Committees

Sarri Katerina

Professor of Business Administration & Entrepreneurship, University of Macedonia

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Gkrimas Georgios

Biomechanist, Head of Gait & Motion Analysis Center in ELEPAP Athens.

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Barkoula Eleni

Lawyer and Senior Compliance, Data Protection & Legal Advisor

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Pyrgeli Maria

Physiatrist MSc, PhD, SFEBPRM Deputy Managing Director of “Amalia Flemig” General Hospital

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Gkagkaki Katerina

Communications professional with specialized expertise in Perception Management and Brand Image Building

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Rena Kavvadia

Head of Marketing & Fundraising Department, ELEPAP Athens Branch

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Matsouki Olga

Business Effectiveness & Team Growth Consultant
Professional Health – Medical & Caregiver Coach, Pharma Liaison Trainer & Student Mentor of HMCI

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Tomazinaki Ermioni

Administrative Director of ELEPAP Branch in Chania

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Zafeiriou Dimitrios

MD, PhD, Professor in Child Neurology and Developmental Paediatrics, Chair, 1st
Department of Pediatrics, “Hippokratio” General Hospital, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece

Mavridis Ioannis

MD, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery & Pediatric Neurosurgery, Scientific
Director, Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery and Pediatric Neurosurgery Units,
University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Greece

Dinopoulos Argyrios

Professor of Pediatric Neurology at the 3rd Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General University Hospital Attikon, Athens, Greece

Skouteli Helen

Associate Professor in Physiotherapy at the Department of Physiotherapy at the University of West Attica, Athens, Greece

Maglari Eliza

Certified in Pediatrics by the American Occupational Therapy Association, SIPT & NDΤ
Certified

Gena Aggeliki

Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Pedagogy, and Psychology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Pons Roser

Associate Professor, 1st Department of Pediatrics, National and Kapodistrian
University of Athens, “Agia Sofia” Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece

Siaperas Panagiotis

Assistant Professor of Occupational therapy, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

Bakalidou Dafni

Associate Professor in Physiotherapy at the Department of Physiotherapy at the University of West Attica, Athens, Greece

Pyrgeli Maria

MD, MSc, PhD, SFEBPRM, Scientific Director of ELEPAP-Rehabilitation for the Disabled, President of Pediatric Rehabilitation Branch of Hellenic PRM Society, National Coordinator of EACD, Greece

Papavasileiou Antigoni

MD, PHD, FAAP, Pediatric Neurologist, Deputy Director, IASO Children’s Hospital
Medical Services, Head of Neurology Department, Coordinating Director of Pediatric Sleep Laboratory, Athens, Greece

Buizer Annemieke

Rehabilitation physician and professor of paediatric rehabilitation medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands

Dragoumi Pinelopi

Assistant Professor of Paediatrics – Paediatric Neurology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1st Department of Paediatrics

Kotsis Konstantinos

MD, MSc, PhD, Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences University of Ioannina, Greece

Dalivigka Zoi

M.D., Pediatric Physiatrist, Head of Department, Aglaia Kyriakou Childrens’ Hospital, Athens, Greece

Kanakis Asterios

MD, MSc, FEBPRM, Consultant in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Scientific Director, ELEPAP Athens, Greece

Veriki Marianna

Head of Paediatric Physiotherapy, ELEPAP

Katerina Sarri

Dr Katerina Sarri is an Economist and Professor of Business Administration–Entrepreneurship at the University of Macedonia. She is actively involved in the promotion of entrepreneurship and innovation, with a focus on startup entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems. She is the national scientific coordinator of the GUESSS project on youth entrepreneurship, coordinator of the thematic unit “Theory of Entrepreneurship & Innovation” at the Hellenic Open University, a former entrepreneur, and has worked as a Business Consultant and a member of the Board of Directors of the Ergani Center for Women’s and Youth Entrepreneurship.

She is actively involved in strengthening entrepreneurship, innovation, and the integration of women and youth into the labor market through her involvement in institutional roles. Founder and director of the Entrepreneurship Lab, UoM, Concept Founder of the Social Innovation Hackathon, Member of the National Council for Research, Technology and Innovation (NCRTI/ ΕΣΕΤΕΚ)-Ministry of Development, Member of the National Council for Gender Equality- Ministry of Socila Cohesion & Family Affiars, Member of the Scientific Committee on Workforce Skills-Ministry of Labour, Board Member of the Northern Greece Business Administration Association (EDEVE)-President the Equality Institute, Member of the Committee for Technology Transfer, Innovation, and Startups, UoM, President for Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Committee, UoM.

For more than 30 years, she has been teaching in higher education institutions in Greece and abroad, at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as in public and private sector organizations. She has served as an evaluator of academic programs and educational institutions abroad, scientific coordinator of national and European research projects, and reviewer and editor in international scientific journals, with a substantial number of citations to her published research work. She is the author or co-author of 7 academic textbooks. Her latest books is used an a textbook in more than 40 academic departments in Greek universities.

Her work focuses on connecting scientific knowledge with entrepreneurship, innovation, and social empowerment, particularly through cultivating an entrepreneurial culture, supporting startup entrepreneurship, and fostering innovation ecosystems, with a strong emphasis on preparing and enhancing the participation of youth and women in the economy and labor market.

Georgios Gkrimas

Georgios Gkrimas is Biomechanist and Head of Gait & Motion Analysis Center in ELEPAP Athens. He is also the Programme Leader in BSc (Hons) Podiatry (in collaboration with Queen Margaret University) in Metropolitan College.

Georgios Gkrimas is Biomechanist and Head of Gait & Motion Analysis Center in ELEPAP Athens. He is also the Programme Leader in BSc (Hons) Podiatry (in collaboration with Queen Margaret University) in Metropolitan College.

He participates actively in conference and seminars both in Greece and abroad. His presentations specifically focus on Gait Analysis, Motion Analysis & Balance. He is a member of European Society for Movement analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC) and the Local Chair of ESMAC Athens 2023 Annual Meeting. He has been President of Hellenic Scientific Society of Physiotherapy in 2021. He is also a member of Hellenic Society of Biomechanics (HSB) and of PanHellenic Association Physical Therapy (Greece).

Eleni Barkoula

Eleni Barkoula is a Lawyer and Senior Compliance, Data Protection & Legal Advisor, with extensive experience in the non-profit, healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. She currently serves as Legal Advisor, Compliance & DPO Manager at ELEPAP.

Her expertise includes regulatory compliance, data protection, legal oversight, risk management, and the development of compliance frameworks and organisational policies. She has also participated as Scientific Coordinator for the implementation of national and European programmes, overseeing their planning and regulatory alignment.

She is a member of the Athens Bar Association, the Hellenic Sociological Association, the Hellenic Society of Criminologists, and serves on the Accessibility Committee of the Municipality of Athens, supporting initiatives for accessibility, inclusion and equal participation of Persons with Disabilities.

Pyrgeli Maria

Dr Pyrgeli graduated from the Medical School of Semmelweis University and continued for her Master’s Degree at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She obtained a Ph.D. Degree from the Department of Organization and Management of Enterprises at the University of Macedonia. She was trained in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, while she specialized in neurophysiology of children and adolescents at London’s (UK) Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and she was certified as a senior fellow by the European Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (SFEBPRM). Dr Pyrgeli is a founding member and elected president of the Department of Pediatric Rehabilitation Studies of the Hellenic PRM society, and she has also been elected as the coordinator and support officer for the mission of the European Academy of Childhood-onset Disability (EACD) in Greece. She has served as Scientific Director at the Medical Rehabilitation Center of Lamia Clinic, and for 10 years she had offered her services as the Scientific Director of ELEPAP-Rehabilitation for the Disabled. In May 2025, Dr Pyrgeli took over the management of the “Amalia Flemig” General Hospital as Deputy Chief Executive. She is an Accomplished Researcher with a proven track record of academic excellence, demonstrated through extensive publications in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals. Active member of scientific committees and regular contributor to international conferences.

Katerina Gkagkaki

Katerina Gkagkaki is a Communications professional with specialized expertise in
Perception Management and Brand Image Building, and many years of career
experience in Corporate Communications, having worked consistently and with
vision for a series of years at multinational as well as and Greek companies and Non-
Profit Organizations, in senior executive and leadership positions.

In her professional career, she served for a number of years as Communications Director at Vodafone, while for 10 years she managed, with notable success, the communications strategy of all the companies of the ANTENNA Group internationally. She led the communications guidance of the NGO Apostoli, and now works as a Strategic Communications and Reputation Management Consultant for major companies in Greece and Cyprus, as well as an Image Management Consultant for personalities in business and the media industry. Since 2022, she has also headed Corporate Relations and Communications for the Open Media Group. In 2019, she was elected City Councilor in the Municipality of Athens. From 2020–2021, she served as Deputy Mayor for Extroversion and Civil Society, and from 2021 to 2023 as Deputy Mayor for Social Solidarity and Civil Society, developing programs aimed at an Athens that would belong equally to everyone, and a life within the city that everyone could enjoy with acceptance, support, and solidarity.

She studied Psychology and holds a postgraduate degrees in Social Psychology and Perception Management from the London School of Economics & Political Science.

Rena Kavvadia 

Rena Kavvadia is the Head of the Marketing & Fundraising Department at ELEPAP’s Athens Branch. She graduated from the School of Philosophy at the University of Ioannina, specializing in Psychology, and holds a certificate in Marketing and Business Administration from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

With 32 years of dedicated service to ELEPAP, she has contributed significantly to advancing the organization’s mission, values, and strategic objectives. Throughout her career, she has also served for many years as Executive Assistant to ELEPAP’s Presidents, gaining extensive experience in organizational administration and executive coordination.

Her professional expertise includes the planning and coordination of scientific conferences, fundraising initiatives, charitable events, and public engagements. She is actively involved in developing and implementing fundraising strategies aimed at securing essential resources and ensuring the long-term sustainability of ELEPAP’s programs and services.

In addition, she oversees ELEPAP’s volunteer program, coordinating volunteer recruitment, training, development, and engagement. Through her work, she contributes to building a strong and dedicated volunteer community that supports ELEPAP’s mission and the children and families it serves.

Matsouki Olga

Senior consultant, trainer, and coach with 35+ years in the pharmaceutical industry and a decade building the health and medical coaching field in Greece. Combines deep commercial expertise — from Product Manager to European Business Improvement Leader — with certified coaching, NLP, and change management credentials. Operates across Corporate, Healthcare, and NGO environments. Designs and delivers training, consulting and coaching programs that strengthen adaptability, engagement, adherence and resilience helping individuals and teams navigate conditions and situations they encounter in order to drive sustainable behavior change.

Ermioni Tomazinaki ​

Ermioni Tomazinaki is the Administrative Director of the ELEPAP Branch in Chania, a role she has held since 2023. A graduate of the University of Athens, she brings over 20 years of leadership experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including senior roles at national and international levels. She is recognized for her expertise in strategic decision-making, commercial strategy, and people development. At ELEPAP, she applies her corporate leadership skills to advance the organization’s mission and strengthen its impact in the Chania community with a special interest in fostering multidisciplinary collaboration and contributing to initiatives that support improved outcomes and quality of life for children and families with disability.