Offices and Services
Dr. Cedar Mansour
Vice President and General Counsel
Special Assistant to the President
Dr. Cedar Mansour is the Vice President and General Counsel at LAU, as well as the Special Assistant to LAU President Joseph G. Jabbra.
In her capacity as the General Counsel of the university, she is responsible for legal compliance issues in the United States and Lebanon, including all matters related to the operation and overseeing of the university’s Board of Trustees. Being a licensed and trained lawyer in both the United States and Lebanon enables Dr. Mansour to navigate both legal systems and ensure the university’s compliance with the mandatory requirements in both countries where the university is incorporated and operates.
Dr. Mansour is also responsible for policy creation, implementation, and compliance within the university. She is also involved in all major university initiatives, especially those related to negotiating real property purchases, development of subsidiary entities, and creation of new foundations to support university initiatives and plans for expansion. She has worked on several major affiliation agreements between LAU and other universities and educational institutions, as well as on matters related to the university’s role as an academic advisor and consultant for other educational institutions operating abroad. Dr. Mansour also played a major role in securing the university’s first bond issuance in the United States, and in its acquisition of controlling shares in a major hospital in Lebanon.
Dr. Mansour joined LAU in 1996 as a Professor of Business Law, the General Counsel of the University and the Assistant to the President. In May of 1999, she was appointed Assistant Vice President for Administration.
A licensed attorney in Lebanon, West Virginia, and Washington D.C. prior to joining LAU, Dr. Mansour had a vibrant career as an attorney. As a law student, Dr. Mansour clerked for the Honorable Franklin D. Cleckley Esq. She started her law career at the law firm of Spilman, Thomas, Battle & Kloistermeier, and later moved on to manage a law office in Washington, D.C., until 1996.
Dr. Mansour attained her Doctor of Jurisprudence from West Virginia University College of Law in 1991, she finished her courses for a master’s degree in Comparative Education Law from Holy Spirit University in 1986, and her License de Droit with honors from the Lebanese University College of Law in 1983.
She is a member of the D.C. Bar Association, the West Virginia Bar Association and the Beirut Bar, as well as a member of the National Association for College and University Attorneys (NACUA). She also chairs the board of the prominent Beirut Baptist School.
Contact:
Dr. Cedar Mansour
Vice President and General Counsel
Special Assistant to the President
Lebanese American University
P.O. Box 13 – 5053
Chouran, Beirut 1102 2801
Lebanon
Tel: +961-01-786456, ext. 1346
Fax: +961-01-786449
- Dr. Joseph G. Jabbra
- Dr. Abdallah Sfeir
- Mr. Emile Lamah
- Mr. Roy Majdalani
- Dr. Cedar Mansour
- Dr. Elise Salem
- Dr. Elie Badr
- Dr. Lynn Eckhert
- Dr. Said Elfakhani
- Dr. Philippe Frossard
- Dr. Nancy Hoffart
- Dr. George E. Nasr
- Dr. Pierre A. Zalloua
- Dr. Raed Mohsen
- Dr. Mars E. Semaan
- Mr. Charles Abou Rjeily
- Dr. Sami Baroudi
- Mr. Camille Abou-Nasr
- Mr. Abdo G. Ghié
- Mr. Georges Hamouche
- Ms. Sonia Hajjar
- Ms. Peggy Hanna
- Mr. Robert Hollback
- Mr. Nassib Nasr