Leadership and Governance
Leadership Team
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Thomas Cangiano, Head of School
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Joelle Yacoub, Deputy Head of School / Curriculum and World Languages Coordinator
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Joseph Campana, High School Principal
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Douglas Bourget, Middle School Principal
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Jessica Brown, Elementary School Principal
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Sawsan Yaseen, Early Childhood Principal
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Rania El Chaar, Lower School Assistant Principal
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Maya Mouhaidly, Director of Development and Alumni
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Martin Mugharbil, Athletics and Activities Director
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Joseph Ojeil, Director of Admissions
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Ziad El Hdary, Director of Facilities and Operations
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Johnny Tanas, Business Manager
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Rashad Bittar, Director of Technology
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Jocelyne Diab Bitar, Human Resources Manager
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Mony Kfoury, Head of School Executive Assistant
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Hasan Al-Masri, Director of Academic Operations and Digital Learning
Board of Trustees
Nina Joukowsky Köprülü '79 | Chair
Salwa Siniora Baassiri | Vice Chair
Karam M. Atallah, P'14 | Treasurer
Blanche G. Mansfield | Secretary
Danny Aoun, P'20, P'23
Melinda Held Brunger '69
Omar Christidis '00
Hamilton Clark
William Crays '56
Nizar Dalloul, P'14, P'17, P'30
Karim Fallaha, P'28, P'29, P'30, P'37
Fawzi E. Farah, P'05, P'09, P'13
Carolyn Hussong Grinstein '62
Elizabeth R. Hilpman '77
Yassine Jaber, P'03, P'06, P'10
Quinn McClean '78
Mohammad Safadi, P'99
Fidaa Chehayeb Wahab, P'13, P'17
Trustees Emeriti
Abdul Hamid Hallab, P'83, P'88, P'11
Barbara A. Porter '71
John Waterbury
Eric Widmer
Ex-Officio
Thomas M. Cangiano | Head of School
Gina Kano '73 | President of the AA / ACS BOG
Parents Committee
The American Community School Parents Committee [PC], officiated by ministry decree in 12 December 1981, is a voluntary parent body holding advisory capacity whose members are elected by ACS parents every three years. The current PC is composed of 13 members representing the four sections of the school: Pre-School, Elementary, Middle, and High School.
The PC’s primary task is to act as an effective interface between parents and the Head of School in a supportive and positive manner. The members of the PC address school wide issues of general concern. The proceedings of the PC, as well as all its activities, fall under, and are guided by, the ACS mission statement, which emphasizes the importance of fostering an environment conducive to the development of well-rounded, responsible, and effective citizens.
The PC holds regular monthly meetings with the Head of School to raise and discuss general issues or specific concerns and queries. The Head of School updates the PC periodically and whenever it is necessary about new initiatives and educational advancements at the school. Members of the PC are divided into multiple task forces to work on specific initiatives in support of and in collaboration with the school administration. These include the medical task force, food safety and quality task force, events task force, among others.
The PC looks forward to hearing from ACS parents regarding any ideas, initiatives, concerns, queries, or thoughts. Please feel free to contact any member of the PC.
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Parents Committee Members
- Mina Al Ghraoui, P’27, P’29, P’33
- Dania Dandashli, P’32
- Malaki Khoury El Khayat, P’25 | Secretary
- Joanna El Majzoub, P’24, P’27 | President
- Nour Ismail Al Bazzaz Hachem, P’29, P’31
- Noura Maktabi Hamadeh, P’23, P’29, P’35
- Nour Fawaz Hejeij, P’27, P’29, P’34
- Heba Jammal, P’31, P’36
- Amin Kazzi, P’32
- Tala Makhlouf, P’24, P’27 | Finance Committee Member
- Diala Nouria, P’29, P’32
- Rami Rajeh, P’28, P’34 | Finance Committee Member
- Carla Huijer Shehadi, P’26, P’29 | Vice President
Roles and Responsibilities
The following are the main roles and responsibilities of the ACS Beirut PC:
- Developing a more extensive relationship between the school administration and the parent body at large.
- Reflecting and addressing the parents’ concerns with the school administration.
- Bringing awareness to the parents on school functioning and its philosophy as well as its educational system.
- Initiating and developing parents' ideas and coordinating these with the relevant administrative offices at the school.
- Providing feedback and comments from home on social, emotional, as well as educational issues facing the students.
- Helping to enrich students’ social and educational experience at ACS by engaging in and cheering combined activities between school, students and parents.
- Supporting fundraising events that provide new equipment and program initiation and promotion and allow the school to grow and advance in the accomplishment of its mission.
- Using technology on an interactive school website to help parents to stay in touch with the school and community.
- Helping to establish solid connections and avenues of communication with the community at large, giving the sense of shared goals and aspirations.
The PC does not have a role in the day to day running of the school, and does not deal with personal or individual complaints except as related to general issues of importance to the school.
Contact Us
The PC looks forward to hearing from ACS parents regarding any ideas, initiatives, concerns, queries, or thoughts. Please feel free to contact any member of the PC.