The governing board consists of directors from the University of California and the California Institute of Technology. In addition, NASA and the Keck Foundation each have liaisons to the board.

GEORGE R. BLUMENTHAL, CHAIR

Chancellor, University of California, Santa Cruz

EDWARD M. STOLPER, VICE CHAIR

Provost, William E. Leonhard Professor
of Geology,
California Institute of Technology

MICHAEL BOLTE

Director of University of California Observatories/Lick Observatory

SHRINIVAS KULKARNI

McArthur Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology

PETER TAYLOR

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, University of California

THOMAS SOIFER

Director, Spitzer Science Center, California Institute of Technology

MARIO PEREZ

Program Scientist, NASA

T.J. KECK

Representative, W. M. Keck Foundation