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:
- Panagiota Avramidis
- Con Apoifis
- Dimitrios Arvanitis
- Nick Gratsounas
- Tina Dalakakis
- Harry Danalis
- George Diamataris
- Peter Doukas
- Evagelos Zoras
- Ioannis Zoumpoulis
- Artemis Theodoris
- Persefoni (Sue) Thliveris
- Nia Karteris
- Nikitas Katris
- Stanley Koulouris
- Athanasia Costa
- Con Mavrocordatos
- Vasiliki Mitsios
- Dimitris Bekris
- Christos Belerhas
- Alexandros Samaras
- Anna Sarelas
- Nick Papanikitas
- Georgia Paschalidis/Papadopoulos
- Pamela Proestos
- Peter Ronis
- Chris Skiladellis
- Andrew Smyrnis
- Constantine Spiropoulos
- Kathy Stojanovic
- John Terzis
- Stavros Tsilimos
- Peter Tsilioris
- Peter Tsintilas
- Manos Fountoulis
- Olympia Houliaras
- 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.
