Board of Directors

Frank Drake, President

• Professor, Astronomy and Astrophysics (1984-present), and
  Dean, Natural Sciences (1984-88),
  University of California at Santa Cruz;
• Member, National Academy of Sciences (1972-present);
• Chairman, Board of Physics and Astronomy, National Research Council (1989-92);
• President, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1988-90);
• Professor of Astronomy, Cornell University (1964-84);
• former Director of Arecibo Observatory;
• and pioneer SETI researcher.

William J. Welch, Vice President

• Director, Radio Astronomy Lab (1971 to present),
  Professor of Astronomy (1971-present) and
  Professor of Electrical Engineering (1960-present),
  University of California, Berkeley.

John Billingham

• Senior Scientist, SETI Institute (1994 - present)
• Chief, SETI Office (1991-94),
  Chief, Life Sciences Division (1984-91)
  Chief, Extraterrestrial Research Division (1976-84),
  NASA Ames Research Center
  
• Medical Officer, Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine (1956-63)

Andrew Fraknoi

• Chairman, Astronomy Department, Foothill College (1992 to present),
• Executive Director, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1978-92);
• Instructor of Astronomy and Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Extension (1973- present).

Thomas Pierson, Secretary/Treasurer

• Executive Director, SETI Institute (1984 to present);
• Associate Director for Research Administration, San Francisco State University Foundation (1976-84);
• Business Manager, Sonoma State University Foundation (1974-76).

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