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2016 HERITAGE WEEKEND AND CLASSIC SPEAKERS
DR. PANOS ANASTASIADIS is a leader of cancer research at the Mayo Clinic, where he is a
professor of Cancer Biology and an associate professor of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology. His interests include elucidating the role of cadherin adhesion receptors, polarity
proteins, and Rho GTPases in human cancer. Anastasiadis research goal is to create a better
understanding of cell motility in order to target therapeutic treatments that block invasiveness
and metastasis in cancer patients. He received his Ph.D. in Cellular and Clinical Neurobiology
from Wayne State University, and he has authored several publications, including: Bringing
together cell-to-cell adhesion and miRNA biology in cancer research and Expression of
polarity genes in human cancer.
PANOS ANASTASSIADIS is the Managing Partner of Global Cyber and serves as a Director
of Cyveillance, Inc. Anastassiadis has more than 30 years of experience in the information
technology industry, particularly in the fields of privacy and cyber security. He has served
as President and Chief Executive Officer of Cyveillance, Inc. Mr. Anastassiadis obtained
an Electronic Engineering degree from Thessaloniki College of Technology, Greece and a
Bachelor of Science degree with honors in Electronic, Computer, and Systems
Engineering from Loughborough University, United Kingdom. 20
WILLIAM ANTHOLIS is Director and CEO at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center and was
Managing Director of the Brookings Institution. Antholis has served as Director of Studies and
as a Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States at the White House, Director of
International Economic Affairs of the National Security Council, and National Economic
Council. He was also Deputy Director of the White House Climate Change Task Force during
the Clinton Administration. He worked at the State Department on the policy planning staff
and in the Bureau of Economic Affairs, where he was a member of the team responsible for
developing responses to world financial crises.
PROFESSOR NATHAN ARRINGTON is an undergraduate adviser and Faculty Fellow at Mathey
College at Princeton University. He is also affiliated with the Department of Classics and the
Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies. Professor Nathan Arrington specializes in Classical
Archaeology and focuses on the material culture of ancient Greece. He received his Ph.D.
from the University of California, Berkeley in 2010. His research has been supported by grants
from the Gates Cambridge Trust and the Fulbright Foundation. Arrington is co-director and USA director of
the Molyvoti, Thrace, Archaeological Project (MTAP).
GEORGE BEHRAKIS is a retired leading health expert and philanthropist. Behrakis became a
salesperson for major pharmacy company Johnson and Johnson, where he and his team
created Tylenol. He started his own company Dooner Laboratories and later opened Muro
Pharmaceuticals, which focused on eye products and then eventually asthma products.
Since retiring in 1998, he has had an outstanding career in philanthropy. Behrakis has
contributed to various organizations and establishments, and he is best known for his
donations to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts and for Northeastern
University’s College of Health Sciences’ building.
DR. JOHN CAMP He has worked in the Athenian Agora since 1966, first as an excavator, later
as Assistant Director, and now as the Director since 1994. He was the Mellon Professor at the
American School of Classical Studies from 1985-199, and he is currently the Niarchos Professor
of Classics. John Camp received his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University, and he
acquired his Master of Arts and Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology from Princeton University. His
interests include water supply in ancient Athens and Greek epigraphy.
CHAD COHEN is an Emmy Award winning producer, writer, and director for National
Geographic Studios, where he produces mostly science and history specials for NOVA and
PBS. Recently, he has produced shows on everything from the energy crisis in the United
States and China, human origins in Africa, to the world’s biggest predatory dinosaur and won
an Emmy Award. His most recent three-part miniseries project, The Greeks, aired on PBS in
June and July 2016. He also partnered with the National Hellenic Society on The Greek Guide
to Greatness project, an innovative 10-part digital series highlighting the lasting impact of the