TIM ANANIADIS
Tim Ananiadis has 40 years of international experience in the hospitality industry, with Hyatt Hotels. In 1988, Tim moved to Chicago as the Corporate Director of Food and Beverage for Hyatt Hotels with main responsibilities being menu engineering, product development, recruitment, development and implementation of service standards and training, concept development and hotel pre-opening support.
He has served as General Manager at the Hyatt Regency Pittsburgh, Hyatt Regency Coral Gables and Hyatt Regency Miami. In 1999 he joined Hyatt International as the General Manager of the Hyatt Regency Thessaloniki in Greece and later moved to India as the General Manager of the Grand Hyatt Mumbai.
In 2003, Tim joined Starwood Hotels and Resorts returning to Greece as the General Manager/Managing Director at the Hotel Grande Bretagne. In 2006 and until 2017, he was given the additional responsibility of Area Manager for Greece, Turkey, Cyprus & the Balkans overseeing the Starwood affiliated hotels. In his current role, now under the umbrella of Marriot International, he oversees two Legacy Starwood hotels, the complex of the Hotel Grande Bretagne & the King George, Luxury Collection properties, Athens.
PLATO GHINOS
Plato Ghinos, President of Shaner Hotels joined Shaner Hotels in 1995 involved in the acquisition and development of multiple hotel and restaurant properties and progressed franchise relationships and negotiations with several well-known brands. Plato is the Managing Director of Shaner Italia and is responsible for expanding the company's hotel portfolio in Italy. Most recently, Plato was instrumental in forming a partnership with CS Hospitality in Athens, Greece to expand the hotel portfolio in Greece and Cyprus.
Plato served for 10 years as Executive Vice-President for Federated National, a real estate development group specializing in the management and development of more than 25 hotels, resorts, restaurants and apartment complexes. Plato has extensive experience in sales and marketing, as well as in hotel and restaurant operations.He is a regular contributor to several industry publications including chapters in the books “Medical Tourism and Wellness” and “Strategic Management for Hospitality and Travel”. Plato is a member of the Old Dominion National Bank Advisory Board, the R E Alpha Advisory Board and most recently has accepted an invitation to become an inaugural member of the Marriott International European Franchise Advisory Council.
CHRISTOS PERAKIS
Christos Perakis is the co-founder and CEO of Zoottle, an award-winning, early stage, hospitality company. Prior to Zoottle, Christos spent over 10-years at Apple with executive-level experience in leadership, sales and marketing, where he ultimately managed $2B in revenue. His last role was that of Apple’s Country Business Manager for Greece and Cyprus, owning and managing the business across all RTM (Routes to Market) and LOB (Lines of Business).
He has opened country offices, managed new product introductions, setup distribution networks and managed government relationships.
Christos is a stalwart advocate of Greece’s startup-ecosystem, and is active in helping founding entrepreneurs capitalize their potential through investments and mentorship.
Join us for a special edition of NHS Talks with special guests that will focus on the state of the travel industry post-COVID. This special edition is brought to you in collaboration with the National Hellenic Museum. Featured Guests include Tim Ananiadis, Head Of Tourism Committee, American Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, Plato Ghinos, President of Shaner Hotels, and Christos Perakis, co-founder, CEO of Zootle. The panel provides an insider's view of the travel and hospitality industry with special focus on Greece.
DR. MAUREEN SANTELLI
Dr. Maureen Santelli serves as Associate Professor of American History and Western Civilization at the Northern Virginia Community College. She received her B.A. in Classics from the University of Montana, and her Masters and Doctorate in American History from George Mason University.
Dr. Santelli's research and interests in America's fascination with Greece's War of Independence served as the subject of her Doctoral dissertation and an amazing book published by Cornell University Press: The Greek Fire American-Ottoman Relations and Democratic Fervor in the Age of Revolutions.Dr. Santelli posits that what began as a sentimental fascination with Greece's efforts to cast off her Ottoman yoke developed into a school of thought and action that facilitated the abolitionist movement in America. Moreover, Greek Fire provided women with a platform to advocate for their education and assertion of equal rights.
Dr. Maureen Connors Santelli joins NHS for a lively discussion on her comprehensive research and book. Greek Fire explores "the American fascination with an involvement in the Greek Revolution...and infused a global perspective into domestic conversations concerning freedom and reform."
