Senior Researchers Council

The leading directors of the Ark, the Senior Researchers Council is in charge of officiating on all major questions and difficulties facing the Ark as a whole organization. They ratify all final policy decisions and appoint Division Directors, or terminate them if necessary. 
All Senior Research Council members automatically gain Alpha security level clearance. 
The identities of council member's identities are kept top-secret and only those with Alpha or Beta security clearance have access to them.
All members of the council are high-ranking members of the Order of Adepts, are thus Adepts themselves, and have been in the employ of the Ark for fifteen (15) years, giving them Veteran status automatically. They have also been fully vetted and passed a rigorous psychological examination that includes both tests of intelligence as well as moral/ethical understanding.