Board of Trustees

Dr. Mary A. Papazian is a seasoned higher education leader with over 35 years of experience as a professor, provost and president. She was appointed to the APUS Board of Trustees in June 2024.

Lieutenant General Lori E. Reynolds (Retired – U.S. Marine Corps) currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees, and she has been a Board member since June 2022.

Lieutenant General David D. Halverson (U.S. Army, Ret.) serves as the Chairman and CEO of Cypress International Inc. in Alexandria, Virginia. In this role, he leads the company in providing National Security advisory services to government and industry clients.

Javier Miyares is a highly respected academic leader with over 45 years of experience in higher education, including 20 years driving innovation and change in online education. He has been an APUS Board of Trustee member since November 2021.    

Angela Selden was appointed CEO of APEI in September 2019. Ms. Selden brings more than 30 years of experience in technology and technology-enabled services.

Rich Statuto is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Premier, Inc. (NASDAQ:PINC) and serves on the Compensation and Nominating & Governance committees. Previously, he served as Chairman of the Board when the company went public in May 2013 until August 2019.

An independent executive coach and organizational consultant, Frank Ball works extensively with leaders and their teams to build leadership capacity within their organizations.  He has specialized in working with executives in new organizations and those re-tooling themselves to meet new challenges since 1995.

Dr. Wallace E. Boston was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of APUS and its parent company, American Public Education, Inc., in July 2004.

Lieutenant Colonel James H. Herhusky (US Army, Retired) was an integral part of the American Public University System for more than seventeen years, beginning in 1995 as American Military University’s first Chief Operations Officer.

Dr. Katy E. Marre is professor emerita and former associate vice president at the University of Dayton. Her distinguished academic experience includes developing, coordinating, organizing, and reviewing programs and proposals dealing with issues within graduate studies and research.

Dr. Zatz was Acting President from November 2021 through August 2022. Dr. Zatz was appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2004 and has also served previously as the chairwoman for 10 prior years, up until 2018. During this time, she has chaired the Academic and Student Affairs Committee, and was the University’s representative to the Compensation Committee of American Public Education Inc.