Distinguished for their professional accomplishments in the areas of business, law, education, philanthropy and scholarship, AUC’s board members are all volunteers who dedicate their time and resources to supporting the university. Primarily Egyptians, Saudi Arabians and Americans, the trustees do not receive a salary and provide their own financial support to the university. AUC trustees usually meet three times a year, twice in New York and once in Cairo.

Officers

Mr. B. Boyd Hight, Chair 
Mr. Moataz Al Alfi, Vice Chair
Dr. Barbara Brown, Treasurer
Dr. Farhad Kazemi, Secretary
Ms. Mary Corrarino, VP / Executive Secretary

Trustees

Mr. Mohammad Abughazaleh (elected in 2007) has been Chairman and CEO of Del Monte Fresh Produce Company since 1996 when the Abughazaleh family acquired the company and took it public in 1997 on the New York Stock Exchange. With 37,000 employees and customers in approximately 100 countries, the company farms over 100,000 acres in 12 countries, including Chile, Costa Rica, Uruguay, the Philippines, South Africa, Kenya, and Guatemala. It is one of the leading producers, marketers and distributors of high quality fresh fruits and vegetables, juices, beverages, snacks and desserts in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Mr. Abughazaleh was previously President and Chief Executive Officer of IAT Group Inc.; President and Chief Executive Officer of United Trading Company; and General Manager for Metico (Dubai) and for Metico (Kuwait). He is a graduate of AUC, having earned his B.A. degree in Economics.

Mr. J. Dinsmore Adams, Jr. (elected in 1991) is a partner with the law firm of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP in New York, where he is co-chairman of the firm's personal clients group.  He worked for Webster & Sheffield for 20 years, where his practice included litigation, civil rights, estate and tax planning, representation of educational and other tax-exempt organizations, and civil rights.  A graduate of University of Pennsylvania Law School and Harvard University, he is a former president and executive committee chairman of the Harvard Club of New York City, a former director of the African Medical & Research Foundation, Inc., and a former trustee of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, the Adirondack Museum, Concern for Dying, and the Riverdale Yacht Club.  He currently serves as a trustee of the Lincoln Center Institute and several charitable trusts and private foundations.

Mr. Moataz Al-Alfi (elected in 1997) is chief executive officer of EK Holding Co. (EKH), the largest private equity and venture capital Company in Egypt with a market cap US$ 3 Billion. EKH focuses on strategic sectors such as utilities, infrastructure, energy, petrochemical industries, refinery, oil exploration and production, gas distribution, selected manufacturing industries and insurance. He is also the Chairman of Americana Group (Egypt), sister company of Kuwait Food Company (major owner: Mr. Nasser Al Kharafi), the largest food company in the Middle East operating in 12 countries with a turnover of US$ 1.5 billion. Through the Al Alfi Foundation for Human Resources and Social Development, Mr. Al-Alfi is highly active on the public, social and philanthropic fronts and is a member of several non-profit NGOs serving the development of human resources, education, and job creation. He assumes several leadership roles including founder and vice chairman of Future Generation Foundation (FGF), board member of the Social Fund for Development (SFD), and member of the Board of Trustees of the National Institute of Management in association with the Ministry of State for Administrative Development (MIFE). In addition, Mr. Al-Alfi founded and assumes leadership roles in the Committee of Pathways to Higher Education (Egypt), the Arab Union for Small Enterprises, the Lead Foundation, and the Egyptian Franchise Development Association (EFDA).

Ms. Basma Alireza (elected in 2009) is currently a director of Rezayat Investment Company, Blossom Mother and Child, and The Al-Madad Foundation.Alireza.  She earned her master’s degree in politics and economics from Oxford University and her Juris Doctorate from Georgetown Law Center at Georgetown University.  Ms. Alireza is currently the vice president of corporate affairs, Rezayat Europe Ltd, which is a diversified international enterprise based in Saudi Arabia.  Rezayat owns and operates a wide array of businesses focused on energy and services including marine and port terminal operation, heavy pipe construction, power plant design and construction, catering and life support, and trucking, in addition to managing a global financial portfolio.

