The Board of Trustees is AUK's governing body. The Board's terms of reference are outlined in the AUK By-Laws. The self-perpetuating and self-governing Board, currently composed of 16 members, regularly meets twice a year on the Salmiya campus in Kuwait.
   
Shaikha Dana Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
Founder and Chair, Board of Trustees, American University of Kuwait
Chair, United Education Company
Executive Manager, Al-Futooh Investment Company
Board Member, KIPCO Asset Management Company
 
Mr. Meshal Ali
Co-Founder and Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, American University of Kuwait
CEO, National Offset Company
 
Mr. Wael Abdul-Ghafoor
Co-Founder, American University of Kuwait
Chair, American School of Kuwait
 
Mr. Faisal Al-Ayyar
Vice Chairman, KIPCO (Holding)
 
Mr. Jassem Al-Mousa
Vice Chair, Kuwait Financial Center
 
The Honorable Nabeela Al-Mulla
Honorary Trustee
Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the Kingdom of Belgium
Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Head of Mission of the State of Kuwait to the European Communities.
 
Jawad Behbehani, DMD, D.M.Sc.OB, FICD
Honorary Trustee
Dean, Faculty of Dentistry, Kuwait University

Thomas Bartlett, Ph.D.
Former President, Colgate University and American University of Cairo
Former Chancellor, Alabama, Oregon and New York State
University Systems Member, Board of Trustees, American University of Cairo  

 
Ms. May Y. Ben-Essa
General Manager, Omer Bey Stores, Kuwait
General Manager, Al-Bayan Bilingual School, Kuwait
 
Ameenah Rajab Farhan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University
 
Ms. Ann Kerr-Adams
UCLA Coordinator, Visiting Fulbright Scholar Program, Southern California
Member, Board of Trustees, American University of Beirut
 
Mr. Samer Khanachet
Chief Operating Officer, KIPCO (Holding)
 
Walid E. Moubarak, Ph.D.
Member, Lebanese President�s Steering Committee on National Dialogue
Director, Institute of Diplomacy and Conflict Transformation Lebanese American University
 
Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Ph.D.
Honorary Trustee
General Director, Kuwait Foundation for Advancement of Science (KFAS)
Former Acting Secretary General of OPEC
 
Tim Sullivan, Ph.D.
Professor and Provost Emeritus, The American University in Cairo
Interim President, 2010, the American University of Kuwait .

Winfred L. Thompson, Ph.D.
President, (ex officio)
American University of Kuwait