Board of Trustees

Toronto, Canada and Paris, France

Current Roles

Trustee since 2012

Vice Chair | The Arts Arena Paris

Former roles

Director | RONA Inc.

Chairman & CEO | BC Pavilion Corporation

Board Member | Saxon Financial; Industrial Alliance Insurance

Chair of the Board | The Vancouver Opera Association

Chair & Board Member | The Vancouver Stock Exchange; The Children’s Arts Umbrella

Education

Wilfred Laurier University | BA

University of Toronto | MA

Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany

Current Roles

Trustee since 2014

Investor/Independent Director/Senior Advisor | Capitalmind

Former roles

Managing Director/Executive Director | Europe Arab Bank

Head of Corporate & Transaction Banking Europe | BNP Paribas

Managing Director | The Royal Bank of Scotland; Deutsche Bank

Education

The American University of Paris | BA, 1977

Albert Ludwig Universitat, Freiburg Germany | MA, 1981

Jupiter, Florida & New York City, New York

Current Roles

Trustee since 2014

Former roles

Managing Executive | Chief Executives Organization; The Conference Board Europe

Senior Vice President/VP | Simon & Schuster; Merrill Lynch; Chase Manhattan

Legislative Aide & Press Secretary | US CongressResearch Analyst | The Pentagon; The University of Texas at Arlington

Instructor, Political Science | Angelo State University

Chair of the Board & Board Member | FWA of New York & FWA Foundation

Board Member | Overseas Education Fund; BENS

Education

Baylor University | BA, 1968; MA, 1971

Columbia Business School | MBA, 1988

Financial Times | NED Diploma, 2014

Washington, DC

Current roles

Trustee since 2016

Former roles

President | Randolph College

Executive Vice Chancellor | Washington University in St. Louis

President & Chief Executive Officer | Bunge North America

Director | Energizer Holdings

Education

Princeton University | BA, 1967

University of Michigan Law School | JD, 1971

Bradford, New Hampshire & Paris, France

Current Roles

Trustee since 2009

Senior Counsel | Sullivan & Cromwell

Secretary & Board Member | The American Hospital of Paris

Former roles

President & Board Member | American Chamber of Commerce in France

Avocat Honoraire | Barreau de Paris

Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur

Education

Yale University | BA, 1968

University of Oxford | M Litt, 1968

Yale Law School | JD, 1971

Greenwich, Connecticut

Current roles

Trustee since 2021

Managing Director | NATIXIS (Groupe BPCE)

Committee member | NATIXIS Americas Retirement Committee

Former roles

Portfolio Manager/Director of Liability Management | CGA Investment Management

Branch Manager/ Senior Corporate Banker | Credit Lyonnais

FX Trader/Credit Department Manager | CITIBANK

Secretary & Board member | AUP Foundation

Education

Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University | MBA, 1981

The American University of Paris | BA, 1980

University of California at Los Angeles | 1975-1978

Chartered Financial Analyst

Paris, France & New York, New York

Current Roles

Trustee since 2015

Former roles

Chairman, President & CEO | Schlumberger

Non-Executive Chairman & Director | Rolls Royce Holdings

Director | Société Génerale

Trustee | Carnegie Institution for Science; The American University of Cairo

Education

Cambridge University | MA, 1960

Heriot-Watt University | DSc, 1999

McLean, Virginia

Current roles

Trustee since 2010 (AUP Board Vice Chair, 2017-2020)

Independent Director | Principal Financial Group & Principal Mutual Funds

Board Member | Yale University Art Gallery

Former roles

Adjunct Professor | The George Washington University

Board Member | Association of Governing Boards of Colleges & Universities

Chair of the Board & Trustee Emeritus | Grinnell College

Chair of the Board & Trustee | National Cathedral School

Education

Sorbonne / University of Paris |Diplôme d’études de la civilisation française, 1967

Yale University | BA, 1971; MSL, 1981; PhD, 1986

The American University, Washington DC | JD, 1989

Dallas, Texas

Current roles

Trustee since 2007

Director | Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc (NYSE:SHO)

Senior Advisor | Almanac Realty Investors

Senior Director | PREP Property Holdings; L3 Capital

Former roles

President & CEO | Glenborough LLC

President & CEO | Glenborough Realty Trust (NYSE:GLB)

Education

The American University of Paris | BA, 1980

Paris, France

CURRENT ROLES

Trustee since 2023

Partner | Sullivan & Cromwell

Board Member | Orianne Society

Former roles

Managing Partner | Sullivan & Cromwell, Tokyo

Managing Partner | Sullivan & Cromwell, Beijing

EDUCATION

Northeastern University School of Law | JD, 1993

McGill University | BA, 1987

Dallas, Texas

Current roles

Trustee since 2015

Partner | Glast Phillips & Murray

Former roles

Managing Partner | Burdette & Rice

Partner | Capelle & Burdette

Education

The American University of Paris | 1970

The University of Texas at Austin | BA, 1974

Southern Methodist University School of Law | JD, 1981

Meredith, New Hampshire

Current roles

Trustee since 2021

Freelance Writer

Owner and CEO | YTTM

Partner | JSR Capital, Inc.

