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

Laura Patten
Specialist Leader, Deloitte Art & Finance Initiative

Brian Rose
James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania

Larry Schwartz
Foreign Affairs Consultant