Academy City Board of Directors

The Academy City Board of Directors (学園都市統括理事会) consists of 12 people and hold absolute authority in Academy City, with only the Board Chairman, Aleister Crowley, above them.

Principles
Tsuchimikado Motoharu once stated there's only two kind of people in the Board of Directors: bastards who must die and good people who were regarded as the same as the former even though they work seriously. .

The Board of Directors are often the indirect antagonists in science side stories and arcs, disrupting the investigation and efforts of the protagonist. For example, Misaka Mikoto was unable to stop the Level 6 Shift on her own due to it being spread out across the city. They many times also put red tape to disrupt the actions of facilities and personnel that could otherwise aid the protagonist, like when Anti-Skill was prevented from entering the Dangai University Database Center after Skill-Out attacked it.

As members of the Board of Directors, they are Ranked S in the network terminals of Academy City.

It seems like at least a few of the members of the Board of Directors are either bribed, tricked, or falsely aided by the Kihara Family.

Membership
It is unknown how one becomes a member of the Board of Directors. Three of them were killed when Vento of the Front invaded Academy City on September 30th, though Aleister had said replacements could always be found.

It is known however that it is relatively easy for Kihara Yuiitsu to tell who will be the new replacements for members of the board of directors when they die.

Relationship with the Dark side of Academy CIty
With the exception of Oyafune Monaka and Kaizumi Tsugutoshi, other Directors are directly involved in the 'dark side' of Academy City, financing various groups like ITEM and SCHOOL to do their dirty work or have their own private forces. Regardless, just because they are working with the dark side of the city, does not indicate they know of it, specifically that of the plans of their chairman.

The Directors have made agreements between each other to prevent any one Director having too much power that allows them to disrupt Academy City's power balance. This is called the "observation system between those with the same powers", and member that breaks an 'agreement' will be targeted by the other 11 Directors and be erased. Oyafune Monaka is said to be the one most adept in using these agreements to prevent herself from being targeted.

Relationship with the Magic Side
If not directly negotiating with Aleister, magicians like Stiyl Magnus that require operating in the City has him report to them. The two sides give limited cooperation towards each other. He gives periodic reports on his actions, removing any unnecessary information, to reduce the friction between the two sides. The feeling is mutual with the Board of Directors, which seemingly keep information secret, and even deliberately prevent the actions of a magician even if the city is in danger, as what happened with him and Kamijou Touma going to School District 23 to prevent a magician there.

Despite this, the Board of Directors do seem to try and provide some sort of modicum of goodwill to the magic side, specifically the Anglican Church. When was once given a Stiyl a helicopter to ride on as part of its limited cooperation with him, while the girls of Necessarius where given with a brand new washing machine. Though this might also have to do with their ignorance of the magic side in general believing of Alestier's statement that the Roman Catholic Church's revealing of its Magic though covered up as an esper development program in the aftermath of the 0930 Incident, as shown by Oyafune Monaka reacting in confusion to his comment about the magic side when she was recruiting him to go to Avignon, France and could just be how they perceive them as a rival group.

Known Directors

 * Kaizumi Tsugutoshi
 * Oyafune Monaka
 * Shiokishi
 * Thomas Platinaburg(Deceased)
 * Yakumi Hisako(Incapacitated)