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\"AnthonyAnthony Shriver, the CEO and founder of Best Buddies International, doesn’t have to look far for role models — his mother is the brains behind the Special Olympics and his father is a founding director of the Peace Corps. Oh, and there’s also his uncle, John F. Kennedy.<\/p>\nRead the full article<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anthony Shriver, the CEO and founder of Best Buddies International, doesn’t have to look far for role models — his mother is the brains behind the Special Olympics and his father is a founding director of the Peace Corps. Oh, and there’s also his uncle, John F. Kennedy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"news-single-post.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[676],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-archive"],"yoast_head":"\nThe CEO of One of the Largest Nonprofits Has Leadership in His DNA. 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