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34 Annual Leadership 100 Conference
Hospital in New York City, after school programming at
New York City Schools through the Variety Boys & Girls
Club and the Greater Ridgewood Youth Council, the
Make A Difference with Loukoumi Exhibit at the
Westchester Children's Museum and a Never Forget
Letter Mailbox outside Town Hall in Gander
Newfoundland Canada for families who lost loved ones
on 9-11.
Eva Konstantakos, Director of
Youth and Young Adult Ministries,
to Address Opening Breakfast
on Thursday, February 20
Katsoris has donated over 100,000 copies of his
children's books, is a motivational speaker including at
the World Happiness Summit in Lake Como (2023),
London (2024) and Miami (2025), at the Kiwanis
International Convention, the Wellbeingr Forum in
Athens on Mental Health Awareness Day, the Ideagen
Global Impact Summit and other conferences.
He is the recipient of numerous awards including the
Crain's New York Business/Blue Cross Blue Shield
Whole Health Hero Award, Tegna’s National Make A
Difference All-Star Award, The Points of Light Award,
the Visionary Humanitarian Award from the High Flyers
Organization in Mumbai, India, the Community Dad
Award from the New York City Department of Youth
and Community Development and the Coca-Cola
Scholars Foundation Educator of Distinction Award.
A graduate of Fordham College of Business
Administration and Fordham Law School, Katsoris
began his legal career as Law Clerk to The Hon. Nicholas
Tsoucalas at the United States Court of International
Trade. He then served as a litigation associate at the law
firm of Cahill Gordon and Reindel. In 2005 he was
appointed as General Counsel of The Red Apple Group
in New York, a position he held for 28 years until March
10, 2023, when he was appointed as an Arbitrator at the
American Arbitration Association and also took over the
reigns as Executive Director of the Loukoumi Make A
Difference Foundation
(www.LoukoumiFoundation.org).
Nick currently resides in Eastchester, New York, with his
wife, Voula, a real estate attorney, and their children,
Constantine and Julia.
Eva Konstantakos, Director of Youth and Young Adult
Ministries (Y2AM) for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese
of America, holds the distinction of being the first
woman in the role and was appointed by His Eminence
Archbishop Elpidophoros in 2022.
With over 20 years of experience in youth
and young adult ministries, including
serving as Y2AM Director for the Greek
Orthodox Metropolis of Detroit (20032022), she actively contributes to various youth and
young adult initiatives at the parish, Metropolis,
Archdiocesan, and Pan-Orthodox levels. These included
parish youth and young adult ministry development,
campus/college ministry, summer camps, youth worker
training, youth safety, and curriculum development.
Konstantakos also serves on the Executive Committee of
the Orthodox Christian Fellowship Board of Directors.
A graduate of Ball State University, with a B.A, in
Communications, and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
School of Theology, with an M.T.S. degree, Konstantakos
is originally from Anderson, Indiana and currently
resides in Windsor, Ontario (Canada) with her husband.
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