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The ALMA Board

ALMA Board Meeting at ESO Headquarters in November 2019.

The ALMA Board is the governing body of the ALMA Project and the primary forum for interactions among, and decisions of the Parties recognizing that ultimate approval authority remains with the Parties.

The Board consists of Members and Assessors who are appointed by the Parties and Chile pursuant to the ALMA Agreement. NSF and ESO shall each appoint four members, NINS shall appoint three members and Chile shall appoint one member to the Board. Additionally, ESO, NINS and NSF shall each appoint one assessor to the Board.

The ALMA Board meets twice a year. If you want to know the results of these meetings, you can access this link where you will find a summary of each meeting.

The members of the ALMA Board are, by region, the following:

North America

James Di Francesco

(Vice Chair)
National Research Council Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics
Joe Pesce

(Assessor)
ALMA Program Manager, National Science Foundation
Karin Öberg

Harvard University, Professor of astronomy
Ralph Gaume

Division Director in the Division of Astronomical Sciences (AST), National Science Foundation
Tony J. Beasley

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Europe

Andreas Kaufer

(Assessor)
ESO Director of Operations
Daniel Weselka

Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research
Linda Tacconi

(Chair)
Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching
Tom Ray

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Xavier Barcons

European Southern Observatory