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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Board of Directors

James Weyhenmeyer
Auburn University
Board Chair

Srirama Rao
Virginia Commonwealth University
Board Vice Chair
Finance Committee Member

David Norton
University of Florida
Immediate Past Chair

Sean Hearne SURA
Sean Hearne
President & CEO
(non-voting)
Fred King
West Virginia University
Chair, Finance Committee
Staff Liaison: William Jones

Padma Raghavan
Vanderbilt University
Finance Committee Member

Daniel Sui
Virginia Tech
Finance Committee Member

Robert Twilley
Louisiana State University
Chair, Coastal and Environmental Research Committee
Staff Liaison: Carolyn Wilson

M. Omar Faison
Virginia State University, Chair, Committee of Minority-Serving Institutions
Staff Liaison: Elizabeth Lawson

Andrés Gil
Florida International University
Chair, Development Committee
Staff Liaison: Scott Heefner
Marc Hoit
North Carolina State University
Chair, Information Technology Committee
Staff Liaison: Joseph Scarcello
William Moore
Hampton University
Chair, Space Science & Technology Committee
Staff Liaison: Carolyn Wilson

Elizabeth Beise 
University of Maryland
At-Large Director

Corporate Officers
Sean Hearne, President and CEO
William Alan Jones, Jr., Treasurer and Interim CFO
Aida Lebbos, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Elizabeth Lawson, Chief of Laboratory Operations