Mr. David D. Arnold (ex officio) became president of AUC on September 1, 2003.  Prior to joining AUC, Mr. Arnold was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the New York-based Institute of International Education (IIE), the world’s largest non-profit educational exchange organization. He has also held senior positions with the Ford Foundation, notably as the Foundation’s Representative in New Delhi, where he was responsible for overseeing Ford’s programs in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Mr. Arnold was the Foundation’s first program officer responsible for efforts to encourage government innovations and improve democratic practices in the U.S.  He was also responsible for coordinating the Foundation’s Governance and Public Policy Programs in developing countries, including East and Central Europe and the former Soviet Union.  He has held senior positions with the National Governors’ Association and the Northeastern Governors Policy Research Center in Washington, D.C.  Mr. Arnold holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Michigan State University and a B.A. in History and Political Science from the University of Michigan.

Dr. Ziad Ahmed Bahaa-Eldin (elected in 2008) is a Legal Advisor and member of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Egypt, the Capital Market Authority and the National Bank of Egypt, and the Chairman of the Upper Egypt Investment Company. He is the former Chairman of the Egyptian General Authority for Investment and Free Zones, a government organization responsible for the promotion of investment, free zones management, and business climate policy advocacy and is currently its non-executive Chairman of the Board of Trustees. From 2000 to 2004, he was a practicing Lawyer. From 1997 – 2000 Dr. Bahaa-Eldin was senior legal advisor to the Minister of Economy.  He is the founder and member of the Board of Directors of the Ahmed Bahaa-Eldin Cultural Foundation which promotes education, training, and creative thinking among Egyptian youth.  Dr. Bahaa-Eldin received his Ph.D. in Banking Law from the London School of Economics, a Master in International Business (LLM) from King’s College in London, a BA in Economics from the American University in Cairo and his Bachelor of Law from Cairo University.  Dr. Bahaa-El has been a Lecturer at Cairo University and at the Arab Academy for Science and Technology.

Mr. Paul H. Bartlett (elected in 2001) is a partner at Rho Ventures and focuses on investments in information technologies and the web.  He was previously a business executive in the technology industry, formerly COO & CFO of Critical Path.  Before that, he was the CEO at Quintus Corporation until the company was acquired by AVAYA in 2001.  He also served as President and Director of Hall Kinion & Associates, a $200 million publicly traded IT services and recruiting company for the Internet.  Mr. Bartlett has been a general partner at The Sprout Venture Capital Group where he focused on technology start-ups, buy-outs and divisional spin-offs, and an associate at the investment banking firm of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.  Mr. Bartlett earned his B.A. in economics from Princeton University in 1982, and his M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1987.  His business background includes broad exposure to technology, information systems development and related management issues.

Mr. Richard A. Bartlett (elected in 2003) is managing director of Resources Holdings, Ltd., a merchant banking firm in New York City. Prior to joining that firm in 1984, he served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun, and prior to that, as a law clerk on the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia.  Mr. Bartlett received his J.D. from Yale Law School and his B.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.  He is a council member of the Brookings Institution, and serves on the board of U.S. Airways Group, Inc., and several private companies.

Dr. Eva Bellin (elected in 2007) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Hunter College at the City University of New York. Her fields of specialization are Comparative Politics, Politics of the Middle East and North Africa, Democratization, Political Economy of Development, and Religion and Politics. Named in April 2006 as a Carnegie Corporation Scholar in Islamic Studies, Dr. Bellin was described by the Corporation as one of the most outstanding scholars in the United States today in the study of the politics of the Middle East. Her current work focuses on the role of the courts in Egypt and Pakistan, among other subjects. Dr. Bellin has taught at Harvard University and the Paul H. Nitze School of International Studies at The Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C. She received her B.A. from Harvard and her Ph.D. from Princeton University.

Mr. James D. Bond (elected in 1998) is the vice president of Collins & Company in Arlington, Virginia, specializing in trade, foreign affairs, and appropriations issues.  He joined the firm in 1997 after serving for nearly 26 years on the staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, including several years as staff director of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee.  In this capacity, he had appropriations and oversight responsibilities for the full range of U.S. economic and military assistance programs.  He has also been the minority staff director of five other Appropriations Subcommittees:  Agriculture, Interior, Energy and Water, HUD, Space and Science, and the District of Columbia.  He has served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, teaching a course on the Congressional budget process.  He served in the 101st Airborne Division in the Vietnam War, during which he was awarded the Bronze Star and the Combat Infantryman’s Badge.  He serves on the board of Vietnam Assistance for the Handicapped, based in Arlington, Virginia, and the Tewaaraton Award Foundation based in Washington, DC.  He holds a B.A. degree from Marquette University.

