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PARADIGM AWARD
Setting the Example…
Our Awards Ceremony & Gala celebrates the academic success of our scholarship recipients. At the Gala, the Foundation also honors the lifelong achievements of a distinguished Greek American whose career and accomplishments are a testimony to the Foundation’s mission, and who serves as an example for our scholars to follow. This individual receives the Foundation’s Paradigm Award (from the Greek word paradeigma) in honor of their distinguished career, exemplary service in his or her respective field, and for making the Hellenic community proud.
PARADIGM AWARD RECIPIENTS
2025 – CIA & TOM SOULELES, Executive Producers of Echoes of the Past
2024 – TIM TASSOPOULOS, President & Chief Operating Officer, Chick-Fil-A, Inc.
2023 – STELLENE VOLANDES, Editor in Chief, Town & Country magazine
2022 – DR. GEORGE YANCOPOULOS, Co-Founder, President, and Chief Scientific Officer, Regeneron
2021 – GEORGE PELECANOS, Award-winning Novelist and TV/film Writer and Producer
2019 – MATINA KOLOKOTRONIS, Attorney, Executive, Business Leader and Chief Operating Officer
2018 – REINCE PRIEBUS, Former White House Chief of Staff, President & Chief Strategist, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
2017 – JOHN PAPPAJOHN, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, and Business Leader
2016 – JOHN S. KOUDOUNIS, CEO of Calamos Investments
2015 – DEAN KARNAZES, Athlete, Speaker, Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur
2014 – JAMES D. SPEROS, Executive Vice President & Chief Creative Officer at Fidelity Investments
2012 – ALEXANDER PAYNE, Writer, Director, Producer
2010 – FRANCES FRAGOS TOWNSEND, Former White House Homeland Security Advisor
2009 – DR. THANASIS ECONOMOU, NASA Senior Planetary Scientist
2008 – DR. PETER H. DIAMANDIS, Founder and Chairman of X-Prize Foundation
2007 – JOHN P. CALAMOS, SR., Chairman and CEO of Calamos Investments
2006 – DR. CONSTANTINE PAPADAKIS, Drexel University President
2005 – MICHAEL BILIRAKIS, U.S. Representative
2005 – PAUL SARBANES, U.S. Senator