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Welcome to our PAA Mentor Page where you can connect with individuals who have volunteered their time and their knowledge to help PYA members as they decide which road to travel.  Continuing PAA values through mentoring The PAA Mentor Program is designed to support PYA and PAA members through connections with effective corporate executives, business owners and professionals for a rigorous mentorship experience to help them further their knowledge, experience, and understanding of career related skills and resources in order to become more successful.

The main goal of the program is to connect Mentors with Mentees through a mentorship experience in order to support Mentees with performance or career exploration. Mentors are recruited professionals and include corporate executives, small business owners & professionals from a variety of occupations. Mentees will be high school or college students or aspiring professionals that are current and paid PYA/PAA members. In addition, we offer monthly PAA Online Mentor Talks and we hope you will visit this page often to hear about upcoming programs.  

Our previous mentor guests are listed below as well as our mentors. Information about our online programs are always emailed out to our membership database (this is a member benefit) and through our bi-monthly newsletter. Please make sure to have your email in our database system and follow us on all of social media sites (Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn).  

If you would like more information on the mentor program, contact us nkastrinakis@pancretan.org and we will connect you with the appropriate person. 


Visionaries and Innovators

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Mentor #12


Join the Pancretan Association of America and PYA for an inspiring evening with the Honorable Judge Maria Boultadakis, Nassau County District Court, as part of our ongoing mentorship series.


Monday, March 30

9:00 PM EST

Live on Zoom (link emailed to registered participants)


The Honorable Maria Boultadakis is a Judge of the Nassau County District Court, appointed in March 2025 and elected in November 2025. She presides over civil, criminal, and landlord-tenant matters.

Prior to her appointment, she served as a Principal Law Clerk to several Nassau County Supreme Court Justices, handling complex civil litigation. She also served as Bureau Chief of Litigation & Appeals for the Nassau County Attorney’s Office, Associate Village Justice for the Village of Stewart Manor, and Deputy Town Attorney for the Town of Hempstead.

Judge Boultadakis earned her J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law and her B.A., magna cum laude, from Hofstra University. She is an active member of the Nassau County Bar Association and its We Care Fund Advisory Board.


Register here: PAA Mentor Registration

Questions? Email nkastrinakis@pancretan.org

Let’s learn, connect, and grow together 🇬🇷✨


The following provides the Online Mentor Programs that we have uploaded with our Mentors for your viewing pleasure.  We will continue to add more programs as they become available.  Thank you again to all of our outstanding guests for their insights, expertise and time.


Mentor Program--Dr. Stella Kafka
Mentor Program--Dr. Peter Kouretas
Mentor Program--Mihali Bletsas
Mentor Program--George Thanopoulos
Mentor Program--Nick Vlahakis


Mentors / Visionaries / Innovators

Engineering & Technology



George Thanopoulos
  • Mechanical Engineering 
  • Management
  • Leadership 
  • Philanthropy

Nick Vlahakis
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Aerospace/Defense Contractor
  • Vlahakis Recording Studio/Carnegie Mellon
  • MBA University of Utah


Michali Bletsas
  • Computer Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Network Computing Systems
  • Research


Peter Marangoudakis
  • Engineering & Quality
  • Leadership
  • Team Building
  • Project Management
  • Presentations

Nickos Kastrinakis
  • Transformational Leadership
  • Corporate Change Management
  • Inclusion
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Leadership
  • Engineering Management
  • Software Development
  • Agile
  • AI & Cloud Computing


Tom Jouvanis
  • Engineering & Quality
  • Leadership
  • Team Building
  • Project Management
  • Presentations

Business  & Management


Andreas Batakis

  • Mindset
  • Leadership
  • Business Growth
  • Management



James Boutzoukas

  • Carpentry
  • General Contractor
  • Specializing in Bridge Repair
  • Leadership

Kostas Katsohirakis

  • Financial Analysis
  • Negotiations
  • Career Development
  • International Expertise
  • Presentation Skills

Demetri Koston

  • Commercial Real
  • Estate Finance
  • Financial Analysis
  • Business Development



Ted Manousakis

  • Entrepreneur
  • Leadership
  • Communications
  • Business



Erasmia Novotny 

  • Entrepreneurial Skills
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Jewelry Sales
  • Teambuilding
  • Leadership



Manousos and Kallia Pediaditi 

  • Entrepreneurial Skills
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Teambuilding




John Giouroukakis, ESQ. 

  • Juris Doctor from the New York University of Law 
  • Strategic Advisor to Financial Investors
  • Private Equity 

 

Chemistry, Physics & Science


Dr. Elia Psillakis
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Research
  • Water & Climate Change
  • Management


Dr. Stella Kafka
  • Astronomy
  • Physics
  • Geophysical Science
  • Research
  • Management

Humanities & Social Sciences


Jane Voros
  • International Affairs
  • Nonprofit Management
  • Publishing/Editing/Writing
  • Communications/Public Affairs
  • French Language and Culture

Architecture & Design


Christ Kamages
  • Architecture
  • Project Management
  • Byzantine History & Design

Healthcare


Dr. Peter Kouretas
  • Professor of Surgery, UCSF
  • Surgical Director
  • Pediatric Heart Transplantation
  • Research 

Dr. Elias Taxakis

  • Medicine
  • Leadership
  • Diagnostic Radiology
  • Personal Finance