Dr. Barbara Brown (elected in 1993) is the treasurer of the board. She is assistant professor of anatomy in orthopaedic surgery at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine where she teaches human gross anatomy.  She received her B.A. from Connecticut College and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Kent State University.  She also taught human gross anatomy at The Johns Hopkins University and Ohio University and was a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Anthropology at Yale University.  Dr. Brown’s specialty is human origins research.  She has been involved in paleontological fieldwork in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Pakistan for over two decades.

Mr. Richard Cashin (elected in 2001) is Managing Partner of One Equity Partners, the private equity investment unit of J. P. Morgan Chase, which  manages  $4.5  billion of J. P. Morgan’s private equity capital.  He has also been president of Citicorp Venture Capital.  Mr. Cashin grew up in Africa and Asia, where his parents served in diplomatic posts.  He has been especially active in support of disadvantaged students and athletics.  He currently serves on the Boards of Titan International and The New York City Investment  Fund.   He  is a Trustee of the Boys Club of New York, National Rowing   Foundation  (Chairman),  Jazz  at  Lincoln  Center,  Central  Park Conservancy,  and  The  Brooklyn Museum.  He has also been on the boards of Phillips  Academy  and International Preschools.  He received both his B.A. in  East  Asian  studies and his M.B.A. from Harvard University.  He was a member of the 1976 and 1980 Olympic rowing teams, and was World Champion in 1974.

Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei (elected in 2007) is the Director General Emeritus of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Dr. ElBaradei and the IAEA were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes. He previously was a senior staff member of the IAEA Secretariat. Dr. ElBaradei began his career in the Egyptian diplomatic service in 1964, serving in the permanent missions of Egypt to the United Nations in New York and Geneva. Later he became a special assistant to the Foreign Minister of Egypt, serving on many presidential and ministerial delegations. In 1980 ElBaradei joined the UN as a senior fellow of the International Law Program at the UN Institute for Training and Research. From 1981 to 1987 he was also an Adjunct Professor of International Law at New York University School of Law. Dr. ElBaradei has received multiple awards for his work as a public servant and an advocate of tolerance, humanity and freedom. His honorary degrees include one awarded by AUC. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Cairo, and a Doctorate in International Law from the New York University School of Law.

Mr. C. Stedman Garber, Jr. (elected in 2000) retired in 2003 from his position as president and chief executive officer of GlobalSantaFe Corporation.  He joined Santa Fe International Corporation in 1984, and served in various positions in the company, including chief executive officer, president and chief operating officer, and senior vice president for strategic planning.  He has also been president of Santa Fe Minerals, Inc., a former subsidiary of the company.  Mr. Garber holds a B.S. in engineering from the United States Naval Academy.  After five years in the navy, he received an M.B.A. in finance from UCLA.  He served in a number of management positions with Getty Oil Company. 

Mr. Peter A.D. Giblin (elected in 1993) is a graduate of Yale University and Columbia University School of Law, and was a Fulbright scholar in Venezuela. He has spent the majority of his career, which includes law and banking, as a management consultant focusing on human resource issues. He established the European operations of Russell Reynolds Associates in London and subsequently opened their offices in Paris and Madrid. He is currently chairman of The Giblin Company, a London-based management-consulting firm. He is the former chairman of Republicans Abroad for Europe and Africa, a former president of the Yale Club of London, and a member of the advisory board of the Columbia London Institute. He is a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Management at the Cass Business School, City University, London, and a member of various associations and clubs in the U.S. and Europe.

Mr. B. Boyd Hight (elected in 1987) is chair of the board. He retired as a partner in the Los Angeles law firm of O'Melveny & Myers. He received his B.A. from Duke University; his law degree from Yale University, where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal; and a diploma in comparative law from the University of Stockholm. From 1979 to 1981 he served as deputy assistant secretary for transportation and telecommunications at the U.S. Department of State. He was the executive vice president, general counsel and a director at Santa Fe International Corporation in Alhambra, California from 1985 to 1989. Mr. Hight is an overseer of The Huntington Library, a trustee of the Autry Western Heritage Museum, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Pacific Council on International Policy.  He is past president of the board of Planned Parenthood-World Population, Los Angeles. 

Ms. Katherine Nouri Hughes (elected 1996) is a writer. After completing a Masters Degree in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University, she lived in Cairo and worked at AUC. She was later a vice-president at Robinson, Lake, Lerer & Montgomery in New York and for 12 years vice-president for communications at the Milken Family Foundation in Los Angeles. She continues to serve as special consultant to its president. She serves on the national finance board of the Democratic National Committee, the boards of the Women's Leadership Forum, the Milken Family Foundation and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Advisory Council of Princeton University's Near Eastern Studies Department, and the Advisory Board of Cambridge College. She serves on the national finance boards of both Democratic National Committee and the Obama Victory Fund.  She lives in Princeton with her husband, Robert Del Tufo, former state attorney general (NJ) and United States Attorney (NJ).

Dr. Mohamed (Mo) Ibrahim (elected in 2006) is a global expert in mobile communications with a distinguished academic and business career. In 2006 he set up the Mo Ibrahim Foundation to support great African leadership. The Foundation focuses on two major new initiatives to stimulate debate around, and improve the quality of, governance in Africa. The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership recognises and celebrates excellence; and the Ibrahim Index of African Governance provides civil society with a comprehensive and quantifiable tool to hold governments to account.
Dr Ibrahim is also founding chairman of Satya Capital, an investment company focused on opportunities in Africa. Sudanese by birth, Dr Ibrahim is the founder and former chairman of Celtel International, one of Africa’s most successful companies. The company now operates in 15 African countries, covering more than a third of the continent’s population. The company has invested more than US$ 750 million in Africa, helping to bring the benefits of mobile communications to millions of people across the continent. In 2005, Celtel International was sold to MTC Kuwait for $3.4 billion, making it one of Africa’s most successful commercial ventures. In 2007, Dr Ibrahim was awarded the GSM Association Chairman’s Award, the telecommunication industry's highest accolade, for "helping the world to hear Africa's voice".  In 2008, Dr Ibrahim was presented with the BNP Paribas Prize for Philanthropy and listed by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He has also been awarded the Economist’s Innovation award for Social and Economic Innovation, and been presented with a number of honorary doctorates.

Mr. Abdallah S. Jum’ah (elected in 2001) is the former president and chief executive officer of Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabian Oil Company.  He studied at AUC before attending the American University of Beirut, from which he holds a B.A. in political science.  He has also completed the Management Development Program at Harvard University.  He is a member of Saudi Aramco’s board of directors and has served on the boards of several of Saudi Aramco’s subsidiaries and joint ventures.  Mr. Jum’ah is a member of the Saudi Arabian Supreme Council for Petroleum and Mineral Affairs and has served on the boards of various company subsidiaries and affiliates, including Aramco Services Company (USA), Saudi Refining, Inc. (USA), Saudi Petroleum International, Inc. (USA), Motiva Enterprises (USA), S-Oil Corporation (Korea), Petron Corporation (Philippines) and Motor Oil (Hellas) Corinth Refineries S.A. (Greece). In January 2005, he was appointed energy community leader for 2005 by the World Economic Forum.

Mr. Robert W. Kasten Jr. (1994) is president of Kasten & Co., an international banking and consulting firm. He is also chairman and founder of the Legislative Studies Institute, and senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Mr. Kasten was elected to the United States Senate in 1980, where he represented the State of Wisconsin from 1981-1993.  He served on the Senate Appropriations Committee, where he was chairman of the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations; the Senate Budget Committee; and the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee.  He also served in the House of Representatives from 1975-79. Mr. Kasten’s service in Congress was marked by leadership in international affairs and business issues.  He was appointed to the President's Export Council in 1985 by Ronald Reagan. He was named secretary of the Republican Conference in 1990 and served as the co-chairman of the National Republican Party Platform Committee.  He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona and his M.B.A. in finance from Columbia University. 

