A Master Class in the heart of the Capitol with Mike Manatos and Tom Manatos

Mike Manatos and Tom Manatos

The Next Generation got the inside scoop on September 4th when we went deep inside the Capitol itself, for a private conversation in the Office of the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, with two young, energetic Washington insiders — Mike Manatos, an up-and-coming public policy lobbyist, and his brother Tom Manatos, an advisor to Speaker of the House Pelosi.

This great conversation, which kicked off our Fall series of Master Classes, was another installment in our election-year series of “Conversations with Leaders” about the big choices young Americans would face in the fall. This was also the first offering from someone who would become a recurring — and popular — Master Class leader, Tom Manatos, and our first Master Classes featuring leading figures on the Capital scene who just happen to be brothers.

A Master Class with
Mike Manatos and Tom Manatos
Office of the Speaker of the House
U.S. Capitol
Washington, DC

Master Class with Mike and Tom Manatos in the Office of the Speaker of the House

Mike Manatos

Mike Manatos

After graduating from Princeton in 1990, Mike Manatos joined his father, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce Andy Manatos, as a young lobbyist at Manatos & Manatos, a fast-paced public relations/public affairs firm located in Washington, DC, where his focus has primarily been on international issues with an emphasis on Greece and Cyprus. Like his brother, Tom, Mike has been involved with politics and campaigns since childhood, after hearing stories about their grandfather’s days as Senate liaison for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson.

Tom Manatos

Tom Manatos

Tom Manatos took time off from his Communications studies at Cornell in 2000 to be the second-youngest paid staffer at Gore-Lieberman headquarters in Nashville, TN. He started working with Rep. Nancy Pelosi as an intern shortly after she became Minority Whip and has been with her since, working on outreach to veterans and military retirees, youth and young adults, the environmental community and disability community. His career on Capitol Hill began as a Senate Page.