Administration

Lawrence H. Pitts, MD

Chair, Board of Trustees, American University of Armenia Corporation; Chair, Board of Trustees, American University of Armenia Fund; Former Provost and Executive Vice President, Academic Affairs, University of California; Professor Emeritus, Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco

V. Ara Apkarian

Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine

Paul Agbabian

Vice President, Technology and Architecture, Splunk, a Cisco Company

Zaven (Paul) Akian

Chair-Elect, Board of Trustees, American University of Armenia Corporation; Chairman, Board of Directors, Integra Technologies; Chairman, Board of Directors, FluiDyne Fluid Power, Inc.

Suzy Missirian Antounian, Esq.

Consultant, Nonprofit sector

Fr. Mesrop Aramian

Priest, Armenian Apostolic Church; Co-founder & member of the Advisory Board, Ayb School; Co-founder & Director for Strategic Programs, Ayb Educational Foundation; Co-founder, Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology; Founder and Director, Vem Radio

Craig Avedisian, Esq.

Principal, Law Offices of Craig Avedisian, P.C.; New York MTA Transit Genius Challenge Winner, Subway Cars Category

Hovhannes Avoyan

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, PicsArt Inc.

George Blumenthal, PhD

Chancellor Emeritus, University of California, Santa Cruz; Professor Emeritus, Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz; Former Director, Center for Studies in Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley

Bruce Boghosian, PhD

President, The American University of Armenia; Professor, Department of Mathematics, Tufts University; Fellow of the American Physical Society; Foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia

Jean Manuel Bullukian

Founder, Ad Crescere

Paul Artin Boghossian, PhD

Julius Silver Professor of Philosophy; Director, Global Institute for Advanced Study, Co-Director, New York Institute of Philosophy, New York University; Member of the Board of Directors, Armenian Society of Fellows

Lusine Poghosyan, PhD

Professor of Nursing, Stone Foundation and Elise D. Fish, School of Nursing, Columbia University; Professor of Health Policy and Management University School of Nursing, Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; Executive Director, Center for Healthcare Delivery Research & Innovations (HDRI)

Yervant Demirjian

Private Investor

Armen Der Kiureghian, PhD

President Emeritus, American University of Armenia; Taisei Professor of Civil Engineering Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley

David Essayan, MD

Executive Vice President, ONCORD, Inc.

Adam A. Kablanian

High-Tech Executive, Entrepreneur, and Investor; Founder of Alexandrea Winery, Armenia

Vahe Kuzoyan

President & Co-Founder of ServiceTitan

Ann Karagozian, PhD

Director, The Promise Armenian Institute, UCLA; Distinguished Professor and Collins Aerospace Endowed Term Chair for Innovation, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California, Los Angeles

Lori Muncherian

President, New Spark Holdings, Inc.

Arda Nazerian Haratunian

Strategic Communications Advisor; Adjunct Professor, CUNY Queens College

Katherine S. Newman, PhD

UC System Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of California

Lena Sarkissian

Speech and Language Pathologist in Rehabilitation-Private Practice; Member of the Board of Directors, Armenian General Benevolent Union

Barbara A. Sawrey, PhD

Distinguished Teaching Professor of Chemistry Emerita, University of California, San Diego; Dean Emerita, Undergraduate Education, University of California, San Diego; Recent Commissioner 2017-2023, Western Senior College and University Commission

Berge Setrakian, Esq.

Partner, DLA Piper; Honorary President, Armenian General Benevolent Union

Sam Simonian

President, Armenian General Benevolent Union; Founder and Chair, Epygi Technologies, Ltd.; Former Chair, Inet Technologies, Inc.; Co-founder, Tumo Center for Creative Technologies

Sinan Sinanian

Chief Executive Officer, Sinanian Development

Vasken L. Yacoubian

Chief Executive Officer, Leon A. Yacoubian Contracting LLC; Member, AGBU Central Board of Directors

Lusine Yeghiazaryan

Chief Financial Officer, SADA Systems

Yervant Zorian, PhD

Fellow and Chief Architect, Synopsys; President of Synopsys Armenia; President of IEEE Test Technology Technical Council (TTTC); Founder and President of the AGBU Armenian Virtual College; Chairman, AGBU Silicon Valley; Member, AGBU Central Board of Trustees

Veronika Zonabend

Co-founder, Chair of the Board of Trustees UWC Dilijan (DISA Foundation)

Judson King, ScD

Former Chair, Board of Trustees, American University of Armenia Corporation; Provost and Senior Vice President Emeritus, University of California; Professor Emeritus, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley; Center for Studies in Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley

Jirair (Jerry) Turpanjian

President, New Spark Holdings Corporation; Chief Executive Officer, TF Educational Foundation

Yuri Sargsyan, PhD

Former Rector, State Engineering University of Armenia

Zhanna Andreasyan, PhD

Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of the Republic of Armenia, appointed by the Government of the Republic of Armenia