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Board Members

Hagob Panossian

Hagop Panossian

President

Doctorate in engineering from the UCLA
Hagop Panossian (Ph.D.) was a Technical Fellow at Boeing (Retired) and a past Fellow of the Advancement in Engineering and the AIAA. He has been awarded the Engineer of the Year and the President's Award from Rocketdyne and the Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Armenian Engineers & Scientists of America (AESA), the organization he founded in 1983.
Armen Kocharian

Armen Kocharian

Vice President

D. Sc., Ph.D., Physics
Armen Kocharian (D. Sc.) is professor of Physics & Astronomy California State University, Los Angeles. Since 2009 he serves as Director and Scientific consultant for the Nanomaterials & Nanoclusters Inc., Granada Hills, CA.
Sargis Sedrakyan

Sargis Sedrakyan

Treasurer

Ph.D., Treasurer, Regenerative Medicine
He is a Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Saban Research Institute Investigator and Assistant Professor of Urology at University of Southern California. Sargis received his undergraduate degree in Biology...
Hasmig Baran

Hasmig Baran

Secretary

Ph.D., BS, MA, Education
Hasmig Baran, Ed.D., is an accomplished educator and academic leader with a Doctorate in Educational Psychology from USC. She holds an MA in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from CSUN, and a BS from the American University of Beirut.

Angineh Zohrabian

Ph.D
Angineh Zohrabian, Ph.D., is a Managing Consultant at Energy and Environmental Economics (E3), specializing in resource portfolio planning, decarbonization policy analysis, and the integration of emerging technologies such as hydrogen and long-duration energy storage into future electricity systems.

Ani Shabazian

Ph.D., B.A., History and Psychology
Ani Shabazian, Ph.D., B.A., History and Psychology, UCLA; M.A. Human Development and Psychology, Harvard University, 2ed M.A. UCLA, PhD, Urban Schooling. Ani has served on the faculty...

Armine Lulejian

Ed.D., MPH, CHES, Public Health & Services
Armine Lulejian Ed.D., is serving as Program Director for the Avetis Health Informatics Training program in Armenia. Dr. Lulejian is Senior Director of Educational Initiatives for the USC MESH Academy...
Artin Petrossians

Artin Petrossians

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering
Artin Petrossians, Ph.D. from the Mork Family Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, USC. He is principal investigator, co-founder and chief technology officer at Platinum Group Coatings, LLC...

Carineh Ghafafian

Ph.D
Carineh Ghafafian, Ph.D., Technical University of Berlin (TUB), is a Composites Engineer at Saerte. In TUB she has worked in material, mechanical, and aerospace engineering on sustainable composite applications, including wind energy and hydrogen storage solutions.

Hrair Balian

Ph.D
Hrair Balian is a seasoned peacebuilding and conflict resolution practitioner with over three decades of international experience in negotiation, mediation, and diplomacy across the Balkans, Caucasus, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.

Hriar Cabayan

Ph.D
Dr. Hriar Cabayan is a Visiting Scientist at the Lawrence Livermore Lab since 1977. In 1997 he joined the Joint Staff (Pentagon) and managed a program on operational planning. Hriar received the Joint Meritorious Civilian Service Award from the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff in 2007 and in 2019.
Lorig Panossian

Lorig Panossian

M.D., Neurologist
Lorig Panossian, M.D. is a Neurologist and Section Chief of Sleep Medicine at the Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center of Northern California. Dr. Panossian received a B.S. in Neuroscience from UCLA and an M.D. from UCSF.

Maggie Sarkuni

B.S
Maggie Sarkuni has a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of California, Los Angeles with additional coursework in Electrical Engineering. Over a distinguished career spanning more than three decades, she held key engineering and management roles at TRW, NGST, AEG, International Rectifier, and PHI (MACOM).

Mikael Matossian

M.S, B.S
Mikael Matossian is an Energy Sector Manager at Tetra Tech, where he designs, delivers and evaluates clean energy programs for public and private partners worldwide. He was previously based in Armenia, where he served as deputy project manager and technical lead for a U.S. Government-funded energy security project that advanced institutional reform, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and emergency preparedness across the country.
Naira Campbell-Kyureghyan

Naira Campbell-Kyureghyan

Ph.D., Engineering, Biomechanics
Naira Campbell-Kyureghyan is C. Judson King Endowed Visiting Professor, Zaven & Sonia Akian College of Science and Engineering, American University of Armenia (AUA). She is an internationally renowned expert in musculoskeletal biomechanics, ergonomics, and human-centred design.

Nazaret A. Dermendjian

Ph.D., P.E
Dr. Nazaret A. Dermendjian, Ph.D., P.E., is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Construction Management at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), where he has served in various leadership and teaching roles since 1992, including Department Chair (2010–2023) and current Professor in the Faculty Early Retirement Program.

Paul Narguizian

Ed.D., Biological Sciences
Paul Narguizian, Ed.D., is a Professor of Biological Sciences and Science Education at California State University, Los Angeles. His research examines how information processing, energy flows, and increasing complexity shape biological systems, with a focus on integrating these concepts into undergraduate biology curricula.

Sarina Tounian

M.S.
Sarina Tounian is a Senior Sustainability Consultant with many years of experience leading transformative environmental initiatives across nonprofit, public, corporate, and startup sectors. She has developed city decarbonization strategies, advanced circular economy programs, strengthened ESG performance, and built sustainability frameworks adopted by hundreds of organizations.

Shant Mahserejian

Ph.D
Dr. Shant Mahserejian, PhD in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, University of Notre Dame. He is an interdisciplinary researcher whose work bridges computational sciences, such as mathematics, statistics, and machine learning, with applied fields including biology, materials science, and economics to address complex challenges at the intersection of research and policy.

Shant Shekherdimian

M.D., Public Health
Shant Shekherdimian was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. His educational background includes a medical degree from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a Masters in Public Health with an emphasis on global health from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Vahan Martirosian

Ph.D. Medical Biology
He is a post-doctoral scholar at the USC Brain Tumor Center. He received his B.S. in Biology from the UC Irvine, with the Excellence in Research distinction for studying the therapeutic benefits of stem...

Executive Committee in Armenia

Dikran Babikian

Dikran Babikian

Exec. Director, Armenia Ph.D. Technology, Healthcare
He earned his Mechanical Engineering degree from Damascus University in 1979 and moved to the United States to pursue advanced studies in engineering. He completed a master’s degree in Fluid Mechanics and...

Sevag Abadian

Board Member

Ph. D
Dr. Sevag Abadian is a researcher in the field of photonics and optical engineering, with a particular focus on integrated and nano-scale photonic systems. His work has contributed to areas such as plasmonics, silicon-based photonics, and bio-photonics, where optical technologies are applied to sensing and biomedical detection. 

Vahan Zanoyan

MS
Vahan Zanoyan is a writer, traveler, retired executive, and anti-trafficking advocate. He has published two volumes of poetry in Armenian; and four novels in English.