Dr. Farhad Kazemi (elected in 1997) is secretary of the board.  He is a professor of politics and Middle Eastern studies at New York University. He holds an M.A. from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.  A specialist in comparative, international, and Middle Eastern politics, he has been acting dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science at NYU, as well as chairman of the Department of Politics, director of the Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, and Vice Provost for Global Affairs. He has served as president of the Middle East Studies Association of North America and of the Society for Iranian Studies. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and has been a trustee of several academic institutions and a consultant to the U.S. government.  He has written numerous books and scholarly articles, including Poverty and Revolution in Iran, and Peasants and Politics in the Modern Middle East. He has taught at the University of Michigan and has been a visiting professor at Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Oxford.

Ambassador Daniel C. Kurtzer (2009) served as U.S. Ambassador to Egypt from 1997 to 2001. He is presently the S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Middle East Policy Studies at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.  During 29 years of public service, Ambassador Kurtzer held a number of senior policy and diplomatic positions. In addition to serving as U.S. ambassador in Egypt, he also served as U.S. Ambassador to Israel, deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs, and principal deputy assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research. Throughout his career, Ambassador Kurtzer was intimately involved in Middle East peace negotiations and the formulation of US policy in the Middle East.

Mr. Bruce L. Ludwig (elected in 1992) is chairman of Ludwig & Company, a real estate consulting firm in Los Angeles concentrating on the Middle East.  He attended Glendale College and received a business degree from California State University. Mr. Ludwig and his wife, Carolyn, have been the principal benefactors of the AUC Valley of the Kings project and the Giza Plateau Mapping Project in Egypt. He was the initial sponsor in a joint effort by the American Research Center in Egypt and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to showcase Egyptian artifacts in U.S. museums. He is a trustee of the Urban Land Institute, the International Council of Shopping Centers, and the American Research Center in Egypt. He is an elected member of the Explorers Club, the Royal Geographic Society and the Egyptian Exploration Society of England, the Oriental Institute, and numerous other philanthropic and research organizations in the Middle East and Africa. Carolyn has publishing a large format photographic book, jointly with AUC Press, on the Churches, Monasteries, and Shrines of Egypt, and is currently doing a book on the Religious Heritage of Old Cairo.

Ms. Elizabeth (Lisa) Nitze (elected in 2006) has spent most of her career in non-profit management, planning and consulting.  She is presently Vice-President, Ashoka Global Business Social Bridge Programs. Working with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, she developed a plan to maximize the social benefits derived from Doris Duke’s New Jersey estate’s combined assets. As Executive Director of The New Jersey Governor’s Commission on the Preservation and Use of Ellis Island, she developed a restoration and reuse plan for the Island.  Also under the Whitman Administration, Ms. Nitze created Prosperity New Jersey, a statewide public/private partnership that developed collaborative strategies and plans for improving the New Jersey economy. During the 1994 World Cup Soccer Games in New Jersey she advised Governor Whitman on cross-cultural protocol issues.  While Executive Director of the World Trade Center Baltimore and World Trade Center Institute, Ms. Nitze represented the State of Maryland abroad, attracting foreign investments to Maryland and assisting companies in the State in getting their products into foreign markets.  Ms. Nitze has also taught at the International College, located on the campus of American University in Beirut. She holds a BA in International Relations from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Stanford.

Dr. Robert A. Oden, Jr. (elected in 1990) is president of Carleton College.  He was president of Kenyon College from 1995-2002, and headmaster of the Hotchkiss School from 1989-95.  Dr. Oden holds a B.A. from Harvard College and advanced degrees from the Harvard Divinity School and from the University of Cambridge, where he was a Marshall scholar.  His Ph.D. in Near Eastern languages and literature is from Harvard University.  He was a professor in the Department of Religion at Dartmouth College, where he received Dartmouth’s first Distinguished Teaching Award.  He is the author of seven books, including The Bible Without Theology, and scores of scholarly articles, as well as a number of articles on fly-fishing.  His chief research interests are in ancient Near East languages and history, and comparative religion.  In 1989, he was selected to be among the first of The Teaching Company’s “Superstar Teachers,” and he has taped several series of lectures for them on comparative religion and the Old Testament.

Ms. Dina Habib Powell (elected in 2007) is Managing Director and Global Head of Corporate Engagement at Goldman Sachs & Co., which she joined in 2007. She serves as the firm’s principal liaison to NGOs, philanthropic and other nonprofit service organizations. In 2005 Ms. Powell was named Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs and Deputy Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. She had previously served as Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel, a senior staff position at the White House; as director of congressional affairs for the Republican National Committee; and as a staff member of former US House Majority Leader Dick Armey. Ms. Powell is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a young global leader at the World Economic Forum. She was born in Cairo, Egypt and is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. Her mother, Hoda Soliman, is a graduate of the American University in Cairo.

