Board of Trustees

Palm Beach, Florida and Assé-le-Boisne, France

Current roles

AUP Executive Committee & Chair

Trustee since 2015

Board Member | Thrive Networks; Occidental College; Phillips Exeter Academy; Society of the Four Arts

Swarthmore 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

Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany

Current roles

AUP Vice Chair & Executive Committee

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

Greenwich, Connecticut

Current roles

Trustee since 2021

Independent Financial Services ConsultanT

Former roles

Managing Director | NATIXIS (Groupe BPCE)

Portfolio Manager | CGA Investment Management

Senior Corporate Banker | Credit Lyonnais

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

Bedford, NY and New York, NY

Current roles

Trustee since 2025

Board member and President | Friends of HEC, Inc.

Former roles

Head of School | Taipei American School; Lycée Français de New York 

Trustee and Vice Chair | Lycée Français de New York; Trinity School, New York

Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur 

Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques

Education

École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) | MSc, 1981 

NonProfit Board Governance | Harvard Kennedy School, 2016

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

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

Washington DC Metro Area

Current roles

AUP Trustee since 2025 

Lecturer in Law | Stanford Law School 

Executive Committee | Supreme Court Historical Society

Former roles

Assistant Solicitor General; Deputy Assistant Attorney General | US Dept of Justice 

Partner & Practice Group Leader | Covington & Burling; Morrison & Foerster 

Public Defender 

Law Clerk | Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun

Education 

Université de Bordeaux

Institut d’Études Politiques de Bordeaux

University of California, Berkeley | BA, 1980

Yale Law School | JD, 1985

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

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

Greater Miami Area

Current roles

AUP Trustee since 2025

Senior Advisor

Corporate Finance Advisory | Investor

Former roles                                      

Managing Director | JPMorgan Chase; Merrill Lynch

Education

American University of Paris | AA, 1979

UCLA | BA, 1981

NYU Stern School | MBA, 1985

New York City, NY

Current roles

Trustee since 2025 

Independent Artist and Board member | Sutton Place Parks Conservancy

Former roles

Trustee | Noguchi Museum; New York Studio School; Nightingale-Bamford School; Deerfield Academy, Miss Porter’s School 

Board member and President | One Sutton Place South 

Co-Founder | Bipolar Family Treatment Center 

Chair | Partnership with Children

Education

Miss Porter’s School | 1976 

Smith College | BA, 1980 

New York Studio School | Certificate, 2015

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

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

Paris, France

Trustee ex officio since 2022

Former roles

President | Mount Holyoke College

Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty | Mount Holyoke College

Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education | Indiana University Bloomington

Education

University of Cambridge | PhD French, 1990

Université de Montréal | MA French Studies, 1987

University of Cambridge | BA Modern and Medieval Languages, 1986

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

Bethesda, Maryland

Current roles

Trustee since 2025 

President Emeritus | Hamilton College 

President-in-Residence | Harvard Graduate School of Education 

Trustee | Association of Governing Boards (AGB), St. John’s College

Former roles                                     

Dean | University of Minnesota Law School 

Vice Provost & Professor | International Relations, Cornell Law School 

Director | Office of Multilateral and Humanitarian Affairs, National Security Council 

Co-Managing Partner | Reichler & Soble, Washington, DC

Education

Princeton University | BA, 1976 

Yale University | MA, 1978 

Yale Law School | JD, 1982