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Governance Structure

In 2022, a Joint Venture was formed between UC Berkeley and SKS Partners to oversee the development of the Berkeley Space Center. The Joint Venture is unique to the University of California system. It is a private development, where there is a shared governance and profit model between UC Berkeley and SKS.

The governance structure lays out principal responsibilities and a structure for considering major decisions and for breaking any deadlock. The Joint Venture also provides a framework that respects the primary strengths and concerns of each party, where SKS takes principal responsibility for financing, master planning and construction considerations, and UC Berkeley does the same for education, collaboration with NASA and forwarding its broader mission statement.

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is the governing board of the joint venture, Moffett Partners, LLC. It approves major decisions (e.g., annual budget, development budget) and resolves any disputes between the two managing members of the LLC.

Executive Committee Members
Name	Representation
Nathan Brostrom	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, University of California
Rich Lyons	Chancellor, University of California, Berkeley
Dan Kingsley	Principal and Co-Founder, SKS Partners
Paul Stein	Principal and Co-Founder, SKS Partners

Daily Representatives

For day to day management of the site, the campus designates two representatives to actively engage with SKS to implement the major decisions and ensure the project remains on mission.

Daily Representatives
Name	Representation
Darek DeFreece	Berkeley Space Center
Amy Gardner	Berkeley Space Center

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee provides expertise on project elements including business processes, campus stakeholder engagement and current or new technical solutions.

Steering Committee Members
Name	Representation
Benjamin Hermalin	Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
Daniel Feitelberg	Interim Vice Chancellor of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Katherine Yelick	Vice Chancellor of Research
Tsu-Jae King Liu	Dean, College of Engineering
Steven Kahn	Dean, Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
David Ackerly	Dean, Rausser College of Natural Resources
Darren Cooke	Interim Chief Innovation and Entrepreneurship Officer
Lok Siu	Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
Alexandre Bayen	Associate Provost, Berkeley Space Center
Khira Griscavage	Chief of Staff to the Chancellor
Christopher Yetter	Senior Advisor to the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
Darek DeFreece	Founder, Berkeley Space Center
Amy Gardner	UC Daily Representative

Faculty Steering Committee

The Faculty Steering Committee provides vision and recommendations for academic engagement at Berkeley Space Center.

Faculty Steering Committee Members
Name	Representation
Alexandre Bayen	Associate Provost for the Berkeley Space Center
Lok Siu	Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
Sandrine Dudoit	Associate Dean, Faculty and Research, College of Computing, Data Science, and Society
Mark Asta	Executive Associate Dean, College of Engineering
Dennis Baldocchi	Executive Associate Dean, Rausser College of Natural Resources
Ganesh Iyer	Professor of Business Administration, Haas School of Business
Andrew Reddie	Associate Research Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy
Ali Mesbah	Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, College of Chemistry
Nicole Starosielski	Professor of Film and Media, College of Letters & Science, Division of of Arts & Humanities
Stuart Bale	Interim Faculty Director of the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL)
TBD	Faculty from the College of Letters & Science, Division of Mathematical & Physical Sciences