Federal and State Governmental Affairs Committee
This committee will provide critical grassroots support at both the state and federal levels for Congressional and legislative initiatives on behalf of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
Chair:
Mike A. Manatos
Vice Chair:
Stephen A. Georgeson, Esq.
If you are an Archon and want to become involved in the Archon Engagement Committees, please contact Archon Stephen A. Georgeson, Chair.
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Justin Bozonelis
Kastrinsios
Direct Archdiocesan District
October 22, 2017
Archon Bozonelis is a member of Leadership 100, where he serves on the Board of Directors and on the Grants Committee. He has extensively participated in the life of the Archdiocesan Cathedral, beginning during his college years and thereafter, including his service on the Cathedral Board. He has also frequently chaired fundraising events for the Cathedral and worked with the youth.
Archon Bozonelis is a Managing Director of a large financial services company. He is the son of Archon Ekdikos Theodore Bozonelis.
Paul Chiligiris
Nomophylax
Chicago
October 31, 2010
Archon Chiligiris has served as President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Parish Council. He also supports the Niagara Foundation in the promotion of the dialogue with the Turkish people.
Archon Chiligiris graduated from the University of Wisconsin in Madison (1989), from the Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, IL, (1984), and from the Saint Luis University School of Law in St. Luis, MO, (1992) with a JD. He was admitted at the Bar of Illinois in 1992. He is an attorney at law, specialized in Family Law, Criminal Law, Personal Injury, and Bankruptcy.
Archon Chiligiris and his wife, Amy, were married in 1997.
Zenon Christodoulou, Ph.D.
Skevophylax
New Jersey
October 16, 2016
Archon Christodoulou is a management consultant. He also owns a lithograph business, servicing the printing needs of the Holy Metropolis of New Jersey at no cost to the Metropolis.
Jon Couchell
Dikaiophylax
Atlanta
October 21, 2012
Archon Couchell has served as President and Treasurer of the Parish Council and as member of the Metropolis of Atlanta Council. He is also a benefactor and supporter of the Orthodox Christian Mission Center, the St. Photios Shrine, and IOCC.
Anastasius Efstratiades, J.D.
Hypomnematografos
New Jersey
October 19, 2014
Archon Efstratiades has offered his legal services to his parish on a pro bono basis. He has also been influential in the formation of the New Jersey Federation of Hellenic Societies, of which he was the first president. The Federation is an umbrella body for lay organizations in the Holy Metropolis of New Jersey.
Archon Efstratiades is a practicing attorney.
James A. Frangis
Notarios
Atlanta
October 20, 2019
Isidoros Garifalakis
Depoutatos
San Francisco
October 10, 2004
Archon Garifalakis is the principal owner of Omega Industries, headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, where he operates the largest main line railroad crossing supplier in the United States. His company also manufactures dredging parts and a variety of fabricated steel products at their four plants located throughout the US. He is a member of the Metropolis Council for the Metropolis of San Francisco, where he chairs the Fundraising and Development Committee. He and his family are generous supporters of their parish in Portland, of the Saint John the Forerunner Monastery in Goldendale, WA, and Saint Nicholas Ranch and Retreat Center in Dunlap, CA. Archon Garifalakis currently serves as a member of the Archdiocesan Council, a position he has held for several years. He and Maria are also fulfilled members of Leadership 100.
George Horiates
Notarios
New Jersey
October 21, 2012
Archon Horiatis has extensively served on the Parish Council He has also been a major contributor to the Holy Metropolis of New Jersey.
Archon Horiates is practicing attorney.
Demetrius Kalamaras
Dikaiophylax
Direct Archdiocesan District
October 22, 2017
Archon Kalamaras has served on the Board of the Incurable Illness Fund for the care and medical research of children afflicted with physical and mental handicaps and on the Board of the Institute of Incurable Illnesses in Sparta, Greece, where he works closely with Metropolitan Efstathios. He also has served as President and Board Member of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of New York.
Archon Kalamaras is an attorney.
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