Governance
The governing institute is the Large Binocular Telescope Corporation (LBTC), a 501 © no-profit organization based in Tucson, AZ.President
- Adriano Fontana - INAF
Member Representatives
- Susan Olesik - OSU
- Buell Januzzi - AZ
- Hans-Walter Rix - LBTDB
- Isabella Pagano - INAF
Board of directors
LBTC's Board of Directors (BoD) meets twice a year. It votes on the budget as well as the annual program plan proposed by the LBT Director. It also votes on various issues such as development priorities, new instrumentation, time allocations for science or instrument commissioning within the partnership, or policies on data handling or scientific dissemination. There are currently eight members on the BoD, one per 12.5% share of the Corporation. Current Board members (January 2020):
- Adriano Fontana - INAF
- Buell Jannuzi - AZ
- Chris Kochanek - OSU (Vice Chair)
- Andreas Quirrenbach - LBTDB
- Roberto Ragazzoni - INAF
- Matthias Steinmetz - LBTDB
- Evan Kirby - OSU (UND)
- Dennis Zaritsky - AZ
Scientific Advisory Committee
The SAC provides advice, solicited or otherwise, to the Board and the LBTO Director on all matters relating to scientific, technical and operational aspects of the LBT collaboration. The Committee shall provide its advice to the Board and the Director in formal reports and recommendations submitted to the Board by the SAC chair through the LBTO Director.
- Eduardo Banados (LBTDB)
- Serena Benatti(INAF)
- Josh Eisner (AZ)
- Rick Pogge (OSU - Ohio State University) - Chair
- Joseph Shields (Ex-Officio Member - LBTO Director)
- Chick Woodward, UMN
- Sarah Tuttle, University of Washington
Finance Committee
- Mark Buglewicz - AZ
- Mathias Voss - LBTB
- Nicole Cochran - OSU (Chair)
- Ugo Di Giammatteo, INAF (Vice-Chair)
- Leonie Heming - LBTB
- David Pappone - UMinn
