{"id":3773,"date":"2024-07-17T15:20:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T15:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armenialacrosse.com\/?page_id=3773"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:41:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:41:02","slug":"directors-as-leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/armenialacrosse.com\/hy\/directors-as-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Directors as Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Co-founder of the Armenian Lacrosse Federation and National Lacrosse League and Canadian National Team Hall of Famer.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Fr. Shnork Souin is a retired Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church priest and a lifelong hockey player and lacrosse enthusiast. One of the visionaries to bring the \u201cCreator\u2019s Game\u201d to the \u201cCreator\u2019s Land,\u201d committed to grow lacrosse in Armenia as a sport and cultural bridge. He ia a Hospice Chaplain in Charlotte, North Carolina, Fr. Shnork offering spiritual care to patients and families at the end of life. On Sundays, he visits mission parishes to celebrate the Divine Liturgy (Holy Badarak) and shares the Good News of Jesus Christ. He weaves together faith, heritage, sport and community, at the altar, the bedside, or on the field.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Shant Hovnanian
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Shant Hovnanian is an American Armenian born and raised in the U.S. and now lives in Armenia. He is an enthusiast of Economics,Technology, Culture and Sports. He is committed to making sports in Armenia a highlight internationally.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sara Stites
Secretary<\/h3>

Sarah Stites is the Development Officer for Fund for Armenian Relief\u2019s Ayo! program. Originally from the D.C. area, in 2018, decided to say \u201cAyo!\u201d to Armenia and became a dual citizen and lives in Gyumri. She assisted with the opening of Aregak Bakery, Armenia\u2019s first bakery that employs people with disabilities.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Teny Avakian
Member at Large<\/h3>

CEO of Girls of Armenia Leadership Sports (GOALS) and President of Women\u2019s Football and Futsal Committee in Yerevan, Armenia.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Khachatur Vrtanesyan
Treasurer Co-Founder <\/h3>

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Alina Atayan
Athlete Commission<\/h3>

Member of the Armenian Women\u2019s National SIXES Lacrosse Team. Alina was a member of the Marquette University Women\u2019s Lacrosse Team for 4 years. She was part of the Big East All- Academic Team 2015-2016, chaired the Pancreatic Cancer Awareness team committee, and was a One Love Foundation Escalation Workshop Facilitator. Alina works in healthcare as a Registered Nurse and has had research published regarding domestic violence prevention.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Founders Johnny Mouradian Co-founder of the Armenian Lacrosse Federation and National Lacrosse League and Canadian National Team Hall of Famer. Fr. Shnork Souin Fr. Shnork Souin is a retired Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church priest and a lifelong hockey player and lacrosse enthusiast. One of the visionaries to bring the \u201cCreator\u2019s Game\u201d to the \u201cCreator\u2019s Land,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3773","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nDirectors as Leadership – Armenia Lacrosse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/armenialacrosse.com\/hy\/directors-as-leadership\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Directors as Leadership – Armenia Lacrosse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Founders Johnny Mouradian Co-founder of the Armenian Lacrosse Federation and National Lacrosse League and Canadian National Team Hall of Famer. 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