Dr. William B. Quandt (elected in 1992) is the Edward R. Stettinius Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia.  He was formerly a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.  He has his B.A. from Stanford University and received his Ph.D. from M.I.T. Dr. Quandt was a staff member of the National Security Council during the Nixon and Carter administrations. He served as President Carter's chief Middle East aide and was a member of the U.S. delegation to the 1978 Camp David summit.  He is the author of several books on the Arab-Israeli Conflict, Algeria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. His latest publication is entitled Peace Process:  American Diplomacy Toward the Arab-Israeli Conflict Since 1967 (Brookings, 2005).  He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Middle East Studies Association and serves on the board of the Foundation for Middle East Peace.

Mr. Thomas E. Thomason (elected in 1996) is the Chief Executive Officer of the Egyptian Refining Company.  Previously he was Globeleq’s Vice President for the North Africa Region and Managing Director of Sidi Krir Generating Company, with overall management responsibility for the financial and operational performance of Sidi Krir Units 3&4, Egypt’s first privately owned and operated power plant.  Prior to joining Globeleq in 2004, Mr. Thomason was InterGen’s Vice President and Country Executive for Egypt, as well as the General Manager for Sidi Krir.  Before joining InterGen in 1998, Mr. Thomason was Bechtel’s Vice President and Senior Regional Executive for the Middle East located in Cairo.  Mr. Thomason’s previous positions with Bechtel included Chief Legal Counsel, Manager of Commercial Operations for Bechtel Construction, Manager of Contracts, and Manager of Bechtel’s Washington, D.C. Office.  Mr. Thomason received his B.A. and Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Texas at Austin.  Mr. Thomason has served on the Board of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt and is on the Board of the Bi-national Fulbright Commission.
 
Mr. John Elting Treat (elected in 1995) is CEO of Treat Management Company and Vice Chairman of Pinnacle Partners Systems.  Living in California, he is a retired but still active Partner of Booz Allen Hamilton. His career has included positions as Publisher of Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, as a Partner in Bear Stearns and Company, and as President of the New York Mercantile Exchange. He served in the White House as international energy advisor on the National Security Council staff under Presidents Carter and Reagan. He held senior positions in the U.S. Department of Energy, the Federal Energy Administration, a Presidential-Congressional Commission on foreign policy organization, the Department of State and the U.S. Senate. Mr. Treat was commissioned an officer in the U.S. Navy after receiving his B.A. from Princeton University and an M.A. from The Johns Hopkins University, both in international economics.  He serves on a number of corporate as well as on other non-profit boards, including the Yosemite National Institutes, the World Affairs Council of Northern California and the Business Development Initiative. Mr. Treat is also the author/editor of several books, including Energy Futures, Dinosaurs Can Fly, and The Encyclopedia of Energy.

Dr. Sadek Wahba (elected 2007) is Managing Director of Morgan Stanley.  He is currently Chief Investment Officer and Global Head of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners LP, a closed-end fund that invests in infrastructure assets globally. He previously was responsible for project and structured financings in Global Capital Markets. Since joining Morgan Stanley in 1998, he has focused on financing and advisory mandates for infrastructure projects in the transport, energy, utilities, and social infrastructure sectors. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Dr. Wahba held positions at Lehman Brothers where he focused on structured financings and served as an economist for the World Bank from 1990–1992. He is a graduate of Harvard University where he received his Ph.D. in Economics, the London School of Economics (LSE) where he obtained a M.Sc. in Economics and, The American University in Cairo where he graduated in 1987 with highest honors earning a B.A. in Economics and Computer Science. He has several publications in the field of economics, and is a frequent guest lecturer at New York University’s School of Public Administration and a regular consultant for Cambridge University Press in the field of financial economics.