MELETIOS POULIOPOULOS
Meletios Pouliopoulos, is a Greek music historian and archivist, and founder of Greek Cultural Resources, a non-profit that preserves and documents Greek Music in America. He is an author, researcher, and lecturer, and regularly consults on Greek Music. He is the host of the weekly radio show, "Mondays with Meleti" on Grecian Echoes, WNTN 1550AM in Boston.
MAKIS EMMANOUILIDIS
Makis Emmanouilidis, made his debut in the Boston music scene in 1997 as one of the founding members of the group JOURNEY TO ITHACA and performed in many venues such as The Tsai Performance Center the Kresge Auditorium of MIT, the Maliotis Cultural Center and many other venues around New England. He writes verses and poetry and has composed a number of original songs which were included in the two CDs produced by Journey To Ithaca, “A Stroll Through Our Dreams” and “A Taste Of Chocolate”. “Secret Life” is his latest work which includes verses and melodies inspired by the novels of Angelos Terzakis, a notable Greek writer.
Recently, Makis founded the group Mia Anasa in order to perform many of his new original songs and to build bridges with a wider audience to include friends of Greek music and others that may not be as familiar yet are curious to share in the richness of the Greek culture.
YANNI MITARAS
Yanni Mitaras, started playing bouzouki at the age of 14 and took formal lessons from Kosta Gourgoumi and from the renown bouzouki player Harry Lemonopoulos. He was a founding member of the Greek bands Asteria and Glentzedes. While living in Colorado, Yanni played at the National Folk Festival and at a musical with choreographer Sunny Newman. Back in Massachusetts he started the Skorpios Orchestra and worked as a performer at the Averof Restaurant for 12 years. During the same period he toured with George Abdo, a famous Arab singer. For the last 12 years Yanni has performed with Rebetoparea and is a big fan of the rebetiko music genre. He has collaborated with Makis Emmanouilidis for the last 15 years on a number of projects and is a founding member of Mia Anasa.
Please join Meletios Pouliopoulos, Makis Emmanouilidis, and Yanni Mitaras, as they discuss the history of Rebetiko Music and take us back in time with live performances as well as discuss themes and instruments used in Rebetiko Music Now & Then.
DR. HARIS VLAVIANOS
Dr. Haris Vlavianos was born in Rome in 1957. He studied Economics and Philosophy at the University of Bristol and Politics, History and International Relations at the University of Oxford (Trinity College). His doctoral thesis entitled, Greece 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War, was published by Macmillan (1992).
He has published thirteen collections of poetry. His latest collection, Self-Portrait of Whiteness (2018) was awarded the National Poetry Prize, the Academy of Athens Poetry Prize, and the Reader’s Poetry Prize.
He has translated in book form the works of renowned poets such as: Walt Whitman, Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, E. E. Cummings, John Ashbery, Anne Carson Zbigniew Herbert, Fernando Pessoa, Michael Longley, William Blake and an Anthology of Love Poems.
He is the editor of the influential literary journal “Poetics” and Poetry Editor at “Patakis Publications”.
He is Professor of History and Politics at the American College of Greece.
For his contribution in promoting Italian literature and culture in Greece, the President of the Italian Republic bestowed upon him in February 2005 the title of “Cavaliere”, while the Dante Society of Italy awarded him the “Dante Prize” for his publications on the Divine Comedy.
Join the NHS as Dr. Haris Vlavianos, Professor of History and Politics at the American College of Greece, discusses significant events throughout Greek History, beginning with the Revolution of 1821 and concluding with present day Greece.
DR. ROBERT C. GREEN, MD, MPH
Robert C. Green, MD, MPH is a medical geneticist and physician-scientist who directs the G2P Research Program in translational genomics and health outcomes in the Division of Genetics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Green is principal investigator of the NIH-funded REVEAL Study, in which a cross-disciplinary team has conducted 4 separate multi-center randomized clinical trials since 2000, collectively enrolling 1100 individuals in order to explore emerging themes in translational genomics. Dr. Green also co-directs the NIH-funded PGen Study, one of the first prospective studies of direct-to-consumer genetic testing services. He is principal investigator of the MedSeq Project, the first NIH-funded randomized trial to explore the use of whole genome sequencing in the clinical practice of medicine and co-directs the BabySeq Project, the first NIH-funded trial of sequencing in newborns. The MedSeq and BabySeq Projects apply genome sequencing both in patients who are affected with hereditary disease and in those who are healthy, in order to study downstream impact on health, behavior and health care costs.
