Family Wellness Update
The Metropolis of San Francisco Family Wellness Center continues to develop programming and ministries to serve the needs of the faithful thanks to a Leadership 100 grant. Programs now include a workshop entitled “Creating a Vision for Your Marriage”, aimed at engaged couples and newlyweds, which will be held in November at St. Anthony Greek Orthodox Church in Pasadena, California, led by Michael Kallas, a licensed marriage and family therapist, and a mental health advocacy group established at The Ascension Cathedral in Oakland, California, which sponsors monthly meetings and support groups.
Tomaras Fulfills Gift To St. Iakovos Retreat Center
Chris P. Tomaras, a member of Leadership 100 and well-known Chicago businessman, announced the fulfillment of a $1 million gift to the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago's St. Iakovos Retreat Center at a challenge dinner on September 23, 2008. He was instrumental in the early stages of securing the property with two separate gifts of $100,000 each.
Tzagournis Joins Investment Committe
Adam M. Tzagournis of Dublin, Ohio, an investment banker and Chartered Financial Analyst, who has written a book predicting the current financial crisis, has joined the Investment Committee. He is a member of Leadership 100 and the son of members, Prof. Manuel A. and Madeline J. Tzagournis. Prof. Tzagournis is vice president emeritus for health services at Ohio State University Medical School where he has had a distinguished career as a professor, dean and administrator.
Founders To Be Honored
Leadership 100’s Founding Members will be honored with the Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Award for Excellence at the 25th Anniversary Celebration Conference to be held at The Ritz-Carlton San Juan Hotel, Carolina, Puerto Rico February 5 to 8, 2009.
25 New Members Join
The 25th Anniversary Campaign has enrolled 25 new members as of August 31, 2008, symbolic of marking the organization’s 25th Anniversary in 2009. The campaign was formally organized into a 60-member National Membership Committee co-chaired by John A. Payiavlas, former L100 Chairman and Constantine G. Caras, the current Vice Chairman, just this summer
Payiavlas First Life-Time Chairmain Emeritus
John A. Payiavlas, former Chairman of Leadership 100 and current National Membership Committee Co-Chairman, was designated the first Chairman Emeritus to serve as a Life-Time Member of the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees, along with Life-Time Founding Members.
Legendary Lawyer to Address Conference
Plato Cacheris, one of the nation’s preeminent criminal defense lawyers and a member of Leadership 100, will address the 25th Anniversary Celebration Conference at The Ritz-Carlton San Juan Hotel, Carolina, Puerto Rico, February 5 to 8, 2008.
Leading Educator To Address Conference
Constantine Papadakis, President of Drexel University and a member of Leadership 100, will address the 25th Anniversary Celebration Conference at The Ritz-Carlton San Juan Hotel in Carolina, Puerto Rico February 5 to 8, 2008.
Deborah Norville to Speak at Conference
Deborah Norville, broadcast journalist and author, will address a special Saturday Spouses’ Program at the Leadership 100 25th Anniversary Celebration Conference, February 7, 2009 at The Ritz-Carlton San Juan Hotel in Carolina, Puerto Rico. A two-time Emmy Award winner, Norville has hosted Inside Edition for more than a decade.
Tsandikos Fulfills Pledge
George Solon Tsandikos of Greenwich, Connecticut, a member of the Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Audit Committee, fulfilled his Leadership 100 pledge. Tsandikos was elected to the Board in 2007 to fill the vacancy created by the death of Harry Magafan.
Gialamas to be Honored
George Gialamas, owner and CEO of the Gialamas Company, a commercial real estate company in Madison, Wisconsin, and a member of the Leadership 100 Board of Trustees, will be honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Marquette University Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences in a ceremony on Thursday, April 24, 2009.
Chairman Addresses Clery-Laity
Chairman Stephen G. Yeonas, in an address to the plenary session of the 39th Biennial Clergy-Laity Congress of The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, which concluded in Washington, D.C. July 18th, said clergy and laity “formed a bridge and this connection is critical to the strength and spiritual life of any church.”
Campaign Chairmen Meet
Regional and Metropolis Chairmen of the 25th Anniversary Campaign met at Leadership 100 offices at the Olympic Tower in New York to plan events in the Direct Archdiocesan District of New York and the Metropolis of New Jersey and to assist Paulette Poulos, Executive Director (Interim), in scheduling events across the nation over the remainder of 2008.
Home Mission Grant
Leadership 100 has supported the Home Mission Parish Program for a decade, with total funding of $1,060,200. In 2008, a grant of $105,000 was awarded to this critical program. Home Mission helps establish new Greek Orthodox parishes and helps support small Greek Orthodox parishes that are striving to become self-supporting parishes of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
Digital Archive for the 21st Century
Leadership 100 has committed support of a long-term project to digitize documents, photographs, resources and valuable collections of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America with a multi-year grant of $400,000 through 2009.
New Foundation Formed
A new foundation has been established by Charles H. Cotros, Leadership 100 Executive Committee member, Thomas L. Demakes, Leadership 100 member and Harry J. Pappas of Houston, Texas, to raise and invest funds on behalf of Hellenic College and Holy Cross School of Theology.
New Book By L100 Member
John Psarouthakis, a pioneering scientist-entrepreneur and member of Leadership 100,released a new book, Elisabeth’s Gift, in which he chronicles the story of his upbringing, after being orphaned.
Vassiliou Elected Anatolia Trustee
Argyris Vassiliou, a member of Leadership 100, has been elected to the Anatolia College Board of Trustees, following in the footsteps of his father-in-law, John Pappajohn, a member of the Leadership 100 Board of Trustees for more than a decade, who has served on the board of the Thessaloniki, Greece-based school for some 20 years.
George P. Kokalis Eulogized at Phoenix Cathedral
George P. Kokalis, a Founding Member of Leadership 100 and its dynamic Chairman from 1996 to 2000, who died suddenly June 24, was eulogized in Holy Trinity Cathedral in Phoenix, AZ June 29 by Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco, Fr. Nicholas Triantafilou, President of Hellenic College-Holy Cross School of Theology and Paulette Poulos, Executive Director (Interim) of Leadership 100 (Eulogy follows).
A Journey to Priesthood
In April, a group of seminarians who had benefited from the Leadership 100 Scholarship for Excellence established at Holy Cross School of Theology visited the Leadership 100 offices in the Olympic Tower in New York City. Each gave testimony to his calling. One, Fr. Panagiotis Hanley, moved us all. Here is his story: