E1558 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks September 19, 2012 

IN RECOGNITION OF THE ASSOCIATION OF GREEK AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL WOMEN AND ITS 

WOMAN OF THE YEAR, LOULA 

LOI ALAFOYIANNIS 

HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY OF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 

Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to 

honor the Association of Greek American Professional Women. In March 2011, it honored 

my good friend, Loula Loi Alafoyiannis, as its 

Woman of the Year at an awards ceremony 

held on International Women’s Day. In a fitting 

tribute, it is presenting a scholarship to an outstanding female student of Hellenic descent in 

Loula’s name. 

Founded in New York, the Association of 

Greek American Professional Women 

(AGAPW) is an independent non-profit organization that provides a forum for American 

women of Hellenic descent working in various 

professions and businesses. It is a clearinghouse for information, resources, support and 

networking opportunities, and helps to expand 

career opportunities and advance GreekAmerican professional women by forging partnerships and establishing symbiotic relationships with other organizations within and outside the Greek-American community. In so 

doing, AGAPW plays an important supportive 

role for Hellenic American women who seek to 

work and improve their quality of life in the 

U.S., Greece, Cyprus, and around the world. 

Loula Loi Alafoyiannis is a remarkable leader whom I am proud to call my friend. She is 

the Founder, Global President, and Chief Executive Officer of the Euro-American Women’s 

Council (EAWC), which since 1996 has helped 

forge ties between entrepreneurs in Europe 

and America and advance women’s rights and 

opportunities in the worlds of business and 

education. 

Loula Loi Alafoyiannis is widely admired in 

the world of business and government for her 

strategic acumen and wise counsel. She provided training to prospective start-up business 

proprietors in Azerbaijan and was honored 

with IBM’s prestigious Crown Award for 

women entrepreneurs. She served as a trusted advisor to me and to many distinguished 

public servants, including former Congressman Joseph Kennedy of Massachusetts, 

former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, 

U.S. Senators Hillary Clinton and Paul Sarbanes, and others. In addition, she is a noted 

public speaker who has delivered lectures before the National Foundation for Women Legislators and other distinguished audiences in 

both the public and private sectors. 

Prior to founding the Euro-American Women’s Council, Loula served as Vice President 

of the United States Hellenic American National Council, which she co-founded with her 

husband, John. It helps to build bridges between Greek and American entrepreneurs and 

to advance women’s opportunities in business 

and education. 

Loula is also a dedicated philanthropist and 

humanitarian who has devoted herself to serving others through many worthwhile causes. 

She sits on the Human Rights Advisory Council of New York, volunteers with the Daughters 

of Roumeli and the Hermes Athletic Club in 

New York, and was named Woman of the 

Year by the Boys Club of Queens. For her 

tireless humanitarian efforts, she was honored 

by the Asociacion Mexicana de Mujeres Jefas 

de Empresa. In particular, Loula has devoted 

herself throughout her life to assisting those 

affected by cancer and other serious illnesses, 

especially low-income children from Greece. 

Despite her busy career, Loula has remained focused on her beloved family. She is 

deeply devoted to her husband John, their 

daughter Rania, son Konstantine, daughter-inlaw Nina, son John-Nicholas, Jr., daughter-inlaw Nadia, and her ‘‘crown jewels’’, her grandchildren Aristotle, Konstantine John, and Isabella-Rania. 

Mr. Speaker, I request that my esteemed 

colleagues join me in paying tribute to the Association of Greek American Professional 

Women and its 2011 Woman of the Year, 

Loula Loi Alafoyiannis. 

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HONOR FLIGHT COLORADO’S 

EIGHTH FLIGHT 

HON. CORY GARDNER OF COLORADO

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 

Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise on the 

occasion of Honor Flight Northern Colorado’s 

eighth flight to Washington, D.C. bringing Veterans of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam to see 

their memorials. On behalf of a grateful delegation, state, and country, we welcome these 

heroes. 

The 122 Veterans on this flight include 48 

from the Korean conflict, and 8 Purple Heart 

recipients from the Vietnam War. The Honor 

Flight program, founded in 2005, was intended 

to first honor all WWII Veterans that could 

make the trips, but then to afford the same to 

those from the Korea and Vietnam eras. We 

are, this day, honoring those Veterans from 

Korea (the Forgotten War) and Vietnam, our 

longest conflict in modern times, as they get to 

see their memorials. These trips are provided 

to our Veterans at no cost to them or their 

families. 

