Tenth Biannual Board of Trustees Meeting

The Board of Trustees of the American University of Kuwait met early on Saturday and Sunday the 5th and 6th of December 2009 on the AUK Campus in Salmiya. The Board met to discuss several pressing issues, including the new Presidential Search, program accreditation, end of year academic divisions and departmental reports as well as the Dartmouth-AUK Report.

Official Trustee engagements began early Saturday morning with academic planning and program development, for the new academic year, while reviewing end of the year reports from academic divisions and departments.

On Sunday, December 6, the meeting commenced with the President's State of the University report, followed by the Presidential Search Process, where the Board was updated on the developments taking place in the search. The Board then discussed the logistics of the construction of the new AUK campus in Ardhiya.

Following the Board meeting, AUK President Dr. Marina Tolmacheva was honored by the Chair of the Board of Trustees in a lunch with all faculty and staff. This will be President Marina's last month at AUK and the Chair of the Board, Shaikha Dana Nasser Al-Sabah gave a brief speech in honoring the President's commitment and hard work during her tenure. 

The Board of Trustees of the American University of Kuwait consists of the following members:

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, Kuwait Projects Company (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 Union

Jawad Behbehani, DMD, D.M.Sc.OB, FICD
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 in Cairo

Ms. May Y. Ben-Essa
General Manager, Omer Bey Stores, Kuwait
General Manager, Al-Bayan Bilingual School, Kuwait

Ameenah Rajab Farhan, Ph.D.
Vice Dean of Research, 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, Kuwait Projects Company (Holding)

Walid E. Moubarak, PhD
Member of the Lebanese President's Steering Committee on National Dialogue
Assistant Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences
Director, Institute of Diplomacy and conflict Transformation
Lebanese American University

Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Ph.D.
Advisor, Office of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs-State of Kuwait
Former Acting Secretary General of OPEC

Marina Tolmacheva, Ph.D.
President 
American University of Kuwait
  

Shaikha Dana Nasser Al-Sabah with Dr. Marina Tolmacheva
  

A view of the audience