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Eleni Geroulanou was born in Athens, Greece. She studied Early Childhood Education at the University of Athens and subsequently specialized in Children’s Museum Education for K-8 at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. In 1986 she was recruited at the Moraitis School, a private School in Athens, where she started implementing Museum Education programs in the Kindergarten. In the year 2000, she was appointed Head of the Kindergarten, a position she currently holds. She is an author of several books for children and a co- founding member of the NGO “Library4all”, committed to the support of lifelong learning and education accessible to all, by offering books to school libraries. She is married with three children. She is one of the founding members of the Hellenic Children’s Museum in Athens, has been a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) since 2001 and member of the Greek section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). She has been awarded the title of “Woman of the Year” in the category “Social work” in the annual institution of magazine BEAUTE in collaboration with the major Greek TV station ALPHA. The decision has been taken by a dedicated committee and the public.
He is a paediatrician, specialised in public health and has a PhD in preventive medicine-epidemiology. He is the supervisor of the MSc "Global Health - Disaster Medicine" at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
One of the first active members of Doctors of the World Greece, he has participated in their missions in many regions of Greece and abroad, as well as in missions of Médecins Sans Frontières, of which he has served as a member of the Board of Directors. He is currently Secretary General of the Board of Doctors of the World Greece as well as medical coordinator of their programmes.
He has been a member of several drafting groups for the national strategy against social exclusion, as well as a coordinator of European programmes to combat poverty and improve the living conditions of socially vulnerable groups.
She studied Graphic Information Design BA(hons) at Harrow School of Design and Media and 3-D Interior Design at Chelsea School of Art. Early in her professional career, she became aware of the necessity of applying the principles of universal design (Design for All) which, through a holistic approach, lead to equal access for all people, without discrimination, to the goods of life.
She has worked for many years with non-profit organizations as well as with disability organizations in Greece and abroad, on the integration of people with disabilities in the fields of culture and tourism. Her articles have been published in international publications and journals. She has received international awards and distinctions for the design and implementation of accessible projects. In recent years, she has been working as a social policy consultant at FOUGARO ARTCENTER.
She is the Director General of the Hellenic Society for the Protection and Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons (ELEPAP). Prior to that she served the state as Director of the Organisation for Provident Benefits and Social Solidarity (OPEKA) from October 2019 until March 2023.
From March 2019 until her appointment to OPEKA, she was the Secretary for Quality of Life of the New Democracy Party. Prior to that she was Head of the Development Department of the Bodossaki Foundation.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Food Bank - Foundation for the Fight against Hunger, the first organization in Greece with the sole purpose of fighting hunger and food waste. Her volunteer work there in 2005 inspired her six years later to develop a simple and sustainable food rescue model which later evolved into the NGO known today as Boroume. One of Europe's leading food rescue organisations, it has so far managed to rescue and provide over 80,000,000 meals worth over €120 million.
For 13 years she worked as editor-in-chief at the Lambrakis Journalistic Organization and as project manager at the Lambrakis Foundation, while she has taught Theory of Knowledge at the Moraitis School. She holds an MA Hons in Philosophy and Ancient Greek from the University of Edinburgh and an MSc in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management from the LSE.
He graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Department of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology). She received a Master of Science degree from the University of Essex in "Cognitive Science" and completed her PhD thesis at the University of Westminster in "Artificial Intelligence and Computational Linguistics".
She is a Principal Lecturer at the University of Westminster in London and a Fellow of the British Computer Society. She has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience at university level. Research areas: cognitive processes in the use of technology in education, distance learning, artificial intelligence applications.
She studied History (BA) at the American College of Greece (Deree) and postgraduate studies at London Metropolitan University (formerly North London University) in Librarianship-Info Science with specialization in special libraries. She worked first as a language teacher and later as a librarian in a mining company, followed by a support career in Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) and Business Administration.
Ever since she was in high school she had dreamed of the time when she would have time to do some volunteer work related to children and books. Her broader connection to volunteering led her to Library4all so she could anonymously help the children she loves so much.
She graduated from the Department of French Literature of the University of Athens. He worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the office of the Deputy Minister, and at the Athens Concert Hall from its first day of operation in 1991. As a communications officer of the Press Department of the Concert Hall, she took the position of Head of the Press Department from 2006 to 2014.
She is a writer and speaks English, French and Italian. She loves music, theatre, reading, walking and swimming. She is married and has a son. An enthusiastic volunteer of Library4all, from the very beginning, she has been a strong supporter of the action that never stops giving life to all children's libraries in Greece.
He lives in Athens and is a lawyer (BA degree from the School of Law of the University of Athens, LLM in Criminal Law/Criminal Procedure of the University of Athens, LLM in International Human Rights Law, Essex University) and deals with criminal and family law cases. He is a graduate of the Moraitis School and speaks English, French and Spanish.
Founding member of the association PARNA (movement of residents of Thracomakedona for the protection of areas adjacent to the Parnitha National Park), he is active in the volunteer fire safety group of Thracomakedona. She is a mother of two adult boys.
She is an author of children's books (her books are published by Metahimio, Kedros etc.). As an animator of children's groups she has worked for years coordinating activities that enhance the joy of reading. The reading program she organized and implemented at the Library of the Municipality of Nea Philadelphia was awarded by the Greek Children's Book Circle. In addition, she has coordinated theatrical and creative play programs for children and adults.
Today, she is a member of the Board of Directors of IBBY - Hellenic Children's Book Circle, while she also creates and presents the podcast "Mothers with Rum". Library4all is the magical thread that connects the above. She was born and lives in Athens with her husband and two children.