Board Member | Friends of Grayton; Deer Lake State Parks

Former roles

Senior Vice President | Target Capital Management

Board Member | Cultural Arts Alliance; 34557 Corporation

Treasurer & Board Member | Redfish Lane Association

Co-Organizer, North American Alumni Association | The American College in Paris

Education

The American University of Paris | 1980

Temple University | BA, 1983

New York, New York

Current roles

Trustee since 2021

President & Board Member | American Friends of the National Portrait Gallery

Executive Committee & Board Member | Mark Morris Dance Group; French American Cultural Exchange

Advisory Board Member | Center for Public Research and Leadership, Columbia Law School

Former roles

Immigration Lawyer | pro bono, The Legal Aid Society

Managing Director | JP Morgan

Associate | Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton

Board of Visitors | Columbia College

Alumna Trustee | School Year Abroad

Education

Wellesley College | BA, 1979

Harvard Law School | JD cum laude, 1985

Green Cove Springs, Florida & Paris, France

Current Roles

Trustee since 2009

Board Trustee | Photography Collections Preservation Project

Board Member | Aquidneck Land Trust; St. Stephen's School, Rome

Former roles

Attorney | Consolidated Edison of New York

Trustee Emerita | Newport Art Museum

Education

Manhattanville College | BA, 1971

St. John’s University School of Law | JD, 1975

Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany

Current roles

Trustee since 2020

Partner | Sullivan & Cromwell

Who’s Who Legal | Chambers Europe & Chambers Global

IFLR 1000 | Ranking

Education

University of Toronto | BA, 1983

Cornell University | PhD, 1990

Columbia Law School | JD, 1995

Lauenen, Switzerland

Current Roles

Trustee since 2014

Co-Founder | Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art, Geneva

Co-Founder & Board Member | Fondation pour Genève

Board Member | The Klosters Forum

Former roles

Representative | Salzburg Festival, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Reporter | Centre de Presse Monaco

Education

The American University of Paris | BA, 1986

International University of Monaco | MBA, 1995

Washington, DC & Paris, France

Current Roles

Trustee since 1984

Airlie Professor of Media & Public Affairs | The George Washington University

Chair of the Board | Le Centre pour les Études de Communications Internationales (CECI)

Former roles

CEO | International Herald Tribune

President, 1995-1997 | The American University of Paris

Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur

Education

Northwestern University | BA, 1962

Harvard University | MA, 1963; PhD, 1968

Assé-le-Boisne, France

Current roles

Trustee since 2015

Board Member | Thrive Networks; Occidental College; Phillips Exeter Academy

Co-Sponsor of SEEDS | an educational philanthropy program in Central Vietnam aiding 2,300 high school and college students

Former roles

Founder & President | Home Decorators Collection / Home Depot Direct

Chair of the Board & Manager | Swarthmore College

Education

Swarthmore College | BA, 1972

Harvard Business School | MBA, 1976

New York City

CURRENT ROLES

Trustee since 2023

Host | Ground Control Parenting

Co-host | Lost Women of Science Podcast

Vice Chair | Studio Museum in Harlem

Board Member | Stanford Law School; Common Sense Media Education Advisory Board

FORMER ROLES

Board Member | University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences; Collegiate School for Boys in New York City; Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation; Harlem School of the Arts

EDUCATION

Stanford Law School | JD, 1983

University of Pennsylvania | BA, 1980

Fort Worth, Texas

Current roles

Trustee since 2021

Corporate Consultant-Mining | SRK Mineral Industry Services

Former roles

President/VP | Lawrence Behr Wireless Communications; iPass

Senior Director | Nextel Communications

VP Technology | Wired Business

VP Business Development | One, Inc. Systems Integration

Principal/Director | Incepta; PrimeCo PCS (Verizon); US West

Faculty Lecturer & Consultant | Colorado School of Mines

Education

Colorado School of Mines | PhD, 1989

Technische Universität Berlin | Diplom-Ingenieur, Bergbau 1982

The American University of Paris | 1966-1968

New York, New York

Current roles

Trustee since 2010

International Educational Consultant

President | French Heritage Language Program

Vice Chair | Center for the Advancement of Languages, Education & Communities

Board Member | FACE Foundation; Interschool Orchestras of New York; Pianofest; School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences

Former roles

Professor of English & History | Lycée Français NY

Associate Professor of English | Long Island University

Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur

Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques

Education

Swarthmore College | BA, 1973

Hunter College | MA, 1980

New York University | PhD, 2018

Berlin, Germany 

Current roles

Trustee since 2020

Marketing Lead, Europe Middle East Africa (EMEA) | Facebook Germany

Former roles

Marketing & Communications Director | CytoSorbents Europe

Brand Strategist & Manager | Etsy Germany

Marketing Manager | German Red Cross; alfabet AG; The Coca-Cola Company

Conference Producer | Institute for International Research, London

Education

The American University of Paris | BA, 1994

European University, Munich | MBA, 1999

Malibu, California

Current roles

Trustee since 2018

Former roles

President & CEO | Xura, Inc; Hypercom Corporation; Oberthur Card Systems

Education

École Nationale Supérieure de Pétroles et des Mateurs | MS, 1982

Sorbonne / Institut d’Administration des Entreprises | MBA, 1988

UCLA Anderson School of Management | Executive Program, 1993

Professor Stephens previously served as President of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. She holds a doctorate in French from the University of Cambridge, a master’s degree in French studies from the Université de Montréal and a bachelor’s in modern and medieval languages from the University of Cambridge. Her research into 19th century French literature and its relation to visual culture has received international acclaim, and she is the author of Baudelaire’s Prose Poems: The Practice and Politics of Irony.