AHEPA Supreme President E. Chris Kaitson, joined by Supreme Governor Dr. George McClure, District 22 Governor Chris Saites, and fellow members of AHEPA Chapter 177, welcomed Mr. Grigorios Tassiopoulos, Consul General of Greece in San Francisco, during his visit to Seattle.

Consul General Tassiopoulos is a career diplomat with more than two decades of experience. A graduate of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the London School of Economics, he entered the Diplomatic Academy of the Hellenic Republic’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2001, with postings that have included Greek embassies in Tehran, Havana, Jakarta, and Beijing, as well as service as Consul General in Guangzhou, China, and Mariupol, Ukraine. He assumed his current post in San Francisco in August 2024.

The AHEPA delegation joined the Consul General at a welcoming dinner at Ivar’s Salmon House on Lake Union alongside local Greek-American business and professional leaders.