Ambassador Frank G. Wisner (elected in 1997) is an International Affairs Advisory at Patton Boggs LLP.  Previously he served as Vice Chairman, External Affairs, at American International Group.  A career diplomat with the personal rank of Career Ambassador, he previously served as US Ambassador to India from 1994-1997. Additionally, he held the positions of Ambassador to Zambia (1979-82), Egypt (1986-91), and the Philippines (1991-92). Ambassador Wisner has served in a number of positions in the U.S. government, including Undersecretary of Defense for Policy (1993-94), Undersecretary of State for International Security Affairs (1992-93), Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (1982-86), and Deputy Executive Secretary of the Department of State (1977). During the course of his career, Ambassador Wisner served in the Middle East and South and East Asia.   He is a member of the Boards of Directors of EOG Resources and Ethan Allen, as well as the boards of numerous non-profit organizations. A native of New York, Mr. Wisner was educated at Princeton University. 

Dr. Ahmed Zewail (elected in 1999) is the Linus Pauling Chair Professor of Chemistry, professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and the Director of the Physical Biology Center.  He received the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.  He has received numerous other honors, including the Robert A. Welch Prize, Wolf Prize, King Faisal Prize, Benjamin Franklin Medal, Da Vinci Award, and the Albert Einstein World Award.  He has also received Egypt’s highest state honor, the Order of the Grand Collar of the Nile and postage stamps were issued to honor his contributions to science and humanity.  Dr. Zewail received his B.S. and M.S. from Alexandria University in Egypt, and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.  He holds some thirty Honorary Degrees in the sciences, arts, philosophy, law, medicine, and humane letters from around the globe.  Dr. Zewail is an elected member of international academies and societies, including the National Academy of Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy, Royal Society of London, European Academy, French Academy, Russian Academy, and the American Philosophical Society.  He serves on the Board of Directors and Trustees of universities, research institutions, and major corporations.


Professor Sheikha Abdulla Al-Misnad (elected in 2009), is a leading Qatari educator, and occupied numerous prestigious positions in teaching, administration and research before assuming the presidency of Qatar University in 2003.  Prior to that date, she served Qatar University as Vice President for Research and Community Development, Head of the Department of Foundations of Education, and as a member of the University Council. Professor Al-Misnad received her undergraduate training at Qatar University where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Education (1977), and subsequently a diploma in Education in 1978.  She then enrolled in doctoral studies at Durham University in the United Kingdom, where she was granted the title of Doctor of Philosophy in Education in 1984. Professor Al-Misnad became active in research pertaining to education in the Gulf area in general, and education pertaining to women in particular during her graduate studies at the University of Durham. Professor Al-Misnad's involvement in educational reform is not limited to her duties at Qatar University. For many years, she has played a key role in the reform of primary, secondary, and private education in Qatar.  The reform of publicly funded education in Qatar has been entrusted to the Supreme Education Council. This ambitious and massive reform project aims to establish progressive and modern independent schools that are privately operated but publicly funded. Professor Al-Misnad is considered one of the most active members of the Supreme Education Council overseeing this project.  At the international level, Professor Al-Misnad is a member of several prestigious bodies and delegations. She was a contributing member of the Steering Committee of the Symposium at the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education Applicability to the Arab States of the Gulf, held in Doha in 1999. Since June 2004, she has been a selected member of the United Nations University Council (UNU). Professor Al-Misnad’s long and illustrious record in education has gained her a wide and esteemed reputation not only in Qatar, but also in the Arab Gulf region and international arenas.  In January 2008 she was awarded an honorary doctorate in Civil Law by Durham University in recognition of her outstanding achievements in the field of education.

Advisory Trustees 

Dr. Esmat Abdel Meguid
Dr. Alexander Aldrich
Mr. Gordon M. Anderson
Dr. Nabil Elaraby
Mr. Theodore S. Bacon Jr.
Dr. Thomas A. Bartlett
Mr. Miner D. Crary Jr. 
Mr. Paul I. Corddry
Mrs. Mary Cross
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Driscoll
Mr. Paul B. Hannon
Mr. John R. Hayes 
Dr. Elias Hebeka
Mr. Lawrence H. Hyde 
Mrs. Suad Al-Husseini Juffali
Dr. Ibrahim Kamel
Mr. Weldon D. Kruger
Mr. Troland Link
Mr. Richard M. Morrow
Mrs. Louise W. Moore Pine
Dr. William Rugh
Ambassador Samir S. Shihabi
Dr. William K. Simpson
Mr. John A. Urquhart