There were five open seats for the 2025 board in this cycle of the Board of Directors election. The Chief Returning Officers reported that 285 out of 468 Charter members cast their votes for the Board of Directors (60% participation). More information on the election results is available on the dedicated OSGeo wiki page.
We are happy to announce that the following candidates were elected to the Board of Directors (in alphabetical order)
Codrina Maria Ilie, Jeroen Ticheler, Marco Bernasocchi, and Vicky Vergara were reelected, and Tim Sutton was newly elected. The President and Executive Positions will be announced in early 2026. Read more about the OSGeo Board of Directors here.
Lastly, the OSGeo Board of Directors and Charter members would like to express their gratitude to Rajat Shinde for his service in the 2021-2023 and 2024-2025 cycles and also to Ariel Anthieni and Matthew Hanson for their nominations. We also would like to thank the Chief Returning Officer, Luís de Sousa, for his hard work during the last election cycle.
About OSGeo
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation is a not-for-profit organization to “empower everyone with open source geospatial”. The software foundation directly supports projects serving as an outreach and advocacy organization, providing financial, organizational, and legal support for the open