The​ Board of Trus​​​te​es​​

The Board of Trustees governs the university by establishing policy and exercising fiduciary responsibility for the long-term well-being of the institution. The board and its Executive Committee act on the recommendations from board committees, university offices, and the University Senate.​

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Current Members

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Abdo George Kadifa​

Chair​ of the Board​
Vice Chair for Information T​echnology and​ Innovation
Managing Director and Partner Sumeru Equity Partners ​
Palo Alto, California

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Nemeh Sabbagh

Co-Chair​ and Treasurer of the University
Former Chief Executive Officer, Arab Bank
Amman, Jordan​
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William Zoghbi, MD​

​Vice Chair for Medicine and Health
Professor and Chairman, Department of Cardiology
Elkins Family Distinguished Chair in Cardiac Health
Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center
Houston Methodist Hospital
​​Houston, Texas
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Huda Y. Zoghbi, MD

Vice Chair​ for Academic Affairs​
​The Ralph D. Feigin Endowed Chair at Baylor College of Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics, Molecular and Human Genetics, Neurology, and Neuroscience Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Founding Director, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas​
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Ada H​. Porter

Secretary of the University
New York, New York
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Mu’taz Al-Sawaf​

Executive Board Member, Saudi Binladin Group Managing Director of the Architecture and Building Construction Division (ABCD)
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Ayman Asfari

Non-Executive Director of the Board of Directors, Petrofac​
Beirut, Lebanon
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David G. Bradley

Chair Emeritus, Atlantic Media
Washington, DC
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Walid A. Chammah

​Former Co-President Morgan Stanley
London, United Kingdom
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Carlos D​​el Rio

Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Decatur, Georgia​
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Hana El-Samad, PhD

Senior Vice President and Director of Science Integration, Innovation, and Insights, Altos Labs
Founding Principal Investigator, Altos Labs
Former Kuo Family Endowed Professor in Biochemistry & Biophysics, UCSF
San Francisco, California
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Fouad Es-Said

Chairman and CEO of Transmed
Beirut, Lebanon
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Randa El-Sayed Haffar

Managing Director, Citi Private Bank
Trustee, Elmer and Mamdouha Bobst Foundation
New York, New York
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Abdulsalam Haykal

CEO of Haykal Group (Transtek Systems, Haykal Media, TMS Mobile, Eastwards Projects)
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Philippe Raymond Jabre

Founder and CEO, Jabre Capital Partners
Geneva, Switzerland
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Jafar J. Jafar, MD

Former Department of Neurosurgery Neurosurgeon-in-Chief New York University Medical Center
New York, New York
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Amabel James

Investor
New York, New York
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Sarine Karajerjian

Program Director at Arab Reform Initiative, Alumni Elected Trustee
​Beirut, Lebanon
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Ricardo Karam

Media Personality / Entrepreneur, Alumni Elected Trustee​
​Beirut, Lebanon
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Philip S. Kho​u​ry​

AUB Chairman Emeritus​
Ford International Professor of History
Vice ​Provost, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Fadlo ​R. Khuri, MD​

President, American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
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Katherine Maher

President and CEO, National Public Radio
Washington, DC​​
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Jacques P. Merab, MD

Cardiology S​pecialist
New York, New York​​
 

Maher Mikati

Chief Executive Officer, Areeba SAL Deputy CEO, M1 Group CEO, M1 Fashion
Beirut, Lebanon
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William Dodge Rueckert

President, Oyster Management Group, LLC Southport, Connecticut
President, Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation
New York, New York
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Tania Issa Semaan

Chairperson​ of Blu Stone Management Limited
Dubai, UAE
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Talal Shair

Chairman-CEO of​ Dar Al Handasah
Amman, Jordan
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Senator John E. Sununu

US Senator, New Hampshire 2003-09
Waterville Valley, New Hampshire
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​Viviane S. Tabar, MD​

Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
Theresa C. Feng Chair for Neurosurgical Oncology
​Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
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​Kevin Taweel

Chairman, Asurion
San Mateo, California
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​Franz-Josef Ulm, PhD​​

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology​
Cambridge, Massachusetts​
 

Kamel Wehbe

Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group – Dubai, Alumni Elected Trustee
Dubai, UAE​​
 

B. Philip Winder

Managing Director, Polygon Investment Management
Princeton, New Jersey
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​D. Scott Wise

Senior Counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
New York, New York
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Emeriti

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Carol Bellamy​

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David R. Bickers, MD

 

Myrna Bustani

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PW. Ronnie Coffman, PhD​

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Paul J. Collins

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Ibrahim S. Dabdoub

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Alexander T. Ercklentz

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Alexander S. Geha, MD

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Ray R. Irani, PhD​

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Farouk K. Jab​re​

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Hisham Izzat Jaroudi​

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Riad B. T. Kamal​​​

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Herant Katchadourian, MD

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Ann Z. Kerr-Adams

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Joseph B. Martin, MD, PhD

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Munib R. Masri

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Hutham Olayan

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HE Leila A. Shar​af

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James Wei, PhD

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Ambassador Frank G. Wisner

 

Jo​sé A. Zaglul, PhD

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