Dr. Green is currently Associate Director for Research of the Partners Center for Personalized Genetic Medicine, a Board Member of the Council for Responsible Genetics and a member of the Informed Cohort Oversight Boards for both the Children’s Hospital Boston Gene Partnership Program and the Coriell Personalized Medicine Collaborative. He was the lead author of the recently published recommendations from the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics for management of incidental findings in clinical sequencing.
The Boston Chapter of the National Hellenic Society presents a special episode of NHS Talks: The Genetics of COVID Vulnerability and the Path to Preventive Genomics with Dr. Robert C. Green. Dr. Robert C. Green is Professor of Medicine (Genetics) at Harvard Medical School and a physician-scientist. Dr. Green is internationally recognized for research and policy efforts accelerating the implementation of genomic/precision medicine.
DR. PANAGIOTIS BEHRAKIS
Dr. Behrakis is a pulmonologist and leading Public Health expert in respiratory physiology and tobacco control. He is the Director and Founder of the Institute of Public Health at the American College of Greece, Director of the George D. Behrakis Research Lab of the Hellenic Cancer Society, and a Principal Researcher at the Biomedical Research Foundation of Athens Academy.
He has served as a Professor at the University of Athens Medical School, Harvard and received awards especially for his work with successful anti-smoking campaigns in Greece and Europe given the special focus on youth and smoking.
The educational campaign entitled, SmokeFreeGreece has yielded a 33% reduction of smoking prevalence among young smokers and received notice and awards from Europe's Commission and other private and public institutions.
Dr. Behrakis has authored 150+ medical journal papers, and a host of other contributions to medical and related publications, journals and articles worldwide.
DR. VASILEIOS KIKILIAS
Dr. Kikilias was appointed as Greece's Minister of Health by Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in July 2019. His public service career includes membership in Greece's Parliament, service as Municipal Counselor of Athens, Ministry for Public Order and Citizen Protection and as spokesman for the New Democracy Party.
Dr. Kikilias is a orthopedic surgeon, and received advanced medical degrees from Greece's National and Kapodistrian University where he serves on the faculty. He served Greece's Air Force as an orthopedic surgeon and was also a celebrated professional basketball player on the A.E.K. and Panionios Basketball Teams as well as Greece's National Team. Dr. Kikilias also served as the President of the Athens Youth and Sports Organization.
THE HONORABLE GEOFFREY PYATT
Ambassador Pyatt is a career member of the U.S.' Foreign Service sworn in as the U.S. Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic in September, 2016. Ambassador Pyatt also served as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, receiving the State Department’s prestigious Robert Frasure Memorial Award in recognition of his commitment to peace and alleviation of human suffering in eastern Ukraine.
Previously, Ambassador Pyatt's posts include service as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Mission to the International Organizations in Vienna, at U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India, U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong and at the U.S. Consulate General office in Pakistan.
Ambassador Pyatt served on the staff of Deputy Secretary Strobe Talbott and at posts in Hounduras. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, he worked with The Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington-based think tank that brings together leading citizens of the Americas.
Ambassador Pyatt grew up in La Jolla, California and holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from Yale and B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine.
OUR CO-HOST: JOHN METAXAS
John is an award-winning news reporter and anchor at WCBS News radio and Bloomberg business reports with an audience of millions. He was anchor of CNN's Your Money, NASDAQ and Moneyline with Lou Dobbs correspondent. John has interviewed legendary business figures including Bill Gates, Andy Grove, Michael Bloomberg and world figures such as Presidents Obama, Clinton, Carter, and Mikhail Gorbachev.
John has practiced law and served as Chief Communications Officer for E*TRADE. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor in journalism.NHS Talks panel discussion with Dr. Panagiotis Behrakis, Director, Institute of Public Health, The American College of Greece; Dr. Vasileios Kikilias, Minister, Greek Health Ministry; and The Honorable Geoffrey Pyatt, United States Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic regarding the control of COVID-19 in Greece and the challenges that tobacco presents as well.
DR. SEAN HEMINGWAY
Dr. Hemingway serves as Curator of one of the world's most treasured collections of Greek & Roman Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Dr. Hemingway is a celebrated archaeologist that has excavated prehistoric, classical and Roman sites in Greece and Spain and is presently the metals specialist for the Palaikastro Excavations in eastern Crete.
He studied at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, was a Fulbright Scholar and served as Museum's Visiting Curator at the American Academy in Rome, at the Department of Ancient Art at Harvard University. Seán’s specialty includes extensive scholarship and work with Greek and Roman bronzes and he is the author of a host of scholarly works.
KATHRYN KEANE
Kathryn Keane is the Director of amazing National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C. Kathryn oversees all of the Museum's operations which include extensive traveling exhibitions featured at museums and venues throughout America and the world. The Museum's blockbuster exhibition The Greeks: Agamemnon to Alexander the Great was part of a celebrated cross-platform presentation mirrored in a 3-part epic series on PBS, The Greeks, a special edition in the National Geographic Magazine and the spin-off celebrated series, The Greek Guide to Greatness co-produced with the National Hellenic Society that is also available on PBS Learning Media and NatGeo's Education portal.
Kathryn manages a creative team of designers, curators and producers that develop unique and award winning exhibitions and live events that have become a major experience based platform for storytelling, audience engagement and educational outreach.
DR. CHRISTINE KONDOLEON
Dr. Kondoleon is presently directing the roll-out of eleven new galleries at the world renown Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) as part of the master plan to reinterpret the MFA's collection.
She is an experienced curator of award winning exhibitions including Cy Twombly: Making Past Present, Games for the Gods, Aphrodite and the God's of Love. She served as Curator of Ancient Art at the Worcester Art Museum where she organized the Antioch: The Lost Ancient City Exhibition. She served as an Associate Professor of Art at Williams College , Chair of the Department and Acting Director of Clark Art Institute Graduate Program. She was an invited Resident at the American Academy in Rome, and Visiting Professor at Tufts University and Harvard where she received her PhD.
DR. CLAIRE LYONS
Dr. Lyons is Curator of Antiquities with the incomparable J. Paul Getty Museum and Getty Villa, and holds her degrees from Bowdoin College and PhD from Bryn Mawr College. Her areas of specialization are the art and archaeology of pre-Roman Italy, Etruria and Magna Graecia, Greek vase painting, the rediscovery and reception of classical antiquity, 19th century photography, and cultural heritage policy.
She has received numerous awards and has curated several outstanding exhibitions including projects centered on the afterlife of antiquity, in the visual arts and culture, and the history of collections. She has participated in archaeological excavations in Greece and Italy and is a prolific author in works that include ancient cemetery sites in Sicily, co-editor on work on Greek colonialism and gender and sexuality studies in Greek and Roman Art. Dr. Lyons is also a frequent lecturer at both UCLA, USC at other universities.
HARIS SIAMPANIS
Haris is CEO of one of Greece's leading museums, the Benaki Museum, where Haris serves as CEO and on the Museum's Executive Committee. Haris also served as the former CFO and COO of the Benaki Museum. Haris oversees the Museum’s development, day-to-day operations and long-term strategic planning.
Prior to his tenure at the Benaki, Haris served as a Management Consultant at Boston Consulting Group tending to their clientele's needs with financial restructuring, M&A, and strategic corporate planning. Haris studied at the National Technical University of Athens, and completed graduate studies at Tufts University and Harvard Business School.
OUR CO-HOST: JOHN METAXAS
John is an award-winning news reporter and anchor at WCBS News radio and Bloomberg business reports with an audience of millions. He was anchor of CNN's Your Money, NASDAQ and Moneyline with Lou Dobbs correspondent. John has interviewed legendary business figures including Bill Gates, Andy Grove, Michael Bloomberg and world figures such as Presidents Obama, Clinton, Carter, and Mikhail Gorbachev.
John has practiced law and served as Chief Communications Officer for E*TRADE. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor in journalism.NHS Talks panel discussion with noted museum experts Sean Hemingway, John A. & Carole O. Moran Curator in Charge, Greek & Roman Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Kathryn Keane, Executive Director, National Geographic Museum; Christine Kondoleon, Chair, George D. and Margo Behrakis Art of Ancient Greece and Rome, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Claire Lyons, Curator of Antiquities, The Getty; and Haris Siampanis, CEO of Benaki Museum, Athens. Hosted by John Metaxas.
