Honorary Chairpersons
Hon. Esther Coopersmith
Former US Representative to UN
Susan J. Blumenthal, MD, M.P.A.
Rear Admiral & Clinical Professor
Georgetown Univ. Medical Center
Ernest M. Barsamian, MD, FACS
Emeritus Professor Harvard Univ.
Retired Faculty Dean of HMS
AAWC Founders & Co-Presidents
Rita Balian, BA, Hon. Ph.D.
AACA President and AAWC Founder
Hranush Hakobian, Ph.D.
Armenia’s Minister of Diaspora
AAWC Co-Founder & Co-President
AACA Board of Directors
Rita Balian, President and CEO
Maria Princi, Vice President
Sandra Goshgarian, Secretary
Marie Balian, Treasurer
Louisa Baghdasarian, Activities
Anahid Ghazarian, Finances
Andrea Noravian, Investments
Kim Tomsen*
Doris George
*Wive of former US Ambs. to Armenia