Governance

LBTC
The Large Binocular Telescope Corporation (LBTC) is the legal entity governing the Observatory. LBTC is a non-profit (501c3) organization incorporated in the State of Arizona. LBTC has currently four Members which constitute the LBTC Collaboration, made of research institutes and universities in Germany, Italy, and the United States. 50% of the shares are in Europe and 50% in the USA.  
Member Representatives 

Member Representatives  (January 2021)
  • Buell Januzzi, AZ
  • Thomas Henning , LBTB
  • Susan Olesik, OSU
  • Filippo Zerbi, INAF
Unanimous approval by the Member Representatives is required for matters such as the program plan, the budget of LBTC, the financial contributions of the Members, and the designation of the LBT Director.

Board of Directors

LBTC's Board of Directors (BoD) meets twice a year (generally in March/April and in September/October). It governs the life of the Corporation as well as the Observatory. 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. Two advisory committees assist the BoD: the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC; chair Eduardo Banados, LBTB) for science-driven advice on the scientific, technical and operational matters at the Observatory, and the Finance Committee (FC; Treasurer/chair Mathias Voss, LBTB) for finance-related issues.

There are currently eight members on the BoD, one per 12.5% share of the Corporation.

Current Board members (January 2020)
  • Adriano Fontana, INAF (Chair and President)
  • Chris Kochanek, OSU (Vice Chair)
  • Danny Gasch, RC (Honorary Director)
  • Buell Jannuzi, AZ
  • Andreas Quirrenbach, LBTB
  • Roberto Ragazzoni, INAF
  • Matthias Steinmetz, LBTB
  • Mark Whittle, OSU (UV)
  • Dennis Zaritsky, AZ