governance

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.
 Meeting Site


BOARD MEMBERS

Dr. Jonathan Bagger
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Harvey Butcher
Mt. Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories
Australian National University

Dr. Dan Clemens  (Chair)
Boston University

Dr. Alan Dressler
Carnegie Observatories
Carnegie Institution

Dr. Frederick Gilman
Department of Physics
Carnegie Mellon University

Dr. Richard Green
Large Binocular Telescope Observatory
University of Arizona

Dr. Guenther Hasinger
Institute for Astronomy
University of Hawaii

Dr. Timothy Heckman  (Vice Chair)
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Lynne Hillenbrand
Astronomy and Astrophysics
California Institute of Technology






Dr. Todd Hoeksema
W.W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory
Stanford University

Dr. Elizabeth Hoffman
Iowa State University

Dr. Charles Lada
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Dr. Mark Phillips
Las Campanas Observatory
Carnegie Observatories

Dr. Philip Pinto
Department of Astronomy
University of Arizona

Dr. Maria Teresa Ruiz
Departamento de Astronomia
Universidad de Chile

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

Dr. William Smith  (ex officio)
AURA President

Dr. Oskar von der Lühe
Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik