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Board Member since 2024
Brent is an industry veteran of the senior secured financing sector with 40 years of corporate banking experience. Most recently, he was a Director in the Boston office of Wells Fargo, where he had a national portfolio of 10 corporate retailers, managing $1.2 billion in direct bank credit commitments. His clients were typically private–equity-owned, family-owned, or publicly traded companies. His volunteer leadership roles have focused on education and youth development. Recently, he completed a two-year term as President of the Society of Alumni of Williams College, the leader of its worldwide alumni body, and head of its 18-member alumni executive committee. Brent has a long history of serving Williams College, including a five-year term as a member of the Board of Trustees. Brent holds a Master of Arts from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Williams College.

Executive; Investment – Chair; International School Oversight; CTY & Ancillary Activities

Board Member since 2019
Nick Elfner is co-head of investment research at Breckinridge Capital Advisors in Boston. He is a member of the firm’s Investment Committee where he is jointly responsible for setting the firm’s investment outlook and the translation into portfolio strategy. In his role, Nick also heads Breckinridge’s corporate bond research team. He has over 28 years of investment industry experience. Prior to Breckinridge, Nick was a vice president at Wellington Management Company where he researched and managed corporate bonds. He also held senior corporate research positions with Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. in New York and Toronto. He began his career at Smith Barney & Co. in Tokyo and Hong Kong as an assistant trader. Nick is a Trustee of Anatolia College and serves as chair of the Investment Committee. He also serves on the Board of Directors and the Investment Committee of The Japan Society of Boston. He is a volunteer and member of the Steering Committee for UNCF’s Lighted Pathways Program. Nick is a member of the CFA Society Boston, Inc. and the Fixed Income Analysts’ Society. He is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, an academic honor society recognizing high scholastic achievement in business school. Nick has volunteered as Alumni Senator at the Fenn School. He regularly volunteers his time with Trustees of Reservations. Nick holds a B.A. from Middlebury College and an MBA, magna cum laude, from the F.W. Olin School of Business at Babson College. He is a graduate of the Middlesex School. Nick lives in Cohasset, Massachusetts with his wife, Raina and two sons, Benjamin, and Samuel.

Board Member since 2024
Nikos Margaropoulos (’82) is a Supreme Court lawyer and Managing Partner of Margaropoulos & Associates, Scientia Legis law firm, with offices in Thessaloniki and Athens. Specializing in business and corporate law, he has extensive expertise in complex M&A transactions. Since 1995, he has been the Honorary Consul of the Philippines in Thessaloniki and a former president of the Consular Corps in Greece. In 2022, he was elected President of FICAC, the International Federation of Consular Corps and Associations, based in Brussels. He has been a BoD member of the Italian Chamber since 2011 and its Treasurer since 2014, a member of the AMCHAM Northern Greece Committee since 2017, and the former Secretary General of the Greek-Turkish Chamber in Thessaloniki (2009 2020). He served as President of the Propeller Club of Thessaloniki (2008 2012) and Governor of the 2475 (Greece) Rotary International District (2024–2025). Since 2017, Nikos has been the President of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle and Modern History of Macedonia Foundation. He serves as a BoD member of various private sector companies and NGOs. He served on the BoD of Pinewood from 2009 to 2018, including as President (2012–2015). He was awarded the title of Cavaliere by the President of the Italian Republic in 2009 and is a recipient of the Gusi Peace Prize. Nikos is fluent in English, Italian, and Spanish. He and his wife Jenny have a son and a daughter.

Board Member since 2024
Alexandros N. Manos (’89) is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience leading companies in developing, marketing and selling internationally cutting-edge technologies. He holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering and a BA in Business Economics from Brown University and an MSc in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since January 2015, he has been a member of the Board of Directors and holds the position of Chief Executive Officer at Netcompany-Intrasoft S.A., a Luxembourg based leading European IT Solutions and Services Group of Companies. Previously, he served as a member of the Board of Directors and CEO of Intracom Telecom S.A., an international telecommunication systems vendor, as well as CEO of Conklin Corporation, a company offering broadband solutions and IPTV to the US market. He is a member of several scientific, engineering, and economics societies and a young global leader of World Economic Forum (WEF).

Οι καθηγητές/τριες Φυσικής Αγωγής παρακολούθησαν ένα ενδιαφέρον επιμορφωτικό εργαστήριο σχετικά με τις βασικές αρχές διδασκαλίας της hatha yoga, τα ενεργειακά κέντρα chakras, την ανάλυση των θέσεων και τη διδασκαλία του χαιρετισμού στον ήλιο (sun salutations). Επίσης, παρουσιάστηκε  η διδασκαλία που αφορούσε σε βασικές θέσεις asana, βασικές τεχνικές αναπνοών pranayama και την καθοδηγούμενη χαλάρωση, τον διαλογισμό και τον οραματισμό, με σκοπό να ενσωματωθούν μερικές από αυτές τις τεχνικές στη διδασκαλία τους.