AURA Committees
Kimberly Andrews Espy
Wayne State University
Caroline Garcia
University of Arizona
Gregory L. Geoffroy
Iowa State University
Elizabeth Hoffman (Vice Chair)
Iowa State University
Barbara Lam (ex officio)
AURA
Duc Ma
University of Arizona
Warren Madden (Chair)
Iowa State University
Jerome Oglesby
Ahead, Inc
The members of the AURA Board of Directors are ultimately responsible for the operation of AURA and the astronomical research Centers that it manages. The Board of Directors has and may exercise all of the powers of AURA and shall have charge, management, and control of the business and affairs of AURA. They approve (or delegate authority for approval of) AURA program plans, budget, and long-range plans, including those of the astronomical research Centers. They act as trustees for the mission of AURA, the efficient operation of the astronomical research Centers and the advancement of the astronomical sciences. As trustees, they bring to bear the perspectives of the astronomical community in general and of the university community in particular the Board’s oversight of the Centers. As individuals, the Board members work with the President and Corporate staff in dealing with the funding agencies and the AURA-managed Centers. As representatives of AURA at their home institutions, Board members gain understanding and support for the national centers among their colleagues and administrators.
Andrew Baker (Vice-Chair)
Rutgers University
Elizabeth Barton
Infiniscape Incorporated
Karen Bjorkman (Chair)
University of Toledo
Emily CoBabe-Ammann
SOC Chair
University of Colorado, Boulder
Kelle Cruz
NMOC Chair
City University of New York
Roger Davies
University of Oxford
Megan Donahue
Michigan State University
Brenna Flaugher
AMCR Chair
Fermilab
Leopoldo Infante
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Dan Jaffe
University of Texas
R. James McAteer
New Mexico State University
Matt Mountain (ex officio)
AURA
Sally Oey
University of Michigan
Jerome Oglesby
Ahead, Inc
David Reitze
LIGO Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Willie Rockward
STIC Chair
Morgan State University
Monica Rubio
Universidad de Chile
The AMCR provides oversight and advocacy for the management of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
Tulika Bose (Vice-Chair)
Univ Wisconsin Madison
Brenna Flaugher (Chair)
Fermilab
Matthew Graham
California Institute of Technology
Paulina Lira
University de Chile
Allison Lung
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Rachel Mandelbaum
Carnegie Mellon
Pat McCarthy (ex officio)
NSF’s NOIRLab
Joe McMullin
Square Kilometre Array Organisation
Matt Mountain (ex officio)
AURA
Vivian O’Dell
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Connie Rockosi
University of California Santa Cruz
Michael Wood-Vasey
University of Pittsburgh
The NMOC and each of its members are trustees and advocates to the AURA Board for the mission of NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory. The NMOC provides stewardship and management oversight of NSF’s NOIRLab and gives support and advice to AURA on important policy and management matters.
JoAnn Browning
University of Texas at San Antonio
Kelle Cruz (Chair)
Hunter College
Sean Dougherty
Atacama Large Millimeter Array
Jeff Kern
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Sarah Lipscy
Ball Aerospace
Jennifer Marshall
Texas A&M University
Matt Mountain (ex officio)
AURA
Elizabeth Sexton-Kennedy
Fermilab
Lisa Storrie-Lombardi (Vice-Chair)
Las Cumbres Observatory
David Shoemaker
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ezequiel Treister
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Doug Welch
McMaster University
Felipe Barrientos
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Joan Burkepile
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Mayra Montrose
L3Harris Technologies
Joe Shields
Large Binocular Telescope Observatory
Sarah Tuttle
University of Washington
Nicolle Zellner
Albion College
Michael Zwick (Chair)
Rutgers
The SOC provides oversight for the National Solar Observatory (NSO).
Sarbani Basu
Yale University
Doug Biesecker
National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration
Emily CoBabe-Ammann (Chair)
University of Colorado at Boulder
Geoff Crowley
Arcfield
Dale Gary
New Jersey Institute of Technology
James Mason (Vice-Chair)
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
Sarah Matthews
University College London
Matt Mountain (ex officio)
AURA
Kathy Reeves
CFA Harvard
Alan Tokunaga
University of Hawaiʻi
Gelys Trancho
TMT International Observatory
Saku Tsuneta
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
STIC provides oversight and advocacy for the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).
Scott Altman
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation Federal
Stuart Bale
University of California, Berkley
James Bullock (Vice-Chair)
University of California Irvine
Joan Higginbotham
Joan Higginbotham AdAstra, LLC
Prof. Bruce Macintosh
University of California Observatories
David Mongeau
University of Texas San Antonio
Matt Mountain (ex officio)
AURA
Willie Rockward (Chair)
Morgan State University
Ed Schlesinger
Johns Hopkins University
Linda Tacconi
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik
Jessica Werk
University of Washington
Michael Wise
SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research