AUP Announces Doris Daughney as Chair of the Board of Trustees

First posted February 4, 2020

Daughney was elected in a unanimous vote of the University's 24-member governing board. She will take over from the outgoing Chair, Raymond F. Henze, III, as of May 2020.

PARIS, France – February 4, 2020 – The American University of Paris (AUP) announced today that Doris
Daughney has been elected to succeed Raymond F. Henze, III as Chair of the University’s 24-member Board ofnTrustees effective May 2020.

Mr. Henze says: “Doris Daughney’s committed service to the Board during her eight years of trusteeship will
ensure continuity of leadership over the University’s mission, that of providing a transformative, cross-cultural
and career-enhancing education to the global explorers who are our students. Elected unanimously by her trustee colleagues, Ms. Daughney brings extensive business, government and nonprofit experience to her new role.”

Mr. Henze will complete his sixth and final year as Chair at the end of the 2019–20 academic year, and will
remain on the Board as a trustee, continuing to contribute, as he has during his distinguished terms as Chair, to the University’s forward motion.

AUP’s president, Celeste Schenck, writes: “I believe that Doris Daughney will bring her indefatigable energy and vision, as well as considerable leadership experience, to her role as Board Chair. The University has benefited from her devotion and expertise in a range of areas over her eight years as a trustee. I am excited to work at her side as AUP transitions into the next chapter of its growth and development as a leading provider of American education in Europe.”

Doris Daughney, a graduate of the University of Toronto and the first Canadian to hold the position of Chair, lives between Canada and France. Doris Daughney looks forward to presiding over the articulation of AUP’s next strategic plan, 2020–25. She enthusiastically supports the institution’s educational approach: “AUP offers a 21stcentury education that prepares students to address the most pressing issues of our time. It provides a laboratory in which its students develop cultural intelligence and border-crossing skills, never more necessary than at the present moment.”