VAO LLC Board of Directors:

  • John (Jay) S. Gallagher, III (Chairman)
    Professor of Astronomy
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Roscoe C. Giles
    Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Deputy Director of the Center for Computational Science
    Boston University
  • E. Scott Kirkpatrick
    Professor of Computer Science, School of Engineering and Computer Science
    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Bruce H. Margon
    Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics; Vice Chancellor of Research
    University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Catherine A. Pilachowski
    Professor and Kirkwood Chair in Astronomy
    Indiana University
  • Ethan J. Schreier
    President
    Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI)
    Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
    The Johns Hopkins University
  • William S. Smith
    President
    Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA)

Program Council

Bruce Berriman, Chair
NASA/Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC)
Matthew Graham
Caltech Center for Advanced Computational Research (CACR)
Thomas McGlynn
NASA/ High Energy Astrophysical Science Archive Research (HEASARC)
David Imel
NASA/Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC)
Ani Thakar
The Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
Raymond Plante
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
Elizabeth B. Stobie
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Doug Tody
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Arnold Rots
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Gretchen Greene
Space Telescope Science Institute: Gretchen Greene
Image: The logo of Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI). It is a set of crosshairs with the text “Associated Universities, Inc.”.

AUI, in collaboration with the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), created the VAO LLC to manage and operate the Virtual Astronomical Observatory for NSF and NASA.

VAO LLC Officers:

  • Robert J. Hanisch, Director
    VAO LLC Director
    Space Telescope Science Institute
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  • Deborah Narcisso
    VAO LLC Treasurer
    Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
  • John Mester
    VAO LLC Secretary
    Associated Universities, Inc.
  • Maricel Claro
    VAO Interim Business Manager