Governance and Policies
Board of Trustees
Mr. Thomas G. Abraham
CEO, iAM Enterprises
Mr. Mike Ahmar (Vice-Chair)
Chairman of the Board, Partners Bank Of California
Dr. Joseph Aoun
President, Northeastern University
Associate Professor of New Testament, Near East School of Theology
Hon. Charles Boustany Jr. M.D.
Former Congressman
Partner at Capitol Counsel LLC
Mr. George Doumet
Chairman and President of Federal White Cement Ltd.
Dr. Charles Elachi
Former Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dr. George N. Faris
Mr. Antoine Frem
General Manager, INDEVCO
Ambassador Edward M. Gabriel, Ret.
President and CEO, The Gabriel Company, LLC
Dr. Robert D. Harrington
Professor of Medicine, University of Washington
Rev. Cynthia A. Jarvis
Pastor, The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill
Sheikh Walid Katibah
Synod Representative
Dr. Cherilyn G. Murer (Secretary)
President/CEO, CGM Advisory Group, LLC
Mrs. Mona Nehmé
Founder & President, Friends of Eucharist
President, International Francophone Trade
Lebanese Antenna
Mr. Clay Pell
Attorney and former U.S. Deputy Assistant
Secretary for International and Foreign Language Education
Mr. Ghassan Saab
CEO - Sorensen Gross Construction Services
Sheikha Intisar Salem Al Ali Al Sabah
Co-Founder and CEO LULUA Group
Mr. Philip Stoltzfus (Chairman)
Chief Executive Officer, Thayer Brook Partners LLP
Dr. H. John Shammas, M.D.
Medical Director, Shammas Eye Medical Center & M/S Surgery Center
Mr. Nicolas A. Tamari
CEO, Sucafina SA
Mr. Peter Tanous
Chairman, Lynx Investment Advisory
Mr. Robert Worley
PC (USA) Representative
Director, Language Resource and Writing Center, McCormick Theological Seminary
Dr. Fouad Zmokhol
President, Association of Lebanese Business People in the World (RDCL World)
CEO, Zimco Group (ME) | SAPDIB (Africa)
Ex-Officio Members
Dr. Jihad Azour
Chairman of the Board of International Advisors
Rev. Elmarie Parker
PCUSA Regional Liaison in Lebanon – Syria
Rev. Joseph Kassab
Executive for Committee on Ecclesial and Spiritual Affairs - NESSL
Director of Christian Education Department - NESSL
Dr. Tarek Na’was (Senate Chair)
LAU Faculty Representative
Dr. Joseph G. Jabbra
President