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Board of Directors

The Board, which meets quarterly, establishes the policies of AURA, approves its budget, elects members of the Management Councils, and appoints the President, the Center Directors, and other principal officers. The Board of Directors is responsible to the Member Representatives for the effective management of AURA and the achievement of its purposes.

Dr. Bruce Carney  (Chair)
Arts & Sciences Dean's Office, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dr. Frederic Chaffee
University of North Carolina

Dr. Peter Gilman
High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Dr. Elizabeth Hoffman
Iowa State University

Dr. Jeffrey Kuhn
Institute for Astronomy/University of Hawaii

Dr. Daniel Larson
Eberly College of Science, Pennsylvania State University

Dr. Malcolm Longair
Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge

Dr. John Peoples Jr.
Fermilab

Dr. Mark Phillips
Las Campanas Observatory, Carnegie Observatories

Dr. Caty Pilachowski (Vice Chair)
Astronomy Department, Indiana University

Dr. Maria Teresa Ruiz
Departamento de Astronomia, Universidad de Chile

Prof. Penny Sackett
Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, The Australian National University

Dr. Robert Shelton
Office of the President, University of Arizona

Dr. Michael Shull
Dept. Of Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado

Dr. William Smith (ex officio)
AURA

Dr. Paula Szkody
Astronomy Department, University of Washington

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