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- Summer School
- Research Centers
- The Center for Critical Democracy Studies
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- Research Projects
- Fellows’ Publications
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- Curriculum
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- Visiting Scholars
- CCDS Highlights
- Atelier de Théorie Politique – Paris
- Critical Theory 101: Future Directions and New Challenges
- Martti Koskenniemi on “The Law of International Society: A Road not Taken”
- Academic Freedom Symposium
- Tocqueville Colloque 2023
- Violent Turns Conference
- Degenerations of Democracy
- DEMOS21 Inaugural Event
- What Demos for the 21st Century?
- The Paris Centennial Conference
- Justice Stephen Breyer
- Civic Jazz - The Launch of the Center
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Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees
Doris Daughney | Chair, AUP Board and Executive Committee
Doris Daughney
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
Achim Klüber ’77 | AUP Board Vice Chair & Executive Committee
Achim Klüber
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
Barbara Reno | AUP Board Secretary & Executive Committee
Barbara Reno
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
John E. Klein | AUP Board Treasurer & Executive Committee
John E. Klein
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
Richard G. Asthalter | AUP Executive Committee
Richard G. Asthalter
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
Martin Avidan '80
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
Euan Baird
Euan Baird
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
Elizabeth Ballantine
Elizabeth Ballantine
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
Andrew Batinovich '80
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
Garth W. Bray
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
Elliott Burdette ’70
Elliott Burdette
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
Melanie Cissone '80
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
Margaret Conklin
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
Sandra Craig | AUP Parent Class of 1996
Sandra Craig
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
Krystian Czerniecki
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
Christina de Labouchere ’86
Christina de Labouchere
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
Lee Huebner
Lee Huebner
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
Giles Kemp
Giles Kemp
Palm Beach, Florida and Assé-le-Boisne, France
Current roles
Trustee since 2015
Board Member | Thrive Networks; Occidental College; Phillips Exeter Academy; Society of the Four Arts
Trustee Emeritus | Occidental College; Swarthmore College
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
Carol Sutton Lewis
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
Silver Miller '68
Fort Worth, Texas
Current roles
Trustee since 2021
Corporate Consultant-Mining | SRK Mineral Industry Services
Former roles
VP | Lawrence Behr Wireless Communicationss
VP Technology | Wired Business
Director | PrimeCo PCS (Verizon); US West
Associate Professor | 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
Jane Ross
Jane Ross
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
Jacqueline Routier '94
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
Philippe Tartavull
Philippe Tartavull
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
Sonya Stephens, AUP President, ex officio
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.
Trustees Emeriti
Jacques Setton '66
AUP Board Service 1977 – 2001
Judith Hermanson Ogilvie '65
AUP Board Service 1999 – 2014
Lizbeth Schiff '66
AUP Board Service 1986 – 2010
Rita Fredricks Salzman
AUP Board Service 1993 – 2014
Paul Slawson
AUP Board Service 1994 – 2010
Gretchen Handwerger
AUP Board Service 1995 – 2014
Jean Goebel Rather
AUP Board Service 1996 – 2001
Mel Croner
AUP Board Service 1996 – 2004
Willem Peppler
AUP Board Service 1996 – 2000
Hélène Ploix
AUP Board Service 1996 – 2002
Corinne Mentzelopoulos
AUP Board Service 2009 – 2021
Hon. Craig Stapleton
AUP Board Service 2014 – 2023
Raymond F. Henze III
AUP Board Service 2007 – 2024
In Memoriam
John Mullins
AUP Board Service 1965 – 2001
Burton D. Reinfrank, Jr. (1922 – 2016)
AUP Board Service 1962 – 1985
Olivier Giscard d’Estaing (1927 – 2021)
AUP Board Service 1971 – 2001
Hon. Arthur Hartman (1926 – 2015)
AUP Board Service 1979 – 2001
Joseph S. Iseman (1916 – 2006)
AUP Board Service 1988 – 2001
Flora Lewis (1922 – 2002)
AUP Board Service 1996 – 2001
George Thiel
AUP Board Service 1998 – 2002
David McGovern (1928 – 2020)
AUP Board Service 1980 – 2020
Didier Pineau-Valencienne (1931 – 2024)
AUP Board Service 1983 – 2003
BOARD OF TRUSTEES COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION
Statement by the Board of Trustees, Adopted July 17, 2020
The Board of Trustees of The American University of Paris (AUP) is committed to building and sustaining a diverse, equitable and inclusive community.
Our distinctive strength is in our multinational student body, representing more than 100 nationalities and speaking more than 60 languages. With a strong and ongoing commitment to racial diversity, equity and inclusion, we will develop braver explorers, deeper thinkers, greater innovators, stronger communicators, and more compassionate collaborators.
We acknowledge that this objective requires a concentrated effort by all – the faculty, the administration and the board, in behalf of all students – to assure implementation of a broad range of ongoing initiatives and actions that impact campus climate; faculty, student and board recruitment; curriculum content; and student life.
This will foster an environment in which AUP students develop the skills to be empathetic and courageous global citizens who are well equipped to advocate for a more just world.
In particular, we challenge ourselves to assure a dynamic environment in which people of all colors, backgrounds and perspectives learn together and from each other. As AUP educates current and future students, we believe they should be free to learn and develop in the absence of overt or subtle racism.
AUP’s nearly 60-year history is rooted in the core value of social justice. We honor these roots and, accordingly, align our actions, values and mission to ensure a better future for us all.
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PARIS ©