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- MA in Diplomacy and International Law
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- The Center for Critical Democracy Studies
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- The George and Irina Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention
- The Joy and Edward Frieman Environmental Science Center
- The Center for Media, Communication & Global Change
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- About AUP
- History of AUP
- Mission & Core Values
- Vision and Leadership
- AUP Recognition
- Alumni Success
- Campus Development
- Arts at AUP
- Policies & Guidelines
- Academics
- Undergraduate
- Graduate Programs
- MA in Diplomacy and International Law
- MA in Global Communications
- MSc in Human Rights and Data Science
- MA in International Affairs
- MA in International Affairs, Conflict Resolution, and Civil Society Development
- MSc in International Management
- MSc in Strategic Brand Management
- Find Your Thesis Advisor
- Previous Programs
- Cultural Program
- Faculty
- Summer School
- Research Centers
- The Center for Critical Democracy Studies
- The Center for Writers and Translators
- The George and Irina Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention
- The Joy and Edward Frieman Environmental Science Center
- The Center for Media, Communication & Global Change
- Departments
- Academic Resources
- Academic Affairs
- Academic Calendar
- Academic Resource Center
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- Registrar's Office
- Teaching and Learning Center
- Employer Network
- Accessibility & Accommodation Services
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Board of Trustees
The Role of the Board of Trustees
The University’s Board of Trustees sets policy and direction, and performs the crucial governance function of oversight. The Board exercises fiduciary responsibility for AUP and sets the course for the University’s long-term development. It exercises oversight over budget and finance; the University’s buildings and grounds and its investments; academic rigor and annual program- and unit-level assessment; accreditation; admissions; and advancement. The members of the Board gather in France three times a year to discuss matters of long-term planning and university finances. The Board regularly engages the university community through its standing committees, and the alumni community through participation at annual and special events. The Board plays a central role in fundraising, spearheading advancement, and supporting the president. Feel free to contact the Board for more information.
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
Bad Hamburg 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
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
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
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 College in Paris | BA, 1980
University of California at Los Angeles | 1975-1978
Chartered Financial Analyst
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
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
Hillsborough, California
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
Elliott Burdette
Dallas, Texas
Current roles
Trustee since 2015
Partner | Glast Phillips & Murray
Former roles
Managing Partner | Burdette & Rice
Partner | Capelle & Burdette
Education
The University of Texas at Austin | BA, 1974
The American University of Paris | 1970
Southern Methodist University School of Law | JD, 1981
New York City & Phoenix, Arizona
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
Paris, France & Malibu, California
Current roles
Trustee since 2020
CEO, MD, Owner | byBC Ventures & Admirable Family Vineyards
Board Member | Women of the Vine & Spirits & WOTVS Foundation; IMPAK Finance; UBS-La Maison de Gestion
"20 Most Inspiring Women Leaders 2022" (awarded by The Women Leaders Magazine) Award Recipient
Former roles
CEO & MD | Champagne Gosset & Cognac Frapin
Board Member & Manager | Groupe Renaud-Cointreau
Board Member | Le Cordon Bleu
Chevalier de l’Ordre du Mérite Agricole
Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur
Education
Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas | MA, 1984
Institut Supérieur de Gestion | MA, 1988
Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management | MBA, 1986
Institut Supérieur de Gestion | MA, 1988
Université de Bordeaux, ISIPCA, INSEAD
New York City
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
Green Cove Springs, Florida & Paris, France
Current Roles
Trustee since 2009
Chair of the Board & Trustee | Photography Collections Preservation Project
Board Member | St. Stephen’s School, Rome
Former roles
Attorney | Consolidated Edison of New York
Chair of the Board, President & Trustee | 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
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
Raymond F. Henze III
Greenwich, Connecticut
Current roles
Trustee since 2007 (AUP Board Chairman 2014-2020)
Former roles
Chairman | Global Private Equity & Real Estate, Trust Company of the West
President | Pacific Holding Corporation; Flexi-Van Corporation
Chairman of the Board & Trustee Emeritus | Williams College
Education
Williams College | BA, 1974
Williams College | Honorary Doctor of Laws
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
Orlando, Florida & 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
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 College in Paris | 1966-1968
Jane Ross
New York City
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
Craig Stapleton
Greenwich, Connecticut
Current roles
Trustee since 2014
Senior Advisor | Stone Point Capital
Partner | St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Club
Director | Vivino
Trustee | National September 11 Memorial & Museum; National Medal of Honor Museum; World War I Commission
Board Member | United Way Tocqueville Foundation
Former roles
United States Ambassador to France
United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic
Commandeur de la Légion d’Honneur
Education
Harvard College | BA, 1967
Harvard Business School | MBA, 1970
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
Trustees Emeriti
Jacques Setton '66
AUP Board Service 1977 – 2001
Judith Hermanson Ogilvie '65
AUP Board Service 1999 – 2014
Didier Pineau-Valencienne
AUP Board Service 1983 – 2003
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
In Memoriam
Burton D. Reinfrank, Jr.
AUP Board Service 1962 – 19XX
Olivier Giscard d’Estaing
AUP Board Service 1971 – 2001
Arthur Hartman
AUP Board Service 1979 – 2001
Joseph Iseman
AUP Board Service 1988 – 2001
Flora Lewis,
AUP Board Service 1996 – 2001
George Thiel
AUP Board Service 1998 – 2002
John Mullins
David McGovern
AUP Board Service 1980 – 2020
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.