The Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Endowment Fund, Inc. named Justin K. Bozonelis and George T. Soterakis as new Co-Chairmen of the Leadership 100 Partners Program. They will succeed Michael N. Bapis, a member of the Leadership 100 Board of Trustees, who completed a successful seven-year tenure. Bapis helped to inaugurate the program in 2007 and guided its growth to 118 paid members. Bozonelis, 38, of New York, NY, is a Director at Cantor Fitzgerald. He has served on both the Grant Committee of Leadership 100 and the Leadership 100 Partners Advisory Council for the past 3 years and was recently elected to the Leadership 100 Board of Trustees. He also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Holy Trinity Archdiocesan Cathedral. Soterakis, 35, of Greenwich, CT, is an attorney and Citigroup's Ethics Officer for Mexico and Latin America.  He has also served on the Leadership 100 Partners Advisory Council for the past three years. Soterakis, and his wife, Demetra, and their children are members of the Greek Orthodox Church of Our Saviour in Rye, New York. Both Bozonelis and Soterakis have helped spearhead new media initiatives aimed at expanding Leadership 100 Partner participation and membership.  

The Leadership 100 Partners Program is a unique opportunity for young professionals aged 21 to 45 years to join Leadership 100 to fulfill their personal, spiritual and career development while promoting philanthropy, faith and values, and personal relationships. Leadership 100 Partners enjoy the same benefits as full members, but donate at a progressive rate with tax deductible payments.

Leadership 100 Partners actively participate in the Leadership 100 Annual Conferences, where they meet with prominent Greek Americans who discuss their experience as leaders of the Greek American Community. In addition, social gatherings are held at a unique location in the host city of the Leadership 100 Conferences and other social, cultural and professional gatherings are held across the nation each year. The new Co-Chairmen announced that a new committee will be formed to help dynamically grow the Leadership 100 Partners program across America.