George N. Cretekos
Councilmember |
Councilmember George N. Cretekos (Seat 3)
A lifelong resident of Pinellas County, George N. Cretekos moved to Clearwater’s Sand Key in 1976. He grew up in Tarpon Springs and graduated from Tarpon Springs High School. Mr. Cretekos attended Davidson College where he was selected for the “Washington Semester” program at American University in Washington, D.C. He returned to Davidson for his senior year and received an AB degree in Political Science. Mr. Cretekos earned a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Pittsburgh.
On Jan. 3, 1971, Mr. Cretekos began his career working as a legislative staff assistant for Pinellas County’s newly elected U.S. Representative C. W. Bill Young. After several years in Washington, Mr. Cretekos was transferred to Pinellas County to assume the position as Congressman Young’s district assistant. He went back to Washington in the mid-1980s, and in 1986 he returned to Pinellas County again to direct the congressman’s local offices. Following his retirement in May 2006, Mr. Cretekos served as a missionary in Medan, Indonesia for the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.
Councilmember Cretekos was unopposed in his bid to fill the remaining one-year term of the council seat vacated by Hoyt Hamilton. He was re-elected to a four-year term in January 2008. Councilmember Cretekos served as the city’s vice-mayor in 2008 and is currently the Vice President of the Barrier Islands Government Council. Councilmember Cretekos, a multi-gallon blood donor, is also on the Board of Directors of Florida Blood Services.
Councilmember Cretekos and his wife Carolyn, also a Tampa Bay native, continue to live on Sand Key. |