PETER FEIGEN
Peter serves as President of the Milwaukee Bucks and the world-class, half billion dollar home of the Bucks, Fiserv Forum. Under Peter's stewardship the team’s progress has been transformational resulting in increased revenues, ticket attendance, merchandise sales, TV viewership and related benchmarks of success. The Bucks have consistently been hailed as one of Milwaukee’s best places to work and through his inspired leadership, Peter played an instrumental role in all phases of the development of the world class Fiserv Forum, home of the Bucks and its superstar modern Greek legend, Giannis Antetokounmpo!
Prior to joining the Bucks, Peter served as the Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, a major international entertainment company and President and Chief Operating Officer of Marquis Jet Partners Inc./NetJets, the world’s leading private aviation company. Peter also worked for the New York Knicks for six years in several capacities.
MATINA KOLOKOTRONIS
Entering her 22nd season with the NBA, Matina Kolokotronis serves as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Sacramento Kings. Bringing decades of experience in sports and government law, community affairs and contract negotiations, Matina's leadership has been integral to the development of the award winning Golden 1 Center as well as its adjacent, $500 million mixed-use development project, Downtown Commons.
Prior to her appointment as COO, Matina was the President of Business Operations. She is the only female in the NBA to hold the titles of both COO and President of Business Operations. Before being named President of Business Operations, Matina served as legal consultant for the Kings business and basketball operations teams, negotiating player and staff contracts.
NICHOLAS J. SAKELLARIADIS
Nicholas J. Sakellariadis is the Co-Chair and Principal owner of the Dayton Dragons, a minor league "farm team" and affiliate of the celebrated Cincinnati Reds. The Dayton Dragons hold the all-time sports record for consecutive sold-out games and breaking the Class-A record attendance for a single season with nearly 600,000 attendees. Forbes has ranked the team as one of the top 3 franchises (of 160 teams) in Minor League Baseball.
Nicholas' career in investment banking as a leading executive includes his tenure as Managing Director in Citigroup's Mergers & Acquisitions Department and as Co-head of M&A and restructuring at Smith Barney.OUR CO-HOST: JOHN METAXAS
John is an award-winning news reporter and anchor at WCBS News radio and Bloomberg business reports with an audience of millions. He was anchor of CNN's Your Money, NASDAQ and Moneyline with Lou Dobbs correspondent. John has interviewed legendary business figures including Bill Gates, Andy Grove, Michael Bloomberg and world figures such as Presidents Obama, Clinton, Carter, and Mikhail Gorbachev.
John has practiced law and served as Chief Communications Officer for E*TRADE. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor in journalism.NHS Talks panel discussion about the effect the pandemic has had on the sports industry with guest panelists Peter Feigen, President, Milwaukee Bucks & Fiserv Forum; Matina Kolokotronis, Chief Operating Officer, Sacramento Kings; & Nicholas J. Sakellariadis, Co-Chair, Principal Owner, Dayton Dragons. Hosted by John Metaxas.
THE HONORABLE ALEXANDRA PAPADOPOULOU
Madam Ambassador Papadopoulou's exemplary diplomatic career spans the globe at posts which include her serving as Ambassador to Uruguay and Paraguay, to diplomatic missions in Jordan, Canada, Kosovo, the U.S., and as Ambassador of Greece to the United Nations and Permanent Representative of Greece to the European Union. Prior to her being named as Greece's Ambassador to the U.S., she headed the Diplomatic Cabinet of Greece's Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Ambassador Papadopoulou received her law and political science degrees at the University of Athens and Masters in International Relations and International Law at the University of Pennsylvania.
THE HONORABLE KOSTAS BAKOYANNIS
Kostas Bakoyannis is Mayor of Athens. He served as Governor of Central Greece from 2014 to 2019 and as Mayor of Karpenissi, from 2011 to 2014. Βorn in 1978 in Athens, he graduated from Millfield School (UK) in 1996 before going to Brown University (USA) to study History and International Relations. He continued with postgraduate studies in Public Policy, with a specialization in Macroeconomics, at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (USA). He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations, from the University of Oxford (2019).
He has worked at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as executive manager in an Investor Relations and Corporate Communications company in Athens and has held positions in the European Parliament in Brussels and the World Bank in Kosovo. He is the vice president of the Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government, a council member of the European Council on Foreign Relations and a Greek Leadership Council member of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN).
ALEXIS PAPAHELAS
Alexis Papahelas is an award-winning journalist and reporter that is no stranger to the U.S. having served as a U.S. correspondent for several Greek newspapers, television and radio networks.
Alexis has hosted several very popular investigative television news magazines and worked as a senior editor at To Vima newspaper prior to taking the helm as Executive Editor of Greece's leading newspaper, Kathimerini. The Kathimerini's English edition is included in the New York Times International edition. The newspapers' website is the most visited Greek language newspaper worldwide.
Alexis is the Secretary General of the Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy, a leading think tank. He has author of several books and countless articles and studied and received his Master's Degree in Journalism and International Relations from Columbia University in NY.
Alexis' life threatening bout with the COVID19 virus led to a moving portrayal of thanks and appreciation for the health care professionals and heroes that saved his and other lives which he shared with Kathimerini's readers.
VASILIS BALANIS
Vasilis works at Deloitte Greece's offices in Athens where he heads Strategy and Consulting for the Firm's Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice.
Prior to Deloitte, Vasilis served as a consultant to several pharmaceutical companies and hospitals in the U.K., and as Operations Manager for a large consortium of National Health Service hospitals.
He is a lecturer at the Bocconi Business School in Milan on healthcare policy and received several advanced degrees including his MBA degree from Harvard Business School.
OUR CO-HOST: JOHN METAXAS
John is an award-winning news reporter and anchor at WCBS News radio and Bloomberg business reports with an audience of millions. He was anchor of CNN's Your Money, NASDAQ and Moneyline with Lou Dobbs correspondent. John has interviewed legendary business figures including Bill Gates, Andy Grove, Michael Bloomberg and world figures such as Presidents Obama, Clinton, Carter, and Mikhail Gorbachev.
John has practiced law and served as Chief Communications Officer for E*TRADE. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor in journalism.
OUR CO-HOST: MIKE MANATOS
Mike Manatos is President of the public affairs/consulting firm, Manatos & Manatos, and Executive Director of the Washington OXI Day Foundation. Mike works with leading US Senators, Members, Administration officials and thought leaders on both sides of the aisle in formulating US policy, especially as it relates to the promotion of Hellenism and Orthodoxy.
Mike serves on the Board of the NHS, Leadership 100 and in several civic organizations such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
NHS Talks panel discussion on the way that Greece has responded to the pandemic with guest panelists: Ambassador of Greece to the United States, Alexandra Papadopoulou, The Honorable Kostas Bakoyannis, Mayor of Athens, Greece, Alexis Papahelas, Executive Editor, Kathemerini newspaper, and Vasilis Balanis, Strategy & Consulting, Deloitte, Greece. Hosted & Moderated by John Metaxas and Mike Manatos
NHS Talks discussion on the economic impact and long-term outlook with featured panelists: Phil Angelides, California State Treasurer Emeritus, Chair Emeritus, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Mike Bapis, Managing Director, VIOS Advisors at Rockefeller Capital Management, John Koudounis, Chief Executive Officer, Calamos Investments, Doretta Mistras, Managing Director,Citigroup Health Care Investment Banking, Nicholas Sakellariadis, Emeritus Managing Director, Mergers and Acquisitions at Citigroup, Co-Chair and Principal Owner, Dayton Dragons Baseball Team.
JOHN CHANG
John Chang is the Senior Vice President and National Director of Research Services at Marcus & Millichap (MMI) a public real estate investment brokerage services firm. The Company's founder and Chairman, George Marcus is the co-founder and Chair Emeritus of the NHS.
John serves on multiple research executive boards and regularly presents at numerous commercial real estate conferences. John and his team of research analysts produce hundreds of real estate research publications and materials each year, integrating economic and financial market trends with insights on all major commercial property types.
PETER HARTMAN
Peter is the Co-Founder of the law firm of Hartman Simons in Atlanta. The firm specializes in commercial real estate servicing several of the nation's leading shopping and outlet mall owners, developers and investors.
Peter has extensive experience representing developers and tenants in commercial real estate transactions handling all legal aspects of the development of 20 million+ sq. feet of retail estate space throughout the U.S. in the past five years. He has negotiated and handled a substantial number of commercial leases on behalf of landlords/private equity firms as well as national retailer tenants.
BOB WORDES
Bob is an experienced commercial real estate professional serving as Chief Operation Officer of the Shopping Center Group, a nationwide firm that has a leasing/management portfolio of 65+ million square feet throughout the country.
Bob and his team provide a broad complement of commercial real estate advisory services to tenants, landlords, developers, investors, financial institutions and manage large shopping center complexes in several states with 500+ tenants. The Shopping Center group specializes in a broad range of services from project leasing, management, investment sales to construction management.OUR HOST: JOHN METAXAS
John is an award-winning news reporter and anchor at WCBS News radio and Bloomberg business reports with an audience of millions. He was anchor of CNN's Your Money, NASDAQ and Moneyline with Lou Dobbs correspondent. John has interviewed legendary business figures including Bill Gates, Andy Grove, Michael Bloomberg and world figures such as Presidents Obama, Clinton, Carter, and Mikhail Gorbachev.
John has practiced law and served as Chief Communications Officer for E*TRADE. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor in journalism.NHS Talks panel discussion on the state of the real estate industry with short and long-term forecast with guest panelists: John Chang, Senior Vice President, National Director of Research Services, Marcus & Millichap, Peter Hartman Esq., Co-Founder/Managing Partner, Hartman & Simons, Bob Wordes, Chief Operations Officer, The Shopping Center Group.
PHIL ANGELIDES
Phil is no stranger to economic meltdown having served as Chair of the 10-member, bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission established by Congress in 2009 charged with investigating the events that led to the collapse of financial markets in 2008.
Phil served as California's State Treasurer and as trustee for California's multi-billion dollar pension funds creating over 100,000 units of affordable housing, schools, parks and infrastructure. He was the Democratic nominee for Governor in 2006 and currently President of Riverview Capital Investments which focuses on sustainable urban development and clean energy projects.
MIKE BAPIS
Mike is Managing Director of Private Wealth Services VIOS Advisors at Rockefeller Capital Management. His clientele includes private and institution portfolios. Mike specializes in providing his services to professional athletes, entertainers and to large institutions.
He began his career at Morgan Stanley and HighTower Advisors. Mike is a Registered Advisor with the NFL's Players Association providing long-term financial planning for professional athletes. He ensures they have the necessary resources, knowledge and strategies to secure their financial wellness beyond the span of their limited careers into retirement. He regularly appears as a thought leader and expert on CNBC, Bloomberg and other leading business media outlets.
JOHN KOUDOUNIS
John Koudounis serves as CEO of Calamos Investments, a global investment firm servicing the needs of institutional and private investors since 1977. John oversees a team of 300+ professionals managing several mutual funds, closed-end, private and exchange traded funds. Calamos' clientele include Fortune 100 corporations, pension funds, endowments, foundations and individual accounts.
John's 30+ year financial career includes a successful tenure as President and CEO of Mizuho Securities USA, a subsidiary of one of the world's largest full-service financial institutions. He is a frequent contributor on Fox, CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg and other leading business media outlets.
DORETTA MISTRAS
Doretta is Managing Director in the Health Investment Banking Division of Citigroup, based in New York. She is responsible for the firm's coverage of the Healthcare Technology and Outsourcing Practice. Doretta recently joined Citigroup after a long, successful career at Goldman Sachs. Prior to joining Citigroup in 2019, she spent 15 years at Goldman Sachs & Co. in their Healthcare group focused on M&A. While at Goldman Sachs, Doretta worked on $200+ billion dollar transactions in the healthcare industry.
Doretta earned a dual degree from the University of Pennsylvania, receiving both a B.S. in Economics and a B.A. in International Studies and Spanish. She serves on the Board of the National Hellenic Society and the PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation.
NICHOLAS SAKELLARIADIS
Nicholas has spent 35 years as an investment banker, most recently as a Managing Director of the Mergers & Acquisitions Department at Citigroup, covering the automotive, home building and building products sectors. Nicholas' clientele have included leading companies such as General Motors, Volkswagen, Fiat, Daimler Chrysler, Cemex, Pulte Homes, Continental Homes, Owens Corning, EDS and National Computer Systems.
Prior to Citi, Nicholas served as Co-head of M&A and Restructuring at Smith Barney leading reorganization efforts for clientele that included Texaco, Western Union, Chrysler, LTV Steel, Federated Department Stores, Revco, Continental, TWA, Pan Am, Eastern and American West Airlines.
