Barbara Pasalis was appointed to the National Philoptochos Board in 2006 by His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Geron of America, and has served 8 years as Co-Chair of Public Relations and 2 years as Chair of Office Administration. In 2008, she was Co-Chair of the Philoptochos Banquet at the National Philoptochos Convention held in Washington, D.C. She chaired the Convention Documents committee twice and served on the 2013 Children’s Medical Fund Luncheon committee in Pittsburgh, PA. In 2016, she was appointed to the Executive Board and served as Secretary from 2016-2020. She was Co-Chair of the National Philoptochos Convention in Boston in 2018 and Chair of the 2020 National Philoptochos Convention, originally planned in Cleveland but ultimately becoming the first virtual National Philoptochos Convention. She was appointed to serve as Treasurer of the Board in Fall 2020.

Barbara has been an active member of her local Philoptochos chapter, serving as President, Vice President, and Treasurer. In addition, she has served on the Metropolis of Pittsburgh Philoptochos Board for over a decade and as Treasurer for 4 years.

Professionally, Barbara founded Northcoast Educational Consulting, an educational consulting business, to help high school students navigate college admissions. She is a member of many professional national organizations, including the Independent Educational Consultants Association, for which she served on the Executive Board and recently completed her service as President of the Association.

Barbara was born in Columbus, Ohio, and has lived in Cleveland, Ohio, since 1977, when she married Thano Pasalis (deceased). Barbara has two sons and two grandchildren. She has been a member of Saint Demetrios Church, Rocky River, since 1977.