Marc N. Duber*

Chair of the Board; Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, The Bernstein Companies, Washington, DC

Gina F. Adams*

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

Janice Menke Abraham*

President & CEO, United Educators, Bethesda, MD

Gary M. Abramson*

Partner, The Tower Companies, North Bethesda, MD

Gaurdie Banister Jr.

President and CEO (retired), Aera Energy LLC, Houston, TX

Stephanie M. Bennett-Smith

President Emerita, Centenary College, Hackettstown, NJ

Jack C. Cassell*

President, Cassell Global Investments, Jupiter, FL

Pamela M. Deese*

Partner, Arent Fox PLLC, Washington, DC

Hani M.S. Farsi*

CEO, Corniche Group, Ltd., London, England

Thomas A. Gottschalk

Of Counsel, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Washington, DC

Mehdi Heravi*

Former professor and author, Washington, DC

Michael W. Kempner*

Founder & CEO, MWWPR, New York, NY

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

Charles H. Lydecker*

CEO, Foundation Risk Partners, Daytona Beach, FL

Maril Gagen MacDonald

CEO/Founder, Gagen MacDonald, Chicago, IL

Betsy A. Mangone*

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

Alan L. Meltzer*

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

Arthur J. Rothkopf

President Emeritus, Lafayette College

Peter L. Scher*

Chairman, Washington, D.C., region and Head of Corporate Responsibility, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Washington, DC

Jeffrey A. Sine*

Partner, The Raine Group LLC, New York, NY

The Honorable David Trone

US Representative, Maryland (6th District); Co-Owner, Total Wine & More, Bethesda, MD

Ex-officio Trustees

Reverend Greg Bergquist

General Secretary, General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, United Methodist Church, Nashville, TN

Reverend LaTrelle Easterling

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

Sylvia M. Burwell^

President, American University, Washington, DC

Faculty Trustees

Karen J. Baehler^

Chair of the Faculty Senate; Scholar in Residence, Department of Public Administration and Policy, School of Public Affairs, American University, Washington, DC

Elizabeth A. Worden^

Past Chair of the Faculty Senate; Associate Professor, School of Education, American University, Washington, DC

Student Trustee

Madison Dalton^*

BA in Interdisciplinary Studies (Communications, Law, Economics and Government, expected May 2021); minor in Education Studies, School of Public Affairs, American University

Student Trustee-Elect

Benjamin M. Holtzman^*

BA in International Studies (expected May 2022), School of International Service, American University

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

Updated January 2020