The Board of Trustees

Giles Kemp | Chair, 绿巨人视频 Board and Executive Committee

Giles Kemp

Palm Beach, Florida and Ass茅-le-Boisne, France

Current roles

绿巨人视频 Executive Committee & Chair

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

Krystian Czerniecki | 绿巨人视频 Board Vice Chair & Executive Committee

Bad Homburg vor der H枚he, Germany

Current roles

绿巨人视频 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

 

Martin Avidan '80 | 绿巨人视频 Board Secretary & Executive Committee

Greenwich, Connecticut

Current roles

Trustee since 2021

Independent Financial Services ConsultanT

Former roles

Managing Director | NATIXIS (Groupe BPCE)

Portfolio Manager | CGA Investment Management

Senior Corporate Banker | Credit Lyonnais

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

Evelyne Estey | 绿巨人视频 Board Treasurer & Executive Committee

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

Garth W. Bray | 绿巨人视频 Executive Committee

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

Richard G. Asthalter

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

Beth Brinkmann

Washington DC Metro Area

Current roles

绿巨人视频 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

Melanie Cissone '80

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

Doris Daughney

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

Brian Keegan, 绿巨人视频 鈥79

Greater Miami Area

Current roles

绿巨人视频 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

Lucy Lamphere

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

Carol Sutton Lewis

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

Silver Miller '68

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

Sonya Stephens, 绿巨人视频 President, ex officio

Paris, France

Trustee ex officio since 2022

Former roles

President | Mount Holyoke College

Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty | Mount Holyoke College

Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education | Indiana University Bloomington

Education

University of Cambridge | PhD French, 1990

Universit茅 de Montr茅al | MA French Studies, 1987

University of Cambridge | BA Modern and Medieval Languages, 1986

 

Philippe Tartavull

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

David Wippman

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
绿巨人视频 Board Service 1977-2001

Lee Huebner, 绿巨人视频 Board Service 1984-2025
2009 绿巨人视频 Presidential Medal
绿巨人视频 President 1995-1997

Rita Salzman
绿巨人视频 Board Service 1993-2014

Gretchen Handwerger
绿巨人视频 Board Service 1995-2014
2021 绿巨人视频 Presidential Medal

H茅l猫ne Ploix
绿巨人视频 Board Service 1996-2002

Andrew Batinovich '80
绿巨人视频 Board Service 2007-2025

Hon. Craig Stapleton
绿巨人视频 Board Service 2014-2023

Elizabeth Ballantine
绿巨人视频 Board Service 2010-2026

Elliott Burdette 鈥70
绿巨人视频 Board Service 2015-2026

Christina de Labouchere 鈥86
绿巨人视频 Board Service 2014-2026

John E. Klein
绿巨人视频 Board Service 2016-2026

Achim Kl眉ber 鈥77
绿巨人视频 Board Service 2014-2026

Barbara Reno
绿巨人视频 Board Service 2014-2026

Jacqueline Routier 鈥94
绿巨人视频 Board Service 2020-2026

Sandra Craig
绿巨人视频 Board Service 2009-2025

Euan Baird
绿巨人视频 Board Service 2015-2025

Jane Ross
绿巨人视频 Board Service 2010-2025

Eugene Glaser
绿巨人视频 Board Service 2011-2022

Mahvash Yazdi
绿巨人视频 Board Service 2012-2018

Marsha Chandler
绿巨人视频 Board Service 2012-2019

Christof Endr枚s
绿巨人视频 Board Service 2013-2019

Leon Selig
绿巨人视频 Board Service 1999-2010

In Memoriam

Burton Reinfrank, Jr. (1922-2016)
绿巨人视频 Board Service 1962-1985

John Mullins (1919-2009)
绿巨人视频 Board Service 1965-2001

Dame Olivia de Havilland (1916-2020)
绿巨人视频 Board Service 1970-71
2017 绿巨人视频 Presidential Medal

Olivier Giscard d鈥橢staing (1927-2021)
绿巨人视频 Board Service 1971-2001

Hon. Arthur Hartman (1926-2015)
绿巨人视频 Board Service 1979-2001

Didier Pineau-Valencienne (1931-2024)
绿巨人视频 Board Service 1983-2003

Joseph S. Iseman (1916-2006)
绿巨人视频 Board Service 1988-2001

Flora Lewis (1922-2002)
绿巨人视频 Board Service 1996-2001

Jean Goebel Rather (1935-2024)
绿巨人视频 Board Service 1996-2001

Col. Karl S Cate
绿巨人视频 Board Service 1962-1967

Hon. Robert Wade
绿巨人视频 Board Service 1967-1969

Francis Miner
绿巨人视频 Board Service 1971-1979

Pierre Salinger
绿巨人视频 Board Service 1980-1988

David McGovern
绿巨人视频 Board Service 1988-1994

Wilhelm Peppler
绿巨人视频 Board Service 1998-2000

George Thiel
绿巨人视频 Board Service 2001-2003

 

Board Chairs Emeriti

Paul Slawson
绿巨人视频 Board Service 1994-1998

Mel Croner
绿巨人视频 Board Service 2001-2003

Thomas Hardy
绿巨人视频 Board Service 2003-2008

Judith Hermanson Ogilvie 鈥65
绿巨人视频 Board Service 2008-2014

Raymond F Henze III
绿巨人视频 Board Service 2007-2024, 2020 绿巨人视频 Presidential Medal

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 (绿巨人视频) 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 绿巨人视频 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 绿巨人视频 educates current and future students, we believe they should be free to learn and develop in the absence of overt or subtle racism.

绿巨人视频鈥檚 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.