Anne Margaret Boswell, CPA Class of 2009

Anne Margaret is a graduate of Glenbrook South High School. She was on the Student Council and was elected Junior Class Representative by her peers. She was also a student leader of Glenbrook South’s Hellenic club. She participated in Interact, a community service club, and kept active by playing on the Varsity Lacrosse team. She was a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. She was a volunteer for Marine Parents, and organization that provides support and services to Marines and their families. She also worked as a Deduction Analyst intern at the Robert Bosch Tool Corporation.

Anne Margaret received a Master’s degree in Accountancy from the University of Missouri-Columbia and graduated Magna Cum Laude. She is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Anne Margaret was employed as a Senior Financial Services Auditor at PwC, one of the Big Four accounting firms for three years. She became a Senior Consultant for The Claro Group where she specialized in analyzing complex financial data and works on a variety of litigation matters. The Claro Group was acquired by Stout, a global advisory firm, in October 2022 and Anne Margaret was promoted to Manager.

Hephestion Bolaris

Class of 2008
Hephestion was accepted by the prestigious St. Ignatius College Prep. He attended for two years, then, tiring of the long commute, he transferred to Glenbrook South. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana and received a B.A in Classical Studies and Economics. He was selected by the European Union Center (EUC) of the UIUC to attend the University of North Carolina Summer Study Tour to Brussels on full scholarship in June 2014. Hephestion also was selected as the recipient of the AY 2013-14 Houston-Papadimitriou Awards, which comes with a $1,000 prize for excellence in Modern Greek Studies! Hephestion, who has taken all the GRKM classes at the Program in Modern Greek Studies will also graduate with a Minor in Modern Greek. His Modern Greek studies landed Hephestion a (full tuition) FLAS Fellowship by the USD of Education and the EUC at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to study upper level Modern Greek during his sophomore year. Besides Ancient Greek and Latin, Hephestion has also reached intermediate level in both French and Russian. He is also fluent in Modern Greek. Hephestion won the U of I team trophy as the MVP of the University of Illinois team in the Division IV Panamerican Intercollegiate Chess Championship! He received a B.A in Classical Studies and Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana in 2016. He is currently a graduate student at the University of Chicago.

 

John Campanelli Class of 2008

John was an honor roll student at Saint Viator High School. He played hockey and lacrosse all four years.  John was a member of the hockey team that played at the United Center in the championship game of the Red Division of the 2012 Blackhawk Cup state tournament. He was also President of Italian club, completed over one hundred hours of service, and graduated in 2012. John graduated from  Indiana University, receiving a BS in Informatics with a business cognate. John was also a member of the IU club Hockey team, and the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He was employed as an IT Project Lead at Baxter International,Inc. for 6 years and then joined  Motorola Solutions, a mission critical communications company as a IT Product Owner. He is currently a Global IT Business Partner and Relationship Manager at Mars Corporation.

Robert Cotter, J.D. Class of 2007

Class of 2006
Bobby graduated from Illinois State University in 2015 with a B.A in Secondary Education. He did his student teaching at Roosevelt High School. During college, he was an online sports columnist for The Daily Vidette and later a featured columnist for The Bleacher Report. Bobby was also the 2014 Golden Gloves Champ for his weight class. Bobby was accepted to Northwestern Law School in 2016.  During this time he was a Civil Rights Law Clerk for the Council on American-Islamic relations and for  the United States Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights. He was also the Associate Editor for the Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy.
Bobby received a J.D. from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in May 2019. He became a Social Policy and Politics Fellow at Third Way, a Washington DC-based think tank whose mission statement is stated below. He later served as Policy Counsel for the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights in Washington, DC. Bobby is currently Counsel for the States United Democracy Center.

“We are fighting for opportunity, so everyone has the chance to earn a good life; progress on social issues, so all have the freedom to live the lives they choose; and security, so we are protected from 21st century global threats.”

While in Washington,DC, Bobby served as a Policy Analyst for the Young Center for Immigration Children’s Rights. He is currently Counsel for the States United Democracy Center in Chicago.

George Stavros Adams, CPA

Class of 2007  
George attended Northridge Prep High School in Niles, IL and excelled both academically and athletically. He was on the Dean’s list all four years and earned the following honors: National Honors Society, Illinois State Scholar, Debate Nationals, Math Team, Scholar Athlete award, AP Scholar. He was the Salutatorian, graduating second in his class in 2011. George attended the University of Illinois at Urbana where he received a Masters in Accounting Science with a Concentration in Finance. George worked as an Expert Testimony Analyst at Ocean Tomo from 2017-2019 He is currently a Finance and Strategy Associate at The Graph Foundation.
“Our minds and our hearts are amused in different ways. The former is the source of logic; the latter is the source of passion. Plato Academy reconciled these two seemingly contradictory principles, and it has made me a better student and most of all, a better person.” ~George Adams

