WASHINGTON, DC – Over 40 of the Greek-American community’s most successful in numerous fields will once again mentor young Greek-Americans through the 9th Annual Heritage America Program made possible by the National Hellenic Society (NHS) and Manatos & Manatos.

Only 20 lucky young Greek-Americans – college-aged students and this year also young professionals in their 20s – will be accepted into this life-changing program. They will come to Washington, DC, July 31-August 3 for remarkable meetings and experiences all paid for by the National Hellenic Society.

For more information and to register, please click here: https://shorturl.at/j7wm5.

The registration deadline is July 19.

Some of the most prominent current and former U.S. government officials, business leaders and other influential opinion leaders of Greek origin met with Greek-American students from across the country as part of last year’s 8th Annual NHS Heritage America program.

Mentors in the 2023 Heritage America Program included:

Principal, Metropoulos & Co., C. Dean Metropoulos; Founder, Chairman, Calamos Investments and Chairman, National Hellenic Museum, John Calamos; President & CEO, International Foodservice Manufacturers Association, Phil Kafarakis; President & CEO, American Public Transportation Association, Paul Skoutelas; Owners, Georgetown Cupcake, Katherine Kallinis Berman and Sophie Kallinis LaMontagne; Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, GW Medical Faculty Associates, Dr. Dimitri Sigounas; and President, The Angelides Group, Philios Angelides.

Government: Senior Advisor to the President for Clean Energy Innovation and former White House Chief of Staff, John Podesta; White House Associate Communications Director, Maria Michalos; second-longest serving CIA Director, George Tenet; Former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, and Former Deputy Counsel to the Vice President Eleni Roumel.

U.S. Representatives Gus Bilirakis, Nicole Malliotakis, Chris Pappas, John Sarbanes, and Dina Titus.

Commanding General of the U.S. Army Forces Command, 4-Star General Andrew Poppas, Lieutenant Governor of California Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, and Former Mayor of San Francisco Art Agnos.

Partner, K&L Gates, Manny Rouvelas; Head of Federal Affairs, Block, Tom Manatos; Principal, Trilogy Advisors, John Sitilides; President and Founder, HAWC, Dora Hancock; and Chief of Staff to former Congressman David Cicilline, Peter Karafotas.

Greek Orthodox Church, Greece, Cyprus and NHS Leadership: His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, Embassy of Greece Deputy Chargé d’affaires, Ambassador Theodoros Bizakis, Embassy of Cyprus Deputy Chief of Mission Maria Savvidou-Panayiotou; and Embassy of Greece Air Attaché Col. Ioannis Markakis. NHS Executive Director Art Dimopoulos, Heritage America Founder Andy Manatos, and NHS Board Member and Co-Founder, Heritage America, Mike Manatos.

Media: New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker,CNN Worldwide EVP and Chief Digital Officer Athan Stephanopoulos, Politico Cybersecurity Reporter John Sakellariadis, and WTOP Radio Sports Director George Wallace.

More information about NHS is available online: https://www.nationalhellenicsociety.org.

For more information about Manatos & Manatos, click here: https://manatos.com.