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
- Nathan Brostrom
Executive Vice President, Business Operations, 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