Board of Trustees
Mr. Peter J. Tanous – Chairman
Chairman, Lynx Investment Advisory
Dr. Cherilyn G. Murer – Vice-Chair
President/CEO, CGM Advisory Group, LLC
Mr. George Doumet – Secretary
Chairman and President, Federal White Cement Ltd
Mr. Thomas G. Abraham
CEO, iAM Enterprises
Dr. Joseph Aoun
President, Northeastern University
Mr. Johnny B. Awwad
Associate Professor of New Testament, Near East School of Theology
Hon. Charles Boustany Jr. M.D.
Former Congressman
Partner, Capitol Counsel LLC
Dr. Charles Elachi
Former Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dr. George N. Faris
Mrs. Eva Kotite Farha
LAU Alumna
Mr. Antoine N. Frem
Chairman, INDEVCO Management Resources Inc.
Ambassador Edward M. Gabriel, Ret.
President and CEO, The Gabriel Company, LLC
Dr. Robert D. Harrington
Professor of Medicine, University of Washington
Medical Director, Madison Clinic
Rev. Cynthia A. Jarvis
Pastor, The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill
Sheikh Walid Katibah
Synod Representative
Dr. Francois Nader
Chairman, Acceleron Pharma
Managing Director, Jesra Advisors
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 M. Saab
CEO, Sorensen Gross Construction Services
Sheikha Intisar Salem Al Ali Al Sabah
Co-Founder and CEO, LULUA Group
Dr. H. John Shammas
Medical Director, Shammas Eye Medical Center & M/S Surgery Center
Mr. Nicolas A. Tamari
CEO, Sucafina SA
Dr. Edmund D. Villani
Former chairman of the board of directors, Georgetown University.
Former Chief Executive Officer, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.
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
Rev. Elmarie Parker
PCUSA Regional Liaison in Lebanon – Syria
Rev. Joseph Kassab
General Secretary, National Evangelical SYNOD of Syria and Lebanon – NESSL
Dr. John El Khoury – (Senate Chair)
LAU Faculty Representative
Dr. Joseph G. Jabbra
LAU President