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

Mr. Jose Abizaid
Emeritus Trustee

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