The fact that these soldiers, sailors, airmen, 

Marines, and Coast Guardsmen would uproot 

themselves from their homes and families and 

put themselves in harm’s way for our country 

is very humbling. The sacrifices they—and the 

families they left behind—made are truly incredible. The debt of gratitude we owe them 

can never be repaid, for without their honor, 

courage, commitment, and above all—sacrifice 

we would not able to enjoy the freedoms we 

have today. 

Please join me in thanking Charles Agnew, 

Lewis Ashcraft, Robert Barnd, Eugene 

Bonkiewicz, Carson Bright, Frank Brown, 

Wayne Bullock, William Castor, Lowell Dart, 

Donald Draxler, Robert Duntsch, Jose Duran, 

Joseph Edwards, George Emerick, Jack 

Endacott, Marvin Fowler, Robert Gillham, Warren Garst, Joseph Graham, William Hampton, 

Walter Hayword, Roland Kaiser, Willis Kramer, 

Victor Lazar, David Leon, Verne Lewellen, 

Harry Livingston, Mary Livingston, Gilbert 

Lopez, Russell Mam, W. Dennis McHenry, 

Raymond Mega, Gerald Monroe, Donald Morrison, Bernard Nettesheim, Reynolds Olson, 

Homer Phillips Jr., Richard Porter, Marion 

Raines, James Rauenbuehler, Frederick Reck, 

Gilbert Rohde, Walter Sapp, Henry Schmitt 

Jr., John Shedd, Alan Schultes, Bill Shupe, 

Waldo Smith, Charles Smoot, Fredrick Stein, 

William Stromberg Sr., Gene Thorson, Clyde 

Treadway, Theodore Wahler, Arthur Wartburg, 

Crowell Werner, James White, Robert Williams, Evans Woodhouse, Darryl Anderson, 

Raymond Anderson, Donald Armagost, James 

Ball, Eugene Ball, Harry Ball, Leslie Brumley, 

Orlis Charboneau, Dale Crist, Robert Cupp, 

Timothy Daley, Bobbie Desmond, Edward 

Eson, Clarence Ehrlich, Alvin Eurich, Francis 

Fleming Jr., James Flynn, Leslie Fraley Jr., 

George Frysinger III, Richard Gero, John 

Goad, Virgil Hanson, Roman Hermann, John 

Hess, Billy Hettinger, Donald Hoffner, Marguerite Ingram, Robert Kramer, Robert Kruger, 

Lindy Leifheit, Chester McCoy, Chester 

McGuire, William Miller, Raymond Nuss, 

James Ochsner, Louis Peterson, Marshall 

Petring, Arnold Piel, Wayne Pimple, Richard 

Reagan, Gerald Rice, Harry Rieger, Edward 

Roebuck, Gerald Ross, Alan Seaman, Dick 

Sears, Joseph Sellers, William Shirey, Norris 

Slechta, Robert Stanley, Elizabeth Strahan, 

Clarence Strahan Jr., William Striffler, Darrell 

Viegut, Sam Warner, Doyle Biggs, Paul 

Delgado, Edward Fast, Dennis Henneberg, 

Donald Hess, Daniel Menzies, Jack Roberts, 

Steven White, Irvin Tregoning, Jimmie 

Tregoning and Merrill Tregoning for their dedication, commitment, and service to this great 

nation. 

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JOY PINNIGER’S RETIREMENT 

HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR. OF TENNESSEE

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 

Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I 

rise to take this opportunity to recognize Jennifer Joy Pinniger on the occasion of her retirement as President and CEO of the National 

Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA). 

Ever since Joy joined the National Stone Association sixteen years ago, she has been an 

advocate of the 107,800 men and women in 

the aggregates industry workforce. 

She has focused NSSGA’s advocacy on 

those issues with the most potential impact on 

the industry, always aware that the most effective advocates are those members of NSSGA 

who work every day to produce the construction materials essential to the built environment. 

She has dedicated herself to educating 

Members of Congress and the public alike 

about the importance of the aggregates—or 

the stone, sand and gravel industry—not only 

to the Country as a whole, but to our individual lives. 

About 10 tons of aggregates per person are 

used annually in America—everything from 

glass to cleaning products to pharmaceuticals, 

toothpaste , and so much more. Every mile of 

interstate contains 38,000 tons of aggregates 

and about 400 tons of aggregates are used in 

construction of the average home. 

Joy led NSSGA’s advocacy for the successful passage of the last two surface transportation authorization bills—SAFETEA–LU and 

MAP–21. 

She worked closely with coalition partners in 

the Transportation Construction Coalition and 

the Americans for Transportation Mobility. She 

realized early on that involvement of the public—those affected by the need to get to and 


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