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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.

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Mentor #14

Join the Pancretan Association of America and PYA for an inspiring evening with Emmanuel Eleftherios Velivasakis, as part of our ongoing mentorship series.

Monday, November 2

9:00 PM EST

Live on Zoom (link emailed to registered participants)

Emmanuel Eleftherios Velivasakis, P.E., F.A.S.C.E., was born in Kamariotis, Crete. He came to the United States after serving in the Greek Army and earned engineering degrees with honors from City College of New York. Over a 45-year career with Tomaseti, rising to Managing Principal, he worked on landmarks including Petronas Towers, Taipei 101, and the U.S. Capitol Dome Restoration. After 9/11, he led engineering teams to Ground Zero and championed the rebuilding of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church.

A two-term serving President of the Pancretan Association of America and recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, he is the author of the memoir Climbing the Peaks of the World.

Questions? Email nkastrinakis@pancretan.org

Let’s learn, connect, and grow together
Read Emmanuel Velivasakis entire bio here: Velivasakis Biography

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