Gina F. Adams*

Chair of the Board; Senior Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs, FedEx Corporation, Washington, DC

Charles H. Lydecker*

Vice Chair of the Board; Chairman & CEO, Foundation Risk Partners, Ormond Beach, FL

Janice Menke Abraham*

Former President & CEO, United Educators, Bethesda, MD

Sally Amoruso

Chief Partner Officer, EAB, Washington, DC

Gaurdie Banister Jr.

Founder and CEO, Different Points of View, Houston, TX

Stephanie M. Bennett-Smith

President Emerita, Centenary College, Hackettstown, NJ

Wesley G. Bush

Former Chairman and CEO, Northrop Grumman Corporation, McLean, VA

Jack C. Cassell*

Chairman and CEO, Cassell Global Investments, Jupiter, FL

Pamela M. Deese*

Partner, ArentFox Schiff, Washington, DC

Marc N. Duber*

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, The Bernstein Companies, Washington, DC

Hani M.S. Farsi*

CEO, Corniche Group, Ltd., London, England

Victoria C. Harker*

Former Executive Vice President and CFO, TEGNA Inc., McLean, VA

Mehdi Heravi*

Former Professor and Author, Washington, DC

Michael W. Kempner*

Founder & CEO, MikeWorldWide, New York, NY

Amy V. Kothari*

Former President and CEO, My Alarm Center, Philadelphia, PA

Margery Kraus*

Founder & Executive Chairman, APCO Worldwide, Washington, DC

Gerald Bruce Lee*

Judge (retired), United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria, VA

Fernando Lewis Navarro*

Executive President, Grupo Mundial, Panama City, Panama

Betsy A. Mangone*

Vice President (retired), The Denver Foundation, Denver, CO

Alan L. Meltzer*

CEO & Founder, NFP | The Meltzer Group, Bethesda, MD

Korey Neal Sr.*

President, K. Neal Truck and Bus Center, Hyattsville, MD

Matthew S. Pittinsky*

CEO, Parchment, Scottsdale, AZ

Jeffrey A. Sine*

Partner and Co-Founder, The Raine Group LLC, New York, NY

Ex-officio Trustees

Jonathan R. Alger^

President, American University, Washington, DC

Reverend LaTrelle Easterling

Bishop, Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church, Washington, DC

Roland Fernandes

General Secretary, Global Ministries, UMCOR and General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, United Methodist Church, Atlanta, GA

Faculty Trustees

Jennifer Axe^

Chair, Faculty Senate; Senior Professorial Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, American University, Washington, DC

Thomas W. Merrill^

Past Chair, Faculty Senate; Associate Professor, Department of Government, School of Public Affairs, American University, Washington, DC

Student Trustee

Angela Chen^*

3L, Washington College of Law, American University

Student Trustee-Elect

TBD*

The Student Trustee-Elect attends meetings of the Board of Trustees as an observer and shadows the Student Trustee.

 

* Alumna/alumnus of American University
^ Non-voting trustee

Updated July 2024