National Leadership 100 Sunday To Be Observered For Ninth Year
National Leadership 100 Sunday was observed across the country for the ninth year on October 15, 2017. The celebration is held on a Sunday near to the Feast of Saint Iakovos in honor of the Founder of Leadership 100, Archbishop Iakovos of Blessed Memory.
Andy Manatos Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Andy Manatos, a longtime prominent member of Leadership 100, received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Greek America Foundation's GABBY (Greek America’s Best and Brightest) Awards before 700 at Carnegie Hall in New York City on June 17, 2017.
John A. Catsimatidis Honored With Nicholas J. Bouras Award
The Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle honored Archon John A. Catsimatidis, Chairman of the Order's Religious Freedom Initiative, with the 2017 Nicholas J. Bouras Award for Extraordinary Archon Stewardship October 20, 2017 at the Metropolitan Club in New York.
George Sakellaris And Team Proteus Win The 2017 Corfu Challenge
George Sakellaris and Team Proteus were the winners of the 2017 Corfu Challenge, which ran from July 3 to 8. The event was exceptional because of the challenging sailing conditions for both the coastal race and windward leeward courses; racing in between Corfu and Albania was a photographer’s dream.
Small Parish Program, Funded For Three Years
Leadership 100 responded to the initiative of the Small Parish Subcommittee of the Finance Committee of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in 2015 by funding a three-year Small Parish Program to stimulate the growth of new and struggling parishes throughout the Archdiocese. Grants in 2015 and 2017 each supported four parishes with $200,000 and $155,000, respectively.
Center for Family Care to Host Conference
The Center for Family Care of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, in conjunction with the host parish of All Saints Greek Orthodox Church of Canonsburg, Pa., held its second Family Ministry Conference, “The Orthodox Family in a Changing World,” on September 20-23. The Center for Family Care and the Family Ministry Conferences are supported in part with grants from Leadership 100.
Dr. Anthony Limberakis Honored at Archdiocesan Cathedral Gala
Dr. Anthony J. Limberakis, National Commander of the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and a prominent member of Leadership 100, was honored with the Holy Trinity Award at the 82nd Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity's Cathedral Gala on Saturday, June 10, 2017 at Guastavino's in New York.
Admiral James Stavridis, Sylvia Burwell and John Angelos to Speak at Leadership 100 Conference
Admiral James Stavridis, Sylvia Mathews Burwell and John P. Angelos will be the main speakers at the 27th Annual Leadership 100 Conference, February 1- 4, 2018, at The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne, Miami in Key Biscayne, Florida, according to George S. Tsandikos, Chairman.
Hellenic College Holy Cross Commencement Honors George Logothetis, Fr. George Poulos
Hellenic College Holy Cross School of Theology graduated 52 students at its 75th Commencement May 20, which also awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities to entrepreneur and philanthropist George Logothetis and an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity to Fr. George Poulos, a 1948 graduate of Holy Cross Seminary in Pomfret, Conn.
The PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation honors renowned entrepreneur, philanthropist and longtime member of Leadership 100, John G. Pappajohn
The PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation honored the renowned entrepreneur and philanthropist and longtime member of Leadership 100, John G. Pappajohn, with the Paradigm Award on June 23, 2017 in Chicago.
Detroit Membership Recruitment Event
Leadership 100 held its third membership recruitment dinner in the Metropolis of Detroit on Thursday, June 15, 2017 at Morton’s Steak House in Troy, Michigan, hosted by Theodore and Ann Zampetis.
All Saints Greek Orthodox Church Celebrates 100th Anniversary
On Mother’s Day weekend, May 13-14, 2017, the historic parish of All Saints in Weirton, West Virginia, “a beacon of Orthodoxy in the Ohio valley,” celebrated its 100-year Anniversary. His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios Geron of America together with Metropolitan Savas of Pittsburgh, led a feast of faith, joy and love.
Nikos Mouyiaris Honored by Cyprus-US Chamber of Commerce
Nikos Mouyiaris, Founder & CEO of MANA Products and a member of Leadership 100, was honored with the Distinguished Merit Award by the Cyprus-US Chamber of Commerce at its Annual Award Dinner held on June 16, 2017 in Manhattan.
Dr. John Collis Honored for Lifetime Achievement
Dr. John Collis, of Cleveland, Ohio, a distinguished longtime member of Leadership 100, was honored for Lifetime Achievement in spinal surgery at an event on May 4, 2017 organized by the Spine and Orthopedic Institute at St. Vincent Charity Medical Center in Cleveland, where he serves as a neurosurgeon and co-Director. Some 100 colleagues, relatives and friends attended.
Ronald McDonald Greek Division Holds Annual Walk-a-Thon
The Ronald McDonald House New York Greek Division held its 22nd Niki Sideris Annual Memorial Walk-a-Thon on Saturday, June 10, 2017 to raise awareness and funds to support children and their families battling pediatric cancer during their treatment in New York hospitals.
Corfu Challenge Reawakens The Ancient Spirit Of Sailing
This summer, the usually quiet waters of the Ionian Sea will once again roil with ancient energy—a dauntless fleet of sailing ships racing toward the shores of Corfu. The vision straight from the pages of Apollonius, it could easily be Jason and his Argonauts outracing the Colchian fleet in their famous arrival at the island. The name of Jason’s ship, Argo, means “swift,” and these vessels are all worthy of the name. They are the world’s top, state-of-the-art Maxi 72 class racing yachts, each crewed by a team of modern-day Argonauts vying for victory in the inaugural Corfu Challenge, July 3-8, 2017.
Ionian Village Launches Summer 2017 Camping Programs
Following recovery and restoration from a massive and devastating tornado that struck its campgrounds in Greece last fall, Ionian Village has begun its summer camping programs in June of 2017 with the popular trip for young adults, Spiritual Odyssey.
John Pappajohn to be Honored by PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation
Leadership 100 Members Honored By American Hellenic Institute
The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) honored Dennis Mehiel and Dr. George Korkos, both longtime members of Leadership 100, at its 42nd Anniversary Hellenic Heritage Achievement and Public Service Awards Dinner, March 11, 2017, at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C., while the American Hellenic Institute Foundation honored Anne Michals, also a longtime member, at its 15th Annual Future of Hellenism in America Conference November 18-19, 2016 at the Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Christopher Stratakis Pens First Novel
Christopher Stratakis, a long-time member of Leadership 100, published his first novel, Appointment with Yesterday, a fictionalized memoir. Born and raised in Greece, Stratakis tells a moving tale of Yanni, a Greek boy who grows up on an island in the eastern Aegean. Yanni, left in the care of his grandparents, suffers deprivation and terror during the German occupation of World War II. He leaves Greece to rejoin his parents who had emigrated to pursue a better life in America. The novel captures the determined journey of the young boy.