George Theotokatos

Class of 2007
George graduated with honors from St Viator High School.  He received a B.A. in Communications, Advertising, and Public Relations from St. Louis University. He was a member of the Psi Theta Communications Honor Society and a four-year coordinator of Relay for Life. George received a Master’s Degree in Higher Education Administration at Western Illinois University. He was Assistant Director of Orientation and New Student Programs at Suffolk University in Boston. He then moved back to Chicago and became the Program Coordinator for the Office of Student Involvement at DePaul University.
George is  also a Freelance Graphic Designer conceptualizing  and creating digital and print media for clients across the United States. In February, 2019 George became a Program Manager for Leadership Greater Chicago, a civic leadership development program that immerses promising leaders from the private, nonprofit, and public sectors in the major socioeconomic issues facing the greater Chicago area.  He is currently an Executive Search Consultant at Koya Leadership Partners . George serves on the Plato Academy School Board and is also a member of the Board for the Chicago Chapter of New Leaders Council, a leadership development organization for progressive Millennials. Additionally, he is a member of the Hellenic-American Leadership Council, a national network of Greek American community leaders who have distinguished themselves in American civic life to encourage an active form of citizenship.

Alcaeos M. Bolaris

Class of 2006 
Alcaeos is a graduate of the prestigious Saint Ignatius College Prep, in Chicago. He attended the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) studying aeronautical engineering for one year and then he transferred to the University of Illinois College of Engineering. He graduated in May 2014 with a B.Sc. in Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering. Alcaeos is currently living and studying in France. He received a  Master in Science degree in Nuclear Energy from the Ecole Nationale Des Ponts et Chaussees in Paris. He is a member of the American Nuclear Society and is employed as an engineer at Assystem in Paris.  Alcaeos is fluent in Modern Greek and in French.

Francesca Madonna Campos

Class of 2006
Fransesca Madonna graduated in 2010 from New Trier High School. After visiting many West Coast universities that were not a good fit, she decided a GAP year was necessary. Thanks to money saved working weekends and summers at family restaurants, she left for her first stint in India in January 2011 for 2 months. In January 2012, she traveled for 10 months, living in India, Greece, and Berlin, Germany. In January 2013, she moved to Berlin and started taking German classes in hopes of enrolling in a German University. As of January 2016, she is enrolled in a three-year program at a self-disciplinary school taking courses in Phytotherapy, Traditional Chinese Medicine (acupuncture), Homeopathy, Iris-diagnosis, Anatomy and Pathology, along with an array of hands-on body work courses such as Yoga, Shiatsu, Tuina, Qi Gong, Acro yoga, Classical and Thai Massage and many more.
The school “Heilpraktikschule in Selbstverwaltung” is built on a self-governing principle, meaning that everyone in the school has equal rights in making decisions about their learning experience and the progress of the school as a whole. The school and its members are also very involved politically and socially and often hold workshops about relevant topics such as racism, consent and violence-free communication. They offer donation-based wellness appointments with the proceeds going to solidarity projects and offer free consultations for healing to refugees. At the end of the course and exams, Fransesca will be licensed as a “Heilpraktikerin” which literally means “healing practitioner” but is known in the states as a “Naturopath.” To continue her studies outside the classroom, she plans to travel to South America and maybe again to India to explore the biodiversity with a new perspective and build on her knowledge of the healing power of herbs and plants and learn from natives the wonders of “folk medicine” and traditions in health practices.

Demetra Londos

Class of 2006
Demetra Londos attended Regina Dominican High School. She was a student ambassador, a junior and senior peer leader, a member of the Tri-Music Honors society, a four-year varsity Lacrosse player and was in three school musicals. Always knowing she wanted to pursue a career in music, she joined Choir her sophomore year and Orchestra her senior year.
Demetra was accepted into Berklee College of Music in Boston for Vocal performance. During her time at Berklee, she performed on various recordings and with groups such as Rhythm of the Universe at the Boston Pops. Demetra studied in Valencia, Spain her junior year through Berklee’s international music business program, where she attended the esteemed music conference Midem in Cannes, France. She worked for the school’s venue, The Red Room at Café 939, as a marketing and promotions assistant, covering shows for Grammy nominated artists Hozier, Charlie Puth, and Emily King.
After graduating in 2014, she went on to intern for artist management company, Brick Wall Management and was offered a position in New York before completing her time as an intern. She moved to Los Angeles and worked for Brick Wall Management and as a Social Media Coordinator for 10x Management.  She is currently a Singer/Songwriter & Voice Over Artist in Chicago.

Irini Losoff

Class of 2006
Irini attended Niles North High School. She was not only on the honor roll, but also participated in Percussion Ensemble all four years. During her junior year, Irini’s ensemble was one of 10 that made it to Bands of America, the nation’s premier marching band organization. She was also a member of P.A.L.S., an organization that works with children with special needs and graduated in 2010.
Irini attended the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and received a B.A. in English and Secondary Education. She was a member of Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Society for students with a GPA above a 3.5. She was also a student mentor at the university.  Irini was chosen to attend the University of Glasgow, Scotland, in a study-abroad program. After graduation, Irini lived in Germany and taught English at the Frankfurt International School preparing students for the International Baccalaureate exams. She recently graduated with a Masters in Library and Information Sciences.
Irini is currently a Reading/Language Arts Teacher at the Old Orchard Junior High School.