Mike Manatos has spent his entire professional and personal life working with the global Greek diaspora and promoting Hellenism and Orthodoxy around the world. Having worked closely with the most successful and philanthropic diaspora Greeks, many of whom serve on the THI Board, he brings to THI unique and valuable experience, relationships and passion.
Mike has served on the Boards of numerous Greek and non-Greek nonprofits including: the Executive Boards of Leadership 100 and the National Hellenic Society; the Archdiocesan Council of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America; and the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate as Committee Chair, among others. He co-founded and served as Executive Director of the Washington Oxi Day Foundation, creating the world-renowned OXI Courage Awards and Service Awards. He served as Chairman of the Board of Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic where he has been involved in various capacities for over 26 years and has personally raised over $2 million for the Foundation and granted the wishes of over 250 children.
Mike most recently served as President of Manatos & Manatos where he worked for 35 years.
Honors he has received include: the inaugural “Philotimo Award” from the Hellenic Hearts Foundation; the inaugural “Parents of the Year” Award (with his wife Laura) from the Loukoumi Foundation; one of Washington Life magazine’s “Philanthropic 50”; one of “DC’s most powerful siblings” by Politico.
Mike has lived in the Washington, D.C. area all of his life. He is married to Laura Evans Manatos, an 18-year anchor and reporter for Fox 5 News in Washington, D.C., and currently CEO of Laura Evans Media – a progressive PR firm. They have three children – Sienna (19), Andrea (17) and Lucas (15) – and are extremely close to their family, many of whom live on their same street. A fitness fanatic and self-proclaimed work out nut, Mike has raced in more than 50 triathlons and carried the Olympic Torch for the 2004 Games in Athens, Greece.
