Leadership 100 Extends Support Of Holy Cross Scholarships
The 19th Annual Leadership 100 Conference at Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, California, which concluded on Sunday, February 7, was highlighted by an increased commitment to “The Spirit of Giving” by providing scholarships through 2018 for seminarians preparing for the Priesthood at Holy Cross School of Theology to be known as Leadership 100 Scholars.
Angelides Commission Opens Hearings
Phil Angelides, a Democrat and a former California Treasurer and member of Leadership 100, who was appointed Chairman of a bipartisan commission established in 2009 to examine the causes of the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression, opened hearings into the near-collapse of the financial system in 2008 on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, by pressing the heads of the nation’s largest financial institutions, focusing his questioning on Lloyd C. Blankfein of Goldman Sachs.
Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis Confirmed
Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis was confirmed on Christmas Eve by the United States Senate to be the US Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary. She and her husband, Markos Kounalakis, are members of Leadership 100, as are her parents, Angelo K. and Sophia Tsakopoulos and her brother, Kyriakos Tsakopoulos. Markos Kounalakis publishes the journal of politics and policy, The Washington Monthly. The couple has two young sons.
Drake Behrakis Elected to Boston College Board
Drake G. Behrakis, an active member of Leadership 100 with his wife, Maria, has been elected to Boston College Board of Trustees. A 1986 graduate of the Carroll School of Management, he is President & CEO of Marwick Associates, a real estate investment and development company located in Lexington, Massachusetts. Prior to joining Marwick, Mr. Behrakis held various positions at Muro Pharmaceutical and the Gillette Company.
Maragos Sworn in as Nassau Comptroller
George Maragos, who joined Leadership 100 in 2007 with his wife, Angela, was sworn in as Nassau County Comptroller on January 3, 2010 and officially took office the next day. The ceremony, in Long Island’s New Hyde Park, was attended by Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, New York State Senator and Republican minority leader Dean Skelos, other county legislators, as well as Maragos’ wife and two sons, Peter and Angelo.
Pappas Presented with Three Hierarchs Award
Gregory C. Pappas, publisher of Greek America Magazine, founder of the Greek America Foundation and a member of Leadership 100 was presented with the annual Three Hierarchs Award for the Promotion of Hellenism in New York City on January 29th.
Conference To Convene In San Diego Area
The 19th Annual Leadership 100 Conference at Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, California, in the San Diego area, from February 4-7, 2010, will honor three outstanding Greek American leaders who have made major contributions to American life, George Stephanopoulos, anchor of ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” and Chief Washington Correspondent of ABC News, who was President Clinton’s senior political advisor and Communications Director; George Pelecanos, the award-winning author, film and television producer whose newest book, The Way Home, was on President Obama’s reading list this summer; and George Argyros, former United States Ambassador to Spain and one of America’s foremost real estate investors. All three will be presented with the Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Award for Excellence.
George Stephanoploulos To Open Conference
George Stephanopoulos, the Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News and anchor of ABC’s Sunday morning political affairs program, “This Week with George Stephanopoulos”, will speak at the Opening Breakfast on Thursday, February 4, 2010, at the 19th Annual Leadership 100 Conference. He will be presented with the Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Award for Excellence.
George Pelecanos To Address Conference
George Pelecanos, the award-winning novelist and television writer and producer, will address the 19th Annual leadership 100 Conference at a Forum on Thursday, February 4, 2010. He will be presnted with the Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Award for Excellence.
Deborah Szekely To Speak at Spouse Brunch
Deborah Szekely (pronunced “Say-kay”), founder of the New Americans Museum in San Diego, and known worldwide as the founding “godmother” of the mind/body/ fitness movement, will speak at the Spouse Brunch on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at the 19th Annual Leadership 100 Conference. She will be presented with the Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Award for Achievement.
Harry C. Cordellos To Address General Assembly
Harry C. Cordellos, a native of San Francisco and a nationally known motivational speaker who is a visually handicapped world class athlete, will adress the 19th Annual Leadership 100 General Assembly on Friday, February 5, 2010. He will be presented with the Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Award for Achievement.
