Our Team

The Antiquities Coalition unites a wide range of experts in the fight against cultural racketeering. We bring with us the experience and skills of these widely diverse backgrounds as we work together to safeguard our shared cultural heritage.

Leadership and Staff

Yousra Abdelhameed
Fellow
Helena Arose
Project Director
Tess Davis
Executive Director
Erin Durkin
Treasurer and Secretary, Board of Directors
Liz Fraccaro
Project Director
Deborah Lehr
Founder of the Antiquities Coalition, Chairman, Board of Directors
Claire Buchan Parker
Vice Chair, Board of Directors

Advisory Council

Dr. Eric H. Cline
Professor of Classics and Anthropology, Director of the GWU Capitol Archaeological Institute
Ambassador Yasser Elnaggar
Chief Executive Officer of EN Investment
Dr. Zahi Hawass
Honorary Chairman, Antiquities Coalition Advisory Council, Egyptologist and Former Minister of Antiquities of Egypt
Peter Herdrich
Co-Principal Investigator of the Digital Library of the Middle East
Brigadier General (Ret.) Russell Howard
Founding Director of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point
Joan McEntee
Chairman and CEO of Middle Kingdom Business Consultants (MKBC INTL)
Dr. Laurie Ossman
Independent Scholar
Brian Rose
James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania
Larry Schwartz
Foreign Affairs Consultant
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