Marathon2500 is a project of the New York-based nonprofit, Reading Odyssey, Inc.
The mission of Marathon2500 is to make it easy for people around the world to celebrate and learn about the significance of the Battle of Marathon, which happened 2,500 years ago (as of September 2011).
The Reading Odyssey seeks to reignite curiosity and lifelong learning - or - as Aristotle might way, we are helping people to practice the habit of wisdom.
We run phone, web and live events such as reading groups, lectures, conferences and the global arts celebration, Slow Art Day.
Our Board
Below are the volunteers - scholars, sponsors and readers - who are on the Board and help make all of the programs of the Reading Odyssey possible.
Scholars
Paul Carteldge
Professor of Greek History, the A G Leventis Professor of Greek Culture and a Fellow of Clare College; Hellenic Parliament Global Distinguished Professor in the History and Theory of Democracy at New York University.
Bio: http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/faculty/staff-bios/academic-research-staff/paul_cartledge/
John Dowling
Harvard College Professor; Llura and Gordon Gund Professor of Neuroscience
Bio: http://golgi.harvard.edu/faculty/faculty_profile.php?f=john-dowling-e
John Marincola
Leon Golden Professor of Classics, Florida State University
Bio: http://classics.fsu.edu/faculty/marincola_john.html
Barry Schwartz
Dorwin Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action, Swarthmore College
Bio: http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bschwar1/
Robert Strassler
Independent scholar and businessman; founder and editor of the Landmark series - Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon and forthcoming titles.
Bio: http://www.randomhouse.ca/author/results.pperl?authorid=30090
Sponsors
Brett Caine
President, Citrix Online
Bio: http://www.citrix.com/English/aboutcitrix/leadership/leader.asp?contentID=679456
Readers
Tim Albright
Manager, Business Development, Cisco
Bio: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tim-albright/0/471/217
Cathryn Cranston
Founder, Cathryn Cranston Consulting (former Publisher Harvard Business Review)
Bio: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cathryncranston
Kendall Crolius
Partner, Sulevia Group (former VP,GM Forbes)
Bio: http://suleviagroup.com/TSG/Management_Team.html
Jerry Goldman
Partner, Anderson Kill
Bio: http://www.andersonkill.com/attorneysprofile.asp?id=5141
John Halloran
Vice President, Liquidnet
Bio: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-halloran/3/85a/244
So Young Park
Vice President, Marketing and E-commerce, PennySaverUSA.com
Bio: http://www.linkedin.com/in/soyoungpark
Phil Terry
CEO, Creative Good; Founder, The Councils; Founder, Reading Odyssey
Bio: http://www.google.com/profiles/pterry
Bruce Upbin
Managing Editor, Forbes
Bio: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bruceupbin
Pat Wictor
Musician; co-founder, Reading Odyssey
Bio: http://patwictor.com/