York Athletic Club in Manhattan.

American Hellenic Institute (AHI) Founder Eugene T. Rossides, a member of Leadership 100, was honored with the Republic of Cyprus Presidential Exceptional Service Medal on November 10, 2016, at a ceremony in Washington, DC. Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the United States Leonidas Pantelides presented the medal to Rossides “as a token of our gratitude for a lifetime of dedication to Cyprus and its cause.” The medal requires the approval of Cyprus’s Council of Ministers.

Marios Damianides, a prominent member of Leadership 100 and a partner at Ernst & Young LLP in New York,, was honored as  “Visionary of the Year” by the Lighthouse Guild at its annual Light Years Gala on November 21, 2016 at Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City. Damianides, Executive Committee and Board Member of Lighthouse Guild, was saluted for his vision and leadership.