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Some of the trustees who attended the BOT committee meeting on May 2008 in Beirut
Some of the trustees who attended the BOT committee meeting on May 2008 in Beirut

Board of Trustees
(as of July 2008)

Dr. Thomas Q. Morris
Chairperson of the Board
Professor Emeritus of Clinical Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University and Past President of New York Presbyterian Hospital.
New York, New York

Dr. Ray R. Irani
Co-Chairperson
Chairperson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Los Angeles, California

Dr. Philip S. Khoury
Vice Chairperson
Ford International Professor of History and Associate Provost, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Mr. Alexander T. Ercklentz
Treasurer of the Corporation
Partner, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co
New York, New York

Mr. Howard W. Ray
Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation

Mrs. Eileen F. O'Connor
Secretary of the Corporation

Mr. Yusef Rabah Abu Khadra
Former Executive Director of Investcorp Securities
London, UK

Mr. Ayman Asfari
Chief Executive Officer, Petrofac Limited
London, UK

Mr. Thomas J. Barrack, Jr.
Founder, Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of Colony Capital, LLC.
Los Angeles, California

Ms. Carol Bellamy
President and Chief Executive Officer World Learning
Washington and Vermont, USA

Dr. David R. Bickers
Carl Truman Nelson Professor and Chair, Department of Dermatology
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Medical Center;
Director, Dermatology Service, Columbia Campus, New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York

Mrs. Myrna Bustani
Partner, Construction and Trading Company (CAT Group)
Beirut, Lebanon and London, UK

Senator Lincoln Chafee
Former United States Senator from Rhode Island, and Visiting Fellow, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island

Mr. Walid A. Chammah
Co-President
Morgan Stanley
London, UK

Mr. Nabil Chartouni
Chairperson
Acropolis Capital Group
London, UK

Dr. W. Ronnie Coffman
International Professor of Plant Breeding and Director of International Programs
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

Mr. Andrew Crockett
President, JPMorgan Chase International
New York, New York

Mr. Ibrahim S. Dabdoub
Chief Executive Officer of the National Bank of Kuwait
Kuwait

Professor Peter F. Dorman
President, American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon

Mr. Michael I. Fares
Private Investor
London, UK

Dr. Alexander S. Geha
Professor Emeritus of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Illinois
Medical Center at Chicago
Ranch Santa Fe, California

Mr. Carlos Ghosn
President and Chief Executive Officer, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan
President and Chief Executive Officer, Renault
Paris, France

Mr. William R. Hambrecht
Founder, Chairperson and Co-Chief Executive Officer, WR Hambrecht + Co
San Francisco, California

Mr. Abdulsalam Haykal
Chief Executive Officer, Transtek Software, and SAC mobile Payment
President, Syrian Entrepreneurs Association
Damascus, Syria

Mr. Farouk K. Jabre
Economist and Chairperson of the Board of Dar Al Aytam Al Islamyah
Treasurer, Children's Cancer Center and Director Holcim Lebanon SAL
Beirut, Lebanon

Dr. Thomas P. Jacobs
Professor of Clinical Medicine and Endocrinology
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
New York, New York

Dr. Martha S. Joukowsky
Professor Emerita, Brown University, Department of Anthropology and
Joukowsky Institute of Archaeology and the Ancient World,
Director, Brown University Petra Great Temple Excavations
Providence, Rhode Island

Mrs. Ann Z. Kerr
Fulbright Coordinator, International Institute, University of California at Los Angeles
Pacific Palisades, California

Dr. Rima Khalaf
Former Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Regional Bureau for Arab States, UNDP.
Amman, Jordan

Dr. Nicola N. Khuri
Professor Emeritus and Head of the Laboratory of
Theoretical Physics, Rockefeller University.
New York, New York

Dr. Joseph B. Martin
Edward R. and Anne G. Lefler Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Mr. Munib R. Masri
Founder and Chairperson of the Engineering and Development Group (Edgo),
Amman, Jordan
Founder and Chairperson of Palestine Development and Investment Company (Padico),
Nablus, Palestine

H. E. Najib Mikati
Former Prime Minister of Lebanon, Founder and Vice Chairperson of M1 Group
Beirut, Lebanon

Dr. Marwan Muasher
Senior Vice President External Affairs, The World Bank
Washington, D.C.

Mr. Clifford G. Mumm
Senior Vice President, Bechtel Group, and President, Bechtel Infrastructure Corporation
Frederick, Virginia

Ms. Hutham S. Olayan
President, Olayan America Corporation
New York, New York

Dr. Gabriel M. Rebeiz
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UCSD
LaJolla, California

Ms. Sana H. Sabbagh
Wyoming Investment Corporation
New York, New York

H.E. Leila A. Sharaf
Jordanian Senator and former Minister of Information, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Philadelphia University in Jordan
Amman, Jordan

Mr. Raja Trad
Chief Executive Officer Leo Burnett Group of Companies Mediterranean
Dubai, UAE

Mr. B. Philip Winder
Managing Director, Polygon Investment Management
Princeton, New Jersey

Mr. Frank G. Wisner
Vice Chairperson-External Affairs, American International Group, Inc.
New York, New York

Dr. José A. Zaglul
President, Earth University
San José, Costa Rica

Dr. Huda Y. Zoghbi
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Marvin Fishman Chair in Pediatric Neurology Research
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Molecular and Human Genetics, Neurology,
and Neuroscience
Houston, Texas





 

 
Trustees Emeriti
(as of May 2008)

Mr. Robert M. Borden
Mr. C. William Carson, Jr.
Mr. Paul J. Collins
Dr. Richard A. Debs - (AUB Chairperson Emeritus)
Mr. Alfred C. Decrane, Jr.
Mr. David S. Dodge
Mr. Ali I. Ghandour
H.E. Abdulla Y. Al Ghanem
Dr. Frederic P. Herter
H.E. Salim El Hoss
Mr. Sandy A. Mactaggart
Ambassador Richard W. Murphy
Mr. Abdul Al Qattan
Dr. Kamal A. Shair
H.E. Ghassan Tueni
Dr. Theodore B. Van Itallie
Dr. James Wei


International Advisory Council
Dr. Richard A. Debs
Chairperson

Dr. Hassan A. Al-Ebraheem
H.E. Abdulatif Y. Al-Hamad
H.E. Issa G. Al-Kawari
Mrs. Sarah B. Al-Turki
Sir Michael Atiyah
Mrs. Marjorie C. Benton
Ambassador Abdulla Y. Bishara
Mrs. Elmer H. Bobst
Dr. William G. Bowen
H.E. Lakhdar Brahimi
Mr. Jamal Daniel
H.E. Ali M. Fakhro
Mr. Carlos Ghosn
Dr. Vartan Gregorian
Ambassador Charles Hostler
Dr. Walid Khalidi
Mr. Samir Kreidie
Mr. Yo-Yo Ma
Mr. John Mack
Mr. Zein Mayassi
Mr. Khaled S. Olayan
Mr. David Rockefeller
Dr. Neil L. Rudenstine
Mr. Walter V. Shipley
The Honorable Paul A. Volcker
Mr. Rawleigh Warner, Jr.
Mr. James D. Wolfensohn