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Board of Directors

Srirama Rao
Virginia Commonwealth University
Board Chair
Daniel Sui
Virginia Tech
Board Vice Chair
James Weyhenmeyer
Auburn University
Board Past Chair
Finance Committee Member
Sean Hearne SURA
Sean Hearne
SURA President & CEO
(non-voting)
  M. Omar Faison
Virginia State University
Chair, Committee on Collaborative Capacity Building
Staff Liaison: Elizabeth Lawson
Andrés Gil
Florida International University
Chair, Development and Relations Committee
Staff Liaison: Elizabeth Kocs
Joseph “Josh” Gladden
Temple University
Chair, Finance Committee 
Staff Liaison: William Jones

 

William Moore
Hampton University
Chair, Space Science & Technology Committee
Staff Liaison: Carolyn Wilson

Padma Raghavan
Vanderbilt University
Chair, Information Technology Committee
Staff Liaison: Geary Pyles
Robert Twilley
Louisiana State University
Chair, Coastal and Environmental Research Committee
Staff Liaison: Carolyn Wilson
Elizabeth Beise 
University of Maryland
At-Large Director
Finance Committee Member
Chad Reed
Old Dominion University
Finance Committee Member

Corporate Officers

Sean Hearne, President and CEO
William Jones, Chief Financial Officer, Controller, and Corporate Treasurer
Elizabeth Lawson, Chief Governance Officer and Corporate Secretary

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