The Board of Trustees
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鈥檚 Arts Umbrella
Education
Wilfred Laurier University | BA
University of Toronto | MA
Bad Homburg vor der H枚he, Germany
Current roles
黑料网 Vice Chair & Executive Committee
Trustee since 2020
Partner | Sullivan & Cromwell
Who鈥檚 Who Legal | Chambers Europe & Chambers Global
IFLR 1000 | Ranking
Education
University of Toronto | BA, 1983
Cornell University | PhD, 1990
Columbia Law School | JD, 1995
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 L茅gion d鈥橦onneur
Education
Yale University | BA, 1968
University of Oxford | M Litt, 1968
Yale Law School | JD, 1971
Giles Kemp
Palm Beach, Florida and Ass茅-le-Boisne, France
Current roles
黑料网 Executive Committee & Chair-Elect
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
Achim Kl眉ber
Bad Homburg vor der H枚he, Germany
Current Roles
黑料网 Executive Committee
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
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
黑料网 Assistant Board Secretary | 黑料网 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
Elizabeth Ballantine
McLean, Virginia
Current roles
Trustee since 2010 (黑料网 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 Emerita | Grinnell College
Chair of the Board & Trustee | National Cathedral School
Education
Sorbonne / University of Paris |Dipl么me d鈥櫭﹖udes de la civilisation fran莽aise, 1967
Yale University | BA, 1971; MSL, 1981; PhD, 1986
The American University, Washington DC | JD, 1989
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
Washington DC Metro Area
Current roles
黑料网 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
Universit茅 de Bordeaux
Institut d鈥櫭塼udes Politiques de Bordeaux
University of California, Berkeley | BA, 1980
Yale Law School | JD, 1985
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
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
Evelyne Estey
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; Lyc茅e Fran莽ais de New York
Trustee and Vice Chair | Lyc茅e Fran莽ais de New York; Trinity School, New York
Chevalier de la L茅gion d鈥橦onneur
Chevalier de l鈥橭rdre des Palmes Acad茅miques
Education
脡cole des Hautes 脡tudes Commerciales (HEC) | MSc, 1981
NonProfit Board Governance | Harvard Kennedy School, 2016
Greater Miami Area
Current roles
黑料网 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
Christina de Labouchere
Lauenen, Switzerland
Current Roles
Trustee since 2014
Co-Founder | Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art, Geneva
Co-Founder & Board Member | Fondation pour Gen猫ve
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
Lucy Lamphere
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鈥檚 School
Board member and President | One Sutton Place South
Co-Founder | Bipolar Family Treatment Center
Chair | Partnership with Children
Education
Miss Porter鈥檚 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 Universit盲t Berlin | Diplom-Ingenieur, Bergbau 1982
The American University of Paris | 1966-1968
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
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鈥檚 degree in French studies from the Universit茅 de Montr茅al and a bachelor鈥檚 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鈥檚 Prose Poems: The Practice and Politics of Irony.
Philippe Tartavull
Malibu, California
Current roles
Trustee since 2018
Former roles
President & CEO | Xura, Inc; Hypercom Corporation; Oberthur Card Systems
Education
脡cole Nationale Sup茅rieure de P茅troles et des Mateurs | MS, 1982
Sorbonne / Institut d鈥橝dministration 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鈥檚 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
Trustees Emeriti
Jacques Setton 鈥66
黑料网 Board Service 1977-2001
Lee Huebner, 黑料网 Board Service 1984-2025
2009 黑料网 Presidential Medal
黑料网 President 1995-1997
Rita Salzman
黑料网 Board Service 1993-2014
Paul Slawson
黑料网 Board Service 1994-2010
Gretchen Handwerger
黑料网 Board Service 1995-2014
2021 黑料网 Presidential Medal
Willem Peppler
黑料网 Board Service 1996-2000
H茅l猫ne Ploix
黑料网 Board Service 1996-2002
Mel Croner
黑料网 Board Service 1996-2004
Judith Hermanson Ogilvie '65
黑料网 Board Service 1999-2014
Raymond F. Henze III
黑料网 Board Service 2007-2024
2020 黑料网 Presidential Medal
Andrew Batinovich '80
黑料网 Board Service 2007-2025
Hon. Craig Stapleton
黑料网 Board Service 2014-2023
In Memoriam
Burton Reinfrank, Jr. (1922-2016)
黑料网 Board Service 1962-1985
John Mullins (1919-2009)
黑料网 Board Service 1965-2001
Dame Olivia de Havilland (1916-2020)
黑料网 Board Service 1970-71
2017 黑料网 Presidential Medal
Olivier Giscard d鈥橢staing (1927-2021)
黑料网 Board Service 1971-2001
Hon. Arthur Hartman (1926-2015)
黑料网 Board Service 1979-2001
David McGovern (1928-2020)
黑料网 Board Service 1980-2020
2015 黑料网 Presidential Medal
Didier Pineau-Valencienne (1931-2024)
黑料网 Board Service 1983-2003
Joseph S. Iseman (1916-2006)
黑料网 Board Service 1988-2001
Flora Lewis (1922-2002)
黑料网 Board Service 1996-2001
Jean Goebel Rather (1935-2024)
黑料网 Board Service 1996-2001
George Thiel (1923-2020)
黑料网 Board Service 1998-2002
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 (黑料网) 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 鈥 the faculty, the administration and the board, in behalf of all students 鈥 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 黑料网 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 黑料网 educates current and future students, we believe they should be free to learn and develop in the absence of overt or subtle racism.
黑料网鈥檚 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.