In 2014 Nicholas led efforts to purchase the Dayton Dragons, a minor league baseball team and affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. He serves as Co-Chair and Principal Owner. The Dragons hold the all-time sports record for consecutive sold out games and have been ranked by Forbes magazine as one of the top 3 franchises (out of 160 teams) in Minor League Baseball.
OUR HOST: JOHN METAXAS
John is an award-winning news reporter and anchor at WCBS News radio and Bloomberg business reports with an audience of millions. He was anchor of CNN's Your Money, NASDAQ and Moneyline with Lou Dobbs correspondent. John has interviewed legendary business figures including Bill Gates, Andy Grove, Michael Bloomberg and world figures such as Presidents Obama, Clinton, Carter, and Mikhail Gorbachev.
John has practiced law and served as Chief Communications Officer for E*TRADE. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor in journalism.NHS Talks discussion on the economic impact and long-term outlook with featured panelists: Phil Angelides, California State Treasurer Emeritus, Chair Emeritus, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Mike Bapis, Managing Director, VIOS Advisors at Rockefeller Capital Management, John Koudounis, Chief Executive Officer, Calamos Investments, Doretta Mistras, Managing Director,Citigroup Health Care Investment Banking, Nicholas Sakellariadis, Emeritus Managing Director, Mergers and Acquisitions at Citigroup, Co-Chair and Principal Owner, Dayton Dragons Baseball Team.
Joining NHS Talks host and moderator, John Metaxas, CBS & Bloomberg Business, are: Dr. John Ioannidis, MD, Stanford University, Professor Andrew Natsios, Director Scowcroft Institute, Texas A&M, and Dr. Stelios Papadopoulos Ph.D., Chairman, Biogen, Chairman & Co-Founder, Exelixsis, Regulus Therapeutics. Panelists share their thoughts on the pandemic each from the vantage point of their expertise.
DR. JOHN IOANNIDIS, MD
Dr. John Ioannidis, MD is a Professor at Stanford University and Co-Director of the Meta Research Innovation Center. He was educated at the Univ. of Athens, Tufts and Harvard Universities and previous to Stanford, Dr. Ioannidis held positions at NIH, Johns Hopkins and Tufts. He is a prolific author of hundreds of scholarly articles and has received a host of awards and considered to be one of the most influential scientists in the world.
Prof. Ioannidis’ recent article based on research and findings regarding the COVID19 virus have made headline news and serves as a centerpiece for heated debate among policy makers, the health care and business community and public. Dr. Ioannidis' has been featured in leading publications and network news programs as recent as this week.
PROFESSOR ANDREW NATSIOS
Professor Andrew S. Natsios is the Director of the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs and oversees the Institute's Pandemic & Biosecurity Policy Program at Texas A&M. He served as a Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and was former Administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID). He administered a multi-billion dollar budget and oversaw tens of thousands of employees. Andrew managed U.S. reconstruction programs in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Sudan where he served as President Bush's special envoy.
He has been voicing the alarm bell about pandemics and in 2018 co-authored a prescient Newsweek article about the threat of a global pandemic and dangers this brings which has proven to be remarkably accurate.
DR. STELIOS PAPADOPOULOS
Dr. Papadopoulos career from the classroom at NYU's Department of Cell Biology to heading one of the world's largest biotech firms is legendary. Dr. Papadopoulos holds a Masters in Physics, Ph.D. in biophysics and an MBA. Today he leads the fight against diseases such as cancer, multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's as Chairman of Biogen, Co-Founder and Chairman of Exelixsis and Regulus Therapeutics.
He is considered a trailblazer in the biotech industry at the forefront of research and development of pharmaceuticals that create transformative therapies for patients with few or no treatment options.OUR HOST: JOHN METAXAS
John is an award-winning news reporter and anchor at WCBS News radio and Bloomberg business reports with an audience of millions. He was anchor of CNN's Your Money, NASDAQ and Moneyline with Lou Dobbs correspondent. John has interviewed legendary business figures including Bill Gates, Andy Grove, Michael Bloomberg and world figures such as Presidents Obama, Clinton, Carter, and Mikhail Gorbachev.
John has practiced law and served as Chief Communications Officer for E*TRADE. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor in journalism.
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This hiatus presents an opportunity for NHS to present a series of exclusive presentations from our network on relevant themes and topics designed to inform, educate, guide & inspire our members and their guests.