Governance and Policies
Board of Trustees
Dr. Paul F. Boulos
Chairman of the Board
President and Chief Operating Innovyze, Inc.
Mr. Salim G. Sfeir
Vice-Chairman of the Board
Chairman - General Manager Bank of Beirut S.A.L.
Mr. Fred Rogers
Secretary of the Board
Vice President and Treasurer
Mr. Mike Ahmar
Chairman of the Board of Partners Bank of California
H.E. Amb. Gilbert Chagoury
Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Saint Lucia to UNESCO
Rev. Christine Chakoian
Pastor, First Presbyterian Church Lake Forest, Illinois, USA
Mrs. Eva Kotite Farha
LAU Alumna
Dr. Benita Ferrero-Waldner
Austrian Diplomat
and Politician Member of the Conservative Austrian People's Party (OVP)
Mr. Antoine Frem
Vice Chairman, INDEVCO Group
Chairman / CEO Interstate Resources Inc.
Mr. Arthur Gabriel
Secretary Treasurer
Dr. Ray Irani
Chairman and CEO, Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Mr. Wadih (Bill) Jordan
President,
Near East Pharma
Rev. Joseph Kassab
Executive for Committee on Ecclesial and Spiritual Affairs - NESSL
Director of Christian Education Department NESSL
Mr. Samer Khoury
Executive Vice President,
Consolidated Contractors Company
Mr. Charles Muller
Synod Representative
Chairman of Muller Industries SARL
Mr. Richard (Dick) Orfalea
Retired Corporate Banker
Mr. Todd Petzel
Chief Investment Officer and Partner
Offit Capital Advisors LLC
Mr. Ghassan Saab
President/CEO
Sorensen Gross Construction Services
Dr. H. John Shammas, M.D.
Medical Director of the Shammas Eye Medical Center & M/S Surgery Center
Rev. Ronald L. Shive
Senior Pastor First Presbyterian Church, Burlington NC
Mr. Philip Stoltzfus
Chief Executive Officer of Thayer Brook Partners LLP
Mr. Peter Tanous
President & Director, Lepercq Lynx Investment Advisory
Dr. George E. Thibault, M.D.
President of the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation
Mr. Abdallah Yabroudi
Managing Director and CEO, Dubai Contracting Company - UAE
Emeritus Trustees
Mr. Jose Abizaid
Emeritus Trustee
Ex-Officio Members
Mr. Kanan Hamzeh
Chairman of the Board
Owner & Founder of Tri Pole Corp.
Rev. Dr. Nuhad Tomeh
World Mission, Middle East Office
Liaison with the Middle East Council of Churches and Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and the Gulf
Rev. Fadi Dagher
General Secretary
National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon
Dr. Joseph Jabbra
LAU President
Senate Chair
LAU Faculty Representative