National Leadership 100 Sunday Observed
The First National Leadership 100 Sunday was observed in hundreds of Greek Orthodox parishes across the country on Sunday, October 18. Parish Priests read the Encyclical issued by His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios on behalf of the Holy Eparchial Synod and members of Leadership 100 spoke of the 25-year-old mission of the organization founded in 1984 to support the National Ministries of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese and to advance Orthodoxy and Hellenism in America. The date was chosen as the Sunday prior to the Feast Day of St. Iakovos, a tribute to Archbishop Iakovos of Blessed Memory, the visionary Founder and namesake of the Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Endowment Fund.
24 New Memberships
The National Membership Committee, under the Chairmanship of Thomas L. Demakes, succeeded in recruiting 24 new memberships toward the 2009 goal of 50. There are now 827 members with 397 fulfilled members and 86 Leadership 100 Partners.
Stephanopoulos, Pelecanos & Argyros To Highlight Conference
George Stephanopoulos, host of ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” and ABC News’s Chief Washington Correspondent, who was President Clinton’s senior political advisor and Communications Director; George Pelecanos, the award-winning author, film and television producer whose newest book, The Way Home, was on President Obama’s reading list this summer; and George Argyros, former United States Ambassador to Spain and one of America’s foremost real estate investors, will highlight the 19th Annual Leadership 100 Conference at Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, California, from February 4-7, 2010.
Andrew Athens Honored
Andrew A. Athens, a Founding Member and the first Chairman of Leadership 100, who is also National Chairman of the United Hellenic American Congress (UHAC), President and Founder of hellenicare and Honorary President of the World Council of Hellenes (SAE), received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law from the American College of Greece in recognition of his outstanding service to others and extraordinary achievements. The degree was conferred at Peace and Friendship Stadium in Neo Faliro, Greece on Saturday, June 27, 2009.
Museum Wing Named for Behrakis Couple
The George D. and Margo Behrakis Art of the Ancient World Wing was dedicated at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston on September 12. Behrakis, Chairman Emeritus of Leadership 100, and with his wife, Margo, long-time members of Leadership 100 and the hosts of the 25th Anniversary Celebration Conference last February in Puerto Rico, is among seven “guardians” of the Museum, who have contributed $25 million or more during their lifetime of giving. A noted philanthropist and innovative pioneer in the pharmaceutical industry, he sold Muro Pharmaceutical Inc. in 1998.
Pappajohn Sculpture Park Opens
The Pappajohn Sculpture Park, a collection of 24 sculptures valued at $40 million and sitting on 4.4 acres of green space in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, opened with a stirring celebration on Sunday, September 27 with a crowd of more than 1,000 in attendance as state and city leaders thanked the principal benefactors, John and Mary Pappajohn, long-time members of Leadership 100.
L100 Couple Underwrite “Pops Goes Hellenic”
Leadership 100 members George and Caterina Sakellaris of Milton, MA underwrote a first-ever “Pops Goes Hellenic” fundraising concert at Symphony Hall in Boston, Saturday, June 7, to benefit St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church in Braintree, MA, which opened its new 9,200-square-foot Byzantine-style church in March. The ”Pops Goes Hellenic” concert was the first time in North America that a world-class symphony orchestra performed an entirely Hellenic program. “It was a historic event,” said the Rev. Father Alkiviadis Calivas of St. Catherine’s. “It’s remarkable, unique and something that has never happened before.”
Peter J. Pappas Honored
Peter J. Pappas, long-time member of the Leadership 100 Board of Trustees and Chairman of P.J. Companies, was honored in May by The Cyprus-U.S. Chamber of Commerce for his philanthropy and support of Greek and Cypriot causes, the Greek Orthodox Church in American and the Greek and Cypriot American community.
Grants To Continue
The Leadership 100 Board of Directors at its meeting in New York City on May 29, 2009 voted unanimously to fund its grant commitments for 2008, 2009 and 2010 for a total of $2 million. Total grant commitments since the inception of the organization in 1984 will now reach $30 million in 2010, an average of $1.2 million a year.