USRA HQ's Council of Institutions page. USRA's Board of Trustees is responsible for setting corporate policy. One board member is selected from each of nine geographical regions, a procedure that ensures broad geographical representation. Each regional trustee is a faculty member or administrative officer at a member university. In addition, three at-large members are nominated by the Council.
Trustees serve three-year terms.
The chair of the Council of Institutions and the president of USRA serve as ex officio members of the Board of Trustees. Listing of Board members . Each institute or program of USRA is overseen by a Science Council that serves, in effect, as a scientific board of directors. Each Science Council provides guidance in the discipline area for which it is responsible. Members are appointed to three-year terms by the Board of Trustees on the basis of their scientific expertise and their standing within the academic community.