As President of Manatos & Manatos, Mike Manatos is building on his family’s legacy as one of the most trusted and established in DC. Mike is the 3rd generation in his family to specialize in the areas of advocacy, public policy, government relations, and strategic consulting. Dubbed ‘lobbying royalty’ by US News & World Report, the Manatos family has been working with top US policy makers on Capitol Hill and in the White House for 86 years and has a respected record of consistently opening doors for their clients at the highest levels throughout Washington, DC. Mike and his father Andrew Manatos currently run the family firm, where they are known for demonstrating integrity and credibility, and having trusted, influential relationships on both sides of the political aisle. They consistently find creative solutions to difficult problems amid a complex political and policy landscape. Their unique, high-level, hands-on service spans a variety of issue areas from foreign policy to financial services, health care to human rights, religious freedom, energy efficiency and environmental protection, artificial intelligence, space exploration, defense and veterans affairs, even the US Olympic and Paralympic Committees, and more.Mike also frequently facilitates senior-level meetings and visits in Washington for world leaders, speaks across the country about issues involving policy processes and introduces top U.S. policymakers at events. Named one of the “25 Most Intriguing People of Greek-America” and honored as the first recipient of the Hellenic Hearts Philotimo Award, Mike is passionate about the causes and people he advocates for and blessed to be able to take only clients in whose issues he believes. Authentic, hardworking, compassionate, and deeply dedicated to philanthropy, Mike and Andrew do between $1 and $5 million in pro bono work each year. Mike sits on several boards, serves as Executive Director of the Washington Oxi Day Foundation and has been involved with the Make-A-Wish Foundation for 25 years. Currently Chairman of the MAW Mid-Atlantic Board, he has personally raised more than $2,000,000 for the foundation and granted the wishes of more than 200 children. Mike has called the DC area home all his life. He is married to Laura Evans Manatos, an 18-year anchor and reporter for Fox5DC and currently CEO of Laura Evans Media. They have three children. A fitness fanatic and self-proclaimed work out nut, Mike has raced in more than 50 triathlons and was one of 480 in the U.S. to carry the Olympic Torch for the 2004 Games in Athens, Greece.