When: Wednesday, March 18 @ 19:00
Where: Alba Auditorium – Downtown Campus or Online via livestreaming

Organized by
ACG Greek Alumni Chapter & ACG Office of Advancement-Alumni

About the event:

The ACG Office of Advancement – Alumni and the ACG Greek Alumni Chapter invite you to
“Wellbeing: Mind, Body & Beyond” An evening dedicated to wellbeing, connection, and personal growth.

Join us for a wellbeing-focused event designed to explore holistic health through practical insights and meaningful discussion. Bringing together experts and members of the ACG community, the event will address the interconnected dimensions of physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing, offering tools that participants can apply in everyday life.

Through four thematic sessions — Nutrition, Exercise, Psychology, and Mindfulness/Meditation — attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how small, sustainable changes can support energy, resilience, balance, and overall wellbeing.

“Wellbeing: Mind, Body & Beyond” creates a space for learning, reflection, and engagement, encouraging alumni to reconnect with themselves and with the wider ACG community while fostering healthy and balanced lifestyles.

The event will be delivered in a hybrid format, allowing participants to attend either in person or remotely via live streaming.

The discussion will be in Greek, and at the in-person event, a networking reception will follow.

  ACG Alumni:

   Students, Staff & Faculty can watch the event via livestreaming:

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Moderator

Violeta, Deree ’03, is a business & marketing expert and sustainability enthusiast who’s all about connecting with people and making a positive impact. After 20 years in various marketing positions in multinational companies such as Microsoft and Xerox, she co-founded Brave Owl, a consulting company that combines her marketing expertise with her partner’s HR experience.  When she’s not busy strategizing, you can find her spending time with her family, shooting hoops on the basketball court, exploring the depths while scuba diving, or playing fetch with her furry friends.

Speakers

Nutrition:

Fiona Dede is a Clinical Dietitian – Nutritionist (BSc, RD) specializing in Reproductive and Regenerative Medicine (MSc). Her scientific interests focus on clinical nutrition and precision nutrition, with particular emphasis on fertility, hormonal disorders, menopause, pregnancy, breastfeeding, and nutritional support during the early stages of life.

Her academic journey began at Harokopio University of Athens, while her clinical training took place in hospital institutions across Greece, where she witnessed firsthand the pivotal role of nutrition in disease prevention and progression. She subsequently pursued postgraduate programs in Melbourne, collaborating with specialized centers in reproductive nutrition and deepening her expertise in the connection between nutrition, epigenetics, and early-life development.

She completed her Master’s degree at the Medical School of Athens in the field of Reproductive and Regenerative Medicine, further strengthening her interdisciplinary approach.

Today, she collaborates with Obstetrics and Gynecology clinics and runs a private practice, providing personalized nutritional care grounded in the latest scientific evidence.

She believes that nutrition is not merely a means of improving everyday well being, but a fundamental determinant of human health from the very earliest stages of life.

Exercise:

Kelly Papakostopoulou, Alba ’08, is a Senior HR Manager with 15 years of experience in the field of Human Resources Management and BoD member of the Greek People Management Association (GPMA). She is occupied as HR executive at NBG, with expertise in Performance Management and wide experience of past role as HR Business Partner for the Group’s Subsidiaries in Serbia, Skopje and Albania.

She is an ALBA alumna holding MSc in Strategic HRM (honors) and Associate Member of Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD). Additionally, she is a graduate of Harokopio University (Department of Nutritional Science/Dietetics), as well as Certified Health, Wellness & Corporate Wellbeing Coach. In 2024, she was recognized as one of the 50 more influential HR professionals in workplace wellbeing (HR Wellbeing 50 Powerlist). She also participates in panel discussions, articles and special reports related to wellbeing.

Finally, she is founder of the holistic wellbeing program “Wellness for all!”, which she designs & implements -since 2018- under the auspices of the non-profit association “Enosi Filathlon NBG”. The program has received remarkable distinctions at Fitness Awards, Health & Safety Awards and Voluntary Action Awards.

Stress Management:

Sophie Themelis, Deree ’83, Executive Coordinator, Wellness, Pilates Instructor, ACG Health and Wellness Center.

Born and raised in Amman, Jordan. With a BA in Dance and a strong background in exercise, meditation and wellness, she has been working since 1990 at Deree as a group fitness instructor, faculty member, Recreational Sports Coordinator and finally Executive Coordinator, Wellness.

Her expertise in group fitness and personal training enabled her to work in spas and sports clubs in Greece and Jordan and had a daily fitness program on Jordanian National Television.

She has participated in congresses and seminars in Greece and abroad with the latest being: The Pilates Coach-Germany, The Physical mind Institute/The Method Pilates -U.S.A, Grounding, Reiki, Biosynthesis, Pranic Healing Light- Greece.

She has been a member of IDEA (The Health and Fitness Source) since 1998. Sophie speaks Arabic, English, French and Greek.

Mindfulness:

Ainola Terzopoulou, Deree ’90, was born and lives in Athens. She is a graduate of Deree College with a degree in Marketing and began her journalistic career at Terzopoulos Publications.

She comes from a family with a long history in publishing. Her grandfather, Evangelos Terzopoulos, published Gynaika in 1952, the first women’s magazine in Greece. She served as editor-in-chief of the children’s Walt Disney magazines in Greece, contributed to the organization of the Children’s Conference in Greece, and participated in the founding of Cosmos Books.

She has many years of experience as a journalist and beauty editor for the magazines Gynaika, Praktiki, and Vita, writing on fashion, art, music, wellness, and beauty. She has collaborated with both print and digital media, as well as in the fields of communication and public relations.

She is the creator of Beyond50.gr and livelifewell.gr, platforms focused on contemporary wellbeing and a holistic approach to living well. She is also the author of the book I Zoi Mas Kala (Lebee Publications).

In parallel, she is a certified teacher in the Pilates method, Yoga, and Breathwork, an NLP Master & New Code Practitioner (NLP Greece), and works as a wellbeing coach.

During the period 2019–2023, she served as an elected councilor in the 1st Municipal District of the Municipality of Athens.

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