John J. Mindala II, Archon Notarios, of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church in Southampton, NY, has been using his talents as a graphic designer to serve the needs of the Archon Office of the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America for over 12 years. He has been involved in Church administration and design his entire professional career.

Having graduated from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Design, Mindala has specialized in providing design services ranging from logos, invitations, reports, newsletters, backdrops, websites, meeting collateral and decor, photography and much more. He is also President of Mindala Design which provides similar creative services.

During his career as a designer, Mindala has served on several church, gala, and conference committees. He has designed material for three Archon International Conferences on Religious Freedom, held in Brussels 2010, Berlin 2013, and Washington D.C. 2017. In 2014, he served on the team that coordinated the historic Apostolic Pilgrimage of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Pope Francis to Jerusalem and the Holy Land. He also designed the graphic details for the Holy and Great Council held in Crete 2016. Additionally, Mindala has been involved in preparations for ten Athenagoras Human Rights Award banquets.

Prior to his time at Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, he served in similar responsibilities for the the Orthodox Church in America, in Syosset, New York. As a photographer, he had the extraordinary privilege to capture historic moments in the life of the Church, most notably during official visits to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, the Patriarchates of Alexandria, Jerusalem, Moscow, Georgia, as well as the Churches of Greece, Poland, Czech Lands and Slovakia, Finland and Ukraine.