The Board of Directors of the Vatican Observatory Foundation is responsible for governance of the organization.  Members convene twice a year and meet via teleconference throughout the year.  Members are elected to a 3-year term of office, renewable.

Board members Manny Espinoza and Karen Dalby converse during a meeting in Chicago.

Fr. Jose Funes, SJ (right) hands the draft manuscript of “The Heavens Proclaim”, a new publication of the Vatican Observatory, to Fr. Bill Stoeger, SJ and Jim Considine

Current members of the Board of Directors include:

Mrs. Sunny Chico SPC Consulting

Rev. Christopher Corbally, SJ Vatican Observatory

Rev. George V. Coyne, SJ Vatican Observatory Foundation

Mrs. Karen Dalby Arline and Thomas J. Bannan Foundation

Mr. Manuel J. Espinoza Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting

Mr. Richard J. Friedrich Hewlett-Packard

Rev. José Funes, SJ Vatican Observatory

Mr. Thomas E. Golden, Jr. Thomas E. Golden Realty Co.

Bro. John B. Hollywood, SJ Vatican Observatory Foundation

Mr. Kenneth R. Kilroy Trailhead Advisors

Mr. James C. McGee Retired, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals

Dr. June Scobee Rodgers Challenger Center for Space Science Education

Rev. Bradley M. Schaeffer, S.J. Weston Jesuit School of Theology

Rev. William R. Stoeger, SJ Vatican Observatory

Fr. Corbally makes a small
group presentation on research during
the annual Board meeting in February.