News Articles California’s lieutenant governor visits SDSU as part of statewide listening tour by Office of Lt. Governor | Feb 4, 2019The Daily Aztec By Michael Cline, Senior Staff Writer February 4, 2019 Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis made her first official visit to San Diego State on Feb. 1 as part of her statewide “listening tour.” The visit marked the beginning of a dialogue between her office and... Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis kicks off college tour at Cal State San Marcos by Office of Lt. Governor | Feb 1, 2019 THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE BY DEBORAH SULLIVAN BRENNAN, CONTACT REPORTER FEBRUARY 1, 2019 Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis visited Cal State San Marcos Friday, in the first stop on a listening tour of California’s university campuses. The trip, which also included a... Berkeley Haas: Alumna Eleni Kounalakis’ rise to lieutenant governor by Office of Lt. Governor | Jan 25, 2019BERKELEY HAAS BY KIM GIRARD JANUARY 22, 2019 The Haas alumni community can now count California’s first elected female lieutenant governor among its ranks, after Eleni Kounalakis, MBA 92, took the helm on Jan. 7. Kounalakis became the state’s 50th lieutenant governor... ‘This is very personal to me’: Eleni Kounalakis pushes education at inauguration by Office of Lt. Governor | Jan 8, 2019 THE SACRAMENTO BEE BY AKIRA OLIVIA KUMAMOTO JANUARY 7, 2019 There is no issue more important than education, Eleni Kounalakis told the crowd as she was sworn into office as lieutenant governor Monday. Her grandmother, Katerina, never learned how to read or... LA Times: “Eleni Kounalakis can carve out a meaningful role as lieutenant governor” by Office of Lt. Governor | Nov 12, 2018Here is a new rags-to-riches American Dream story that’s a little different: A Greek family is forced to share its modest home with enemy Nazi soldiers for three years during World War II. After peace returns, the family’s teenage son bolts to America by himself. He... CBS article “Eleni Kounalakis Wins California’s Lieutenant Governor’s Race” by Office of Lt. Governor | Nov 8, 2018SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Eleni Kounalakis is California’s new Lieutenant Governor. She beat fellow Democrat Dr. Ed Hernandez to win office. With 97.2 percent of precincts reporting Wednesday morning, Kounalakis was declared the winter with 55.65 percent of the vote.... Ambassador Kounalakis Talks Higher Education by Office of Lt. Governor | Nov 7, 2018This is video of the conversations with the lieutenant governor Eleni Kounalakis. The conversations are about the importance of higher education to California's future and how public and private higher education system will help us to meet a particular challenge,... Mother Jones: “She had a ringside seat for an authoritarian leaders rise and now she’s running for office.” by Office of Lt. Governor | Aug 3, 2018When California voters go to the polls in November, they will choose between two Democrats to replace Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom. One of the candidates is State Sen. Ed Hernandez, an optometrist from Los Angeles County. His opponent is Eleni Kounalakis, a former real... Madam Ambassador, Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties and Democracy in Budapest by Office of Lt. Governor | Jul 3, 2018In the winter of 2011, divers working on Budapest’s Margaret Bridge discovered the bullet-scarred skeletal remains of at least 20 people, almost certainly Jews executed by Hungarian fascists during World War II. Reading the news on her BlackBerry, U.S Ambassador Eleni... « Older Entries Next Entries »
California’s lieutenant governor visits SDSU as part of statewide listening tour by Office of Lt. Governor | Feb 4, 2019The Daily Aztec By Michael Cline, Senior Staff Writer February 4, 2019 Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis made her first official visit to San Diego State on Feb. 1 as part of her statewide “listening tour.” The visit marked the beginning of a dialogue between her office and...
Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis kicks off college tour at Cal State San Marcos by Office of Lt. Governor | Feb 1, 2019 THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE BY DEBORAH SULLIVAN BRENNAN, CONTACT REPORTER FEBRUARY 1, 2019 Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis visited Cal State San Marcos Friday, in the first stop on a listening tour of California’s university campuses. The trip, which also included a...
Berkeley Haas: Alumna Eleni Kounalakis’ rise to lieutenant governor by Office of Lt. Governor | Jan 25, 2019BERKELEY HAAS BY KIM GIRARD JANUARY 22, 2019 The Haas alumni community can now count California’s first elected female lieutenant governor among its ranks, after Eleni Kounalakis, MBA 92, took the helm on Jan. 7. Kounalakis became the state’s 50th lieutenant governor...
‘This is very personal to me’: Eleni Kounalakis pushes education at inauguration by Office of Lt. Governor | Jan 8, 2019 THE SACRAMENTO BEE BY AKIRA OLIVIA KUMAMOTO JANUARY 7, 2019 There is no issue more important than education, Eleni Kounalakis told the crowd as she was sworn into office as lieutenant governor Monday. Her grandmother, Katerina, never learned how to read or...
LA Times: “Eleni Kounalakis can carve out a meaningful role as lieutenant governor” by Office of Lt. Governor | Nov 12, 2018Here is a new rags-to-riches American Dream story that’s a little different: A Greek family is forced to share its modest home with enemy Nazi soldiers for three years during World War II. After peace returns, the family’s teenage son bolts to America by himself. He...
CBS article “Eleni Kounalakis Wins California’s Lieutenant Governor’s Race” by Office of Lt. Governor | Nov 8, 2018SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Eleni Kounalakis is California’s new Lieutenant Governor. She beat fellow Democrat Dr. Ed Hernandez to win office. With 97.2 percent of precincts reporting Wednesday morning, Kounalakis was declared the winter with 55.65 percent of the vote....
Ambassador Kounalakis Talks Higher Education by Office of Lt. Governor | Nov 7, 2018This is video of the conversations with the lieutenant governor Eleni Kounalakis. The conversations are about the importance of higher education to California's future and how public and private higher education system will help us to meet a particular challenge,...
Mother Jones: “She had a ringside seat for an authoritarian leaders rise and now she’s running for office.” by Office of Lt. Governor | Aug 3, 2018When California voters go to the polls in November, they will choose between two Democrats to replace Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom. One of the candidates is State Sen. Ed Hernandez, an optometrist from Los Angeles County. His opponent is Eleni Kounalakis, a former real...
Madam Ambassador, Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties and Democracy in Budapest by Office of Lt. Governor | Jul 3, 2018In the winter of 2011, divers working on Budapest’s Margaret Bridge discovered the bullet-scarred skeletal remains of at least 20 people, almost certainly Jews executed by Hungarian fascists during World War II. Reading the news on her BlackBerry, U.S Ambassador Eleni...