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Officers, Directors, and Members of the Python Software Foundation

Officers

  • Guido van Rossum, President
  • Van Lindberg, Chairman
  • Kurt Kaiser, Treasurer
  • Diana Clarke, PyCon Chair
  • Brian Curtin, Communications
  • Ewa Jodlowska, Secretary and Event Coordinator
  • Jesse Noller, Vice Chairman

Board of Directors

  • Brett Cannon
  • Brian Curtin
  • Alex Gaynor
  • Marc-André Lemburg
  • Van Lindberg
  • Jessica McKellar
  • David Mertz
  • Douglas Napoleone
  • Jesse Noller
  • Tim Peters
  • Lynn Root

Also see: Duties & Responsibilities of Directors and History of PSF Officers & Directors.

Members

Below are the PSF Members. The PSF recognizes three categories of members:

  • sponsor members are elected after paying a sponsorship fee
  • nominated members are elected on merit
  • emeritus members are no longer active in the PSF

See the membership FAQ for more information.

Nominated Members

The year the member was elected is in parentheses.

  • Aahz (2002)
  • Kevin Altis (2003)
  • Christopher Armstrong (2009)
  • David Ascher (2001)
  • Martin Aspeli (2012)
  • Érico Andrei (2013)
  • Tim Ansell (2012)
  • Kamon Ayeva (2013)
  • Giovanni Bajo (2011)
  • Jim Baker (2009)
  • Ben Bangert (2009)
  • Nick Barcet (2012)
  • Henrique Bastos (2012)
  • Ned Batchelder (2011)
  • Facundo Batista (2005)
  • Dana Bauer (2012)
  • Reimar Bauer (2013)
  • Anthony Baxter (2002)
  • Michael Bayer (2010)
  • Donald Beaudry (2002)
  • David M. Beazley (2002)
  • James Bennett (2009)
  • Steven Bethard (2007)
  • Ian Bicking (2010)
  • James Blair (2012)
  • Finn Bock (2001)
  • Paul Boddie (2010)
  • Carl Friedrich Bolz (2010)
  • Georg Brandl (2006)
  • C. Titus Brown (2008)
  • Jean-Paul Calderone (2009)
  • Brett Cannon (2003)
  • Thierry Carrez (2012)
  • Naomi Ceder (2011)
  • Hye-Shik Chang (2004)
  • Nicolas Chauvat (2010)
  • Benoit Chesneau (2012)
  • Anand Chittipothu (2012)
  • Wesley Chun (2010)
  • Diana Clarke (2013)
  • Nick Coghlan (2007)
  • Robert Collins (2013)
  • Rick Copeland (2011)
  • Tim Couper (2010)
  • Matthew Dixon Cowles (2003)
  • Laura Creighton (2007)
  • Simon Cross (2013)
  • Antonio Cuni (2012)
  • Katie Cunningham (2013)
  • Brian Curtin (2011)
  • Andrew Dalke (2004)
  • Steven d’Aprano (2010)
  • Kushal Das (2013)
  • Stephan Deibel (2003)
  • Ned Deily (2013)
  • Catherine Devlin (2007)
  • Mark Dickinson (2008)
  • Jack Diederich (2010)
  • Massimo DiPierro (2011)
  • Walter Dörwald (2003)
  • Fred L. Drake, Jr. (2001)
  • Mike Driscoll (2011)
  • Graham Dumpleton (2009)
  • Jeremy Dunck (2013)
  • Robin Dunn (2002)
  • Jeff Elkner (2004)
  • Paul Everitt (2006)
  • Greg Ewing (2002)
  • Martijn Faassen (2009)
  • Mike Fletcher (2009)
  • Michael Foord (2009)
  • Amaury Forgeot d'Arc (2008)
  • Jim Fulton (2001)
  • Alex Gaynor (2011)
  • Anne Gentle (2012)
  • Noah Gift (2010)
  • Yannick Gingras (2011)
  • Emmanuelle Gouillart (2013)
  • Ralph Green (2010)
  • Zeth Green (2010)
  • Daniel Greenfeld (2011)
  • Olivier Grisel (2013)
  • Tim Golden (2010)
  • David Goodger (2003)
  • Jacob Hallén (2010)
  • Mark Hammond (2001)
  • Jonathan Hartley (2011)
  • Jan Ulrich Hasecke (2012)
  • Larry Hastings (2012)
  • Stephen Hawkes (2012)
  • Christian Heimes (2008)
  • Doug Hellmann (2009)
  • Raymond Hettinger (2003)
  • Steve Holden (2003)
  • Adrian Holovaty (2009)
  • Eric Holscher (2013)
  • Laurens Van Houtven (2010)
  • Michael Hudson (2002)
  • Jim Hugunin (2006)
  • Jeremy Hylton (2001)
  • Noufal Ibrahim (2012)
  • Vish Ishaya (2012)
  • Gloria W. Jacobs (2010)
  • Jack Jansen (2001)
  • Philip Jenvey (2011)
  • Ewa Jodlowska (2012)
  • Eric Jones (2002)
  • Brian K. Jones (2011)
  • Richard Jones (2003)
  • Andreas Jung (2012)
  • Kurt B. Kaiser (2004)
  • Noah Kantrowitz (2012)
  • Jacob Kaplan-Moss (2009)
  • Carl F. Karsten (2010)
  • Robert Kern (2010)
  • Matthias Klose (2009)
  • Holger Krekel (2010)
  • Peter Kropf (2012)
  • Andrew Kuchling (2003)
  • Jonathan LaCour (2011)
  • Cameron Laird (2002)
  • Asheesh Laroia (2011)
  • Mathieu Leduc-Hamel (2013)
  • Glyph Lefkowitz (2009)
  • Jannis Leidel (2012)
  • Marc-André Lemburg (2001)
  • Van Lindberg (2008)
  • Martin von Löwis (2001)
  • Fredrik Lundh (2001)
  • Mark Lutz (2002)
  • Christopher MacGowan (2012)
  • Dave Malcolm (2012)
  • Ken Manheimer (2001)
  • Alex Martelli (2002)
  • Anna Martelli Ravenscroft (2006)
  • Harald Armin Massa (2010)
  • Duncan McGreggor (2009)
  • Jessica McKellar (2011)
  • Joshua McKenty (2012)
  • Mike McLay (2002)
  • Mark McLoughlin (2012)
  • Paul McMillan (2012)
  • David Mertz (2008)
  • Carl Meyer (2012)
  • Trent Mick (2001)
  • Tetsuya Morimoto (2011)
  • Sjoerd Mullender (2001)
  • Mike Müller (2010)
  • R. David Murray (2010)
  • Chris Neugebauer (2013)
  • Gustavo Niemeyer (2004)
  • Doug Napoleone (2007)
  • Jesse Noller (2009)
  • Neal Norwitz (2002)
  • Paulo Nuin (2011)
  • Terri Oda (2013)
  • Uche Ogbuji (2002)
  • Travis Oliphant (2006)
  • Mike Olson (2002)
  • Mike Orr (2011)
  • Ronald Oussoren (2011)
  • George Paci (2006)
  • Samuele Pedroni (2001)
  • Jason Pellerin (2013)
  • Terry Peppers (2010)
  • Fernando Perez (2010)
  • Tim Peters (2001)
  • Benjamin Peterson (2009)
  • Anand Pillai (2010)
  • John Pinner (2008)
  • Antoine Pitrou (2010)
  • Fabio Pliger (2011)
  • Ted Pollari (2009)
  • Paul Prescod (2001)
  • Vasudev Ram (2010)
  • Prabhu Ramachandran (2010)
  • Luciano Ramalho (2012)
  • Mark Ramm (2009)
  • Allison Randal (2010)
  • Eric S. Raymond (2001)
  • Terry Reedy (2010)
  • Mariano Reingart (2012)
  • Kenneth Reitz (2012)
  • Lennart Regebro (2011)
  • Sean Reifschneider (2007)
  • Brandon Rhodes (2010)
  • Arc Riley (2010)
  • Bruno Rocha (2012)
  • Armin Ronacher (2012)
  • Lynn Root (2013)
  • Guido van Rossum (2001)
  • Just van Rossum (2002)
  • Michelle Rowley (2012)
  • Audrey Roy (2011)
  • Gavin M. Roy (2011)
  • Jeff Rush (2007)
  • Vinay Sajip (2003)
  • Osvaldo Santana (2013)
  • Neil Schemenauer (2001)
  • Hynek Schlawack (2013)
  • Hanno Schlichting (2012)
  • Peter Schneider-Kamp (2001)
  • Christian Scholz (2010)
  • Anthony Scopatz (2013)
  • Tres Seaver (2012)
  • Barbara Shaurette (2013)
  • Eric V. Smith (2010)
  • Gregory Smith (2011)
  • Greg Stein (2001)
  • Victor Stinner (2010)
  • Armin Stroß-Radschinski (2012)
  • James Tauber (2008)
  • Monty Taylor (2012)
  • Richard Taylor (2011)
  • Christian Theune (2012)
  • Giles Thomas (2012)
  • Phil Thompson (2009)
  • Stephen Thorne (2010)
  • Jason Tishler (2003)
  • Christian Tismer (2001)
  • Trevor Toenjes (2004)
  • Nicholas H. Tollervey (2012)
  • Malcolm Tredinnick (2009)
  • Dean Troyer (2012)
  • Vicky Twomey-Lee (2012)
  • Kirby Urner (2009)
  • Gael Varoquaux (2013)
  • Wilfredo Sanchez Vega (2012)
  • Dino Viehland (2009)
  • Thomas Waldmann (2009)
  • Stefan van der Walt (2013)
  • Greg Ward (2001 - converted to emeritus in 2008, re-activated in 2013)
  • Barry Warsaw (2001)
  • Frank Wierzbicki (2009)
  • Simon Willison (2009)
  • Alex Willmer (2010)
  • Greg Wilson (2010)
  • Stephane Wirtel (2013)
  • Chris Withers (2012)
  • Thomas Wouters (2001)
  • Quentin Wright (2010)
  • Ka-Ping Yee (2001)
  • Moshe Zadka (2001)
  • Brian Zimmer (2005)

Emeritus Members

There are 10 emeritus members (year of election / year of emeritus conversion):

  • David Abrahams (2002/2008)

  • Paul F. Dubois (2002/2008)

    Paul Dubois was an original contributor to Numerical Python, and its coordinator for five years. Paul also hosted the Fourth International Python Conference in 1996.

  • Maciej Fijalkowski (2011/2012)

  • Lars Marius Garshol (2001/2005)

  • Thomas Heller (2001/2009)

  • Skip Montanaro (2001/2008)

  • Armin Rigo (2004/2010)

  • André Roberge (2010/2013)

  • Sam Rushing (2002/2008)

  • Charles G. Waldman (2001/2005)

  • Danny Yoo (2004/2008)

  • Tarek Ziadé (2010/2013)

Former Members

The following have withdrawn from membership (member type / year of election / year membership ended):