Dear Members,

Christos Anesti!

In beginning my term as Chairman, I anticipated that Leadership 100 would be making a transition in a new environment for both our Church and our Nation. Serving as Vice Chairman gave me the distinct advantage of collaborating with Chairman Argyris Vassiliou and Executive Director Paulette Poulos on several significant initiatives. I would like to take this opportunity to personally acknowledge and thank our most respected RJ who has faithfully devoted his time, talent and treasure to Leadership 100 and to the Church at large.

First, we began to reevaluate our communications strategy and decided that now was the time to redesign our website to create not only a more contemporary source of information, but also a multi-functional vehicle to upgrade our office operations, including accepting payments for membership contributions, for the first time. We engaged Dean Christopher of Dean Christopher Design, LLC, of Denver, Colorado, in February of this year to begin the intricate process of the redesign, in collaboration with our staff. Together, they produced new materials and new functions.

With this L100 In Action newsletter, we are proud to inaugurate the new www.L100.org website.

His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited Poland on March 27, 2022, at the invitation of the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda. President Duda officially invited the Ecumenical Patriarch to visit and offer words of support, consolation and hope to the millions of refugees that have fled from Ukraine because of the ongoing invasion by Russia.

Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology announced on March 30, 2022, that honorary doctorates would be awarded to Paulette Poulos and Dean Triantafilou at the 2022 Commencement exercises on May 21.

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America announced on April 1, 2022, a gift to Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology by Michael Huffington, a faithful member of Leadership 100. The $2.5 million dollar gift, and a matching gift by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America for $2.5 million, will establish the Huffington Ecumenical Institute on the campus of HCHC in Brookline, MA.

Hellenic College Holy Cross announced on April 6, 2022, that it has paid off the $5.3 million mortgage on the Barletta property, a seven-acre parcel of land adjacent to the main campus that was acquired in 2006 to provide opportunities for expansion and to protect against encroaching development.

Michael G. and Robin Psaros have committed $11 million to the newly renamed Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy at Georgetown University, the preeminent destination for unbiased expertise at the intersection of finance and policy. Psaros, who is a Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner of KPS Capital Partners, LP., is a member of the Leadership 100 Board of Trustees.

Andreas Dracopoulos, the Co-President of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) announced on April 13, 2022, a major donation of $15 million by SNF to St. Michael’s Retirement Home, one of the preeminent facilities which cares for the Greek Orthodox elderly in America.