Heritage America 2022

August 9-11, 2022

Some of the most prominent current and former US policymakers and opinion leaders met with some of the best and brightest Greek-American students across the country during the 7th Annual Heritage America Program August 9-11, 2022. In all 39 speakers shared with these students, in intimate online discussions, how Hellenic and Orthodox principles and ideals helped them achieve success. This program is hosted every year by the National Hellenic Society (NHS) and Manatos & Manatos.

Heritage America 2022 Who's Who

Speakers in the 2022 Heritage America Program included:
 
Heritage America Founder Andy Manatos
Heritage America Co-Founder Mike Manatos

Senior US Officials:

• Chairman, Allen and Company LLC, former CIA Director George Tenet
• First US Director of National Intelligence & former Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte
• Former White House Chief of Staff and Founder & Chairman, Center for Am. Progress, John Podesta 
• Former Governor of Massachusetts Michael Dukakis
• Former Mayor of San Francisco Art Agnos
• Lieutenant Governor of California Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis
• US Ambassador to Greece George Tsunis

 
Greek-American Members of Congress:

• Congressman Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)
• Congressman John Sarbanes (D-MD) ​
• Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)
• Congressman Chris Pappas (D-NH) 
• Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV)

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Media:

• New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker 
• Fox News Chief Washington Correspondent Mike Emanuel
• Former Fox 5 DC News Anchor & Current President & CEO Laura Evans Media Laura Evans Manatos
• President of NowThis (world’s #1 social media video news publisher) Athan Stephanopoulos

Representatives of Greece, Cyprus and the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the US:

• Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Greece  Theodoros Bizakis
• Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Cyprus Maria Savvidou-Panayiotou
• Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros

National Hellenic Society Leadership:

• National Hellenic Society Chairman Drake Behrakis
• National Hellenic Society Executive Director Art Dimopoulos

Business Leaders:

• Founder, Chairman, Calamos Investments/ Chairman, National Hellenic Museum John Calamos
• Co-Founder and Managing Partner, KPS Capital Partners, LP Michael Psaros
• Principal, Metropoulos & Co., C. Dean Metropoulos
• President & CEO, ECOS, Kelly Vlahakis Hanks
• Georgetown Cupcakes founders Sophie Kallinis LaMontagne & Katherine Kallinis Berman
• Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, Concordia, Nicholas Logothetis

Senior White House Officials:

• Commanding General US Army Forces Command, General Andrew Poppas
• DC Circuit Court Judge, The Honorable Gregory Katsas 

Former White House Officials

• Former Under Secretary of State and current Chief Admin.l Officer, Activision Blizzard Brian Bulatao
• Former White House Chief Technology Officer and Managing Director, Scale AI, Michael Kratsios
• Former White House Chief of Staff Rience Priebus​

US Congress Staff ​

• Chief of Staff for Congressman Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) Elizabeth Hittos 

Lobbyists

• K&L Gates Partner Manny Rouvelas 
• Associate Vice Chancellor for Government and Community Relations, UCLA Jennifer Poulakidas
• Head of Federal Affairs, Block, Tom Manatos    

A list of 2021 speakers can be found here.
A list of 2020 speakers can be found here.
A list of 2019 speakers can be found here. 
A list of 2018 speakers can be found here. 
A list of 2017 speakers can be found here. 
A list of 2016 speakers can be found here.