Board of Trustees

Mr. Mike Ahmar – Chair
Chairman of the Board of Partners Bank of California

Dr. François Nader, MD, MBA - Vice Chair
Chairman, Acceleron Pharma and Managing Director, Jesra Advisors

Mrs. Sallama Bu Haydar Al Sayegh - Secretary
Trustee of the American Community School of Abu Dhabi; President of Alfanar Lebanon Board; Board Member of the Children’s Cancer Center – Lebanon

Mrs. Sirine Sidani Abu Ghazaleh
Founder and Chairperson of Createurs Libanais

Dr. Nelly Ghassan Adel
Associate Director, Thoracic & GI Cancer, Amgen Medical Affairs

Ms. Zeina Akar
Founder & Director, INMA; Founder & Managing Director, Nabu Bay; Executive Director, Information International; Executive Director, SciTech Systems.

Mr. Makram Azar
Founder & CEO, Full Circle Capital; Director, CMB Monaco

Mr. Nijad Fares
Chairman of Wedge Equities Incorporated; Member of the Board of Directors of the Wedge Group

Mrs. Eva Kotite Farha
LAU Alumna

Mr. Tony N. Frem
Chairman, Indevco Management Resources Inc.

Ms. Sara Ganim
Journalist

Mr. Joe Geagea
Former Executive Vice President, Chevron Corporation

Mr. Elie Habib
Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board and CTO, Anghami

Dr. Nadine Hachach-Haram
Founder & CEO, Proximie; Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Ms. Yasmina Eugenia Haddad
Research Associate, International Development Division, American Institutes for Research
Chicago, Illinois; PhD Student, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Education

Dr. Bob Harrington
Medical Director, Madison Clinic; Section Chief – Infectious Diseases, University of Washington

Dr. Charles L. Isbell, Jr
Chancellor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Sheikh Walid Katibah
Synod Representative; Engineer

Dr. Moise Khayrallah
CEO, Emergo Therapeutics

Dr. Christopher W. Klaus
Chief Executive Officer, Fusen World

Mrs. May Makhzoumi
President of Makhzoumi Foundation

Dr. Rafic Makki
Head Technologist & Fellow, Mubadala Capital Ventures

Dr. Theresa A. Maldonado
VP for Research & Innovation, University of California Office of the President; President-Elect, AAAS

Mr. Charles Müller
Chairman & GM, Müller Consulting Services SAL (offshore); Chairman & GM, Müller Industries SARL

Mr. Abie Musa
Founder & CEO, MVL Group; Board Member, American Task Force on Lebanon (ATFL)

Mr. Firas Abi Nassif
Chairman and Founding Partner of Teleios Capital Partners, LLC

Dr. Riad Obegi
Chairman, Banque BEMO (Lebanon)

Mr. Ghassan M. Saab
CEO, Sorensen Gross Company

Sheikha Intisar Salem Al Ali Al Sabah
Co-Founder and CEO, Lulua Group

Mr. Harout Semerjian
President & CEO, Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN)

Dr. Kamal Shehadi
Chief Strategy Officer - International, e& Group; Director, Maroc Telecom Supervisory Board; Minister of Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence