Pano Karatassos

Atlanta restaurateur

When Karatassos opened Pano’s and Paul’s in 1979, he revolutionized Atlanta’s dining scene. As founder and CEO of the Buckhead Life group, he has gone on to open more than a dozen eateries in Atlanta, as well as in South Florida. He earned the National Restaurant Association’s Legend Fine Dining Award in 2008 and has been named to Nation’s Restaurant News’s Fine Dining Hall of Fame. For some three decades, Karatassos has chaired Atlanta’s Share Our Strength’s annual Taste of the Nation fundraiser.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Positions

Buckhead Coalition Non-profit organization based in Atlanta, Georgia

• member

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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National Restaurant Association PAC

• 9 contributions · 6,392 USD (May 31 '91→Sep 14 '05)

Romney Victory

• 2 contributions · 4,000 USD (Sep 20 '12→Oct 17 '12)

Mitt Romney U.S. senator from Utah, former Massachusetts governor

• 2 contributions · 3,500 USD (Sep 20 '12→Oct 17 '12)

Rudy Giuliani Trump adviser; former mayor of New York City

• 2 contributions · 2,300 USD (Dec 4 '07)

Bob Barr NRA president, former Georgia Congressman

• 1 contribution · 1,350 USD (Feb 20 '14)

Max Cleland US Senator from Georgia

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Dec 5 '95)

Saxby Chambliss Republican US Senator and Representative from Georgia

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Oct 30 '07)

Michelle Nunn President and CEO CARE USA; Co-Founder and CEO, Points of Light Hands On Network

• 1 contribution · 500 USD (Nov 11 '13)

Mel Martinez US Senator from Florida

• 1 contribution · 500 USD (Jul 29 '04)

Trump Make America Great Again Committee Trump/RNC Joint Fundraising Committee C00618371

• 1 contribution · 250 USD (Aug 17 '16)