Candidates confirmed for Greek Orthodox Community of NSW Board elections

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The Electoral Committee of the Greek Orthodox Community of NSW (GOCNSW) has announced that a total of 37 candidates have officially submitted nominations for the organisation’s upcoming Board of Directors election, to be held on Sunday, 30 November 2025.

According to the Committee, all applications were lodged within the timeframe required by both the Constitution and relevant legislation. 

The strong slate of nominees reflects renewed community interest in the governance and future direction of one of Australia’s most historic and influential Greek organisations.

The full list of candidates, presented in alphabetical order, includes:

  1. Panagiota Avramidis
  2. Con Apoifis
  3. Dimitrios Arvanitis
  4. Nick Gratsounas
  5. Tina Dalakakis
  6. Harry Danalis
  7. George Diamataris
  8. Peter Doukas
  9. Evagelos Zoras
  10. Ioannis Zoumpoulis
  11. Artemis Theodoris
  12. Persefoni (Sue) Thliveris
  13. Nia Karteris
  14. Nikitas Katris
  15. Stanley Koulouris
  16. Athanasia Costa
  17. Con Mavrocordatos
  18. Vasiliki Mitsios
  19. Dimitris Bekris
  20. Christos Belerhas
  21. Alexandros Samaras
  22. Anna Sarelas
  23. Nick Papanikitas
  24. Georgia Paschalidis/Papadopoulos
  25. Pamela Proestos
  26. Peter Ronis
  27. Chris Skiladellis
  28. Andrew Smyrnis
  29. Constantine Spiropoulos
  30. Kathy Stojanovic
  31. John Terzis
  32. Stavros Tsilimos
  33. Peter Tsilioris
  34. Peter Tsintilas
  35. Manos Fountoulis
  36. Olympia Houliaras
  37. Jim Psarros

The Electoral Committee, chaired by Maria Chrysanthou with Katerina Vetsikas as Secretary, thanked all nominees and confirmed that election procedures will proceed in accordance with statutory requirements.

The community is now preparing for what is expected to be a highly engaged election period, as members prepare to select the leadership team responsible for guiding GOCNSW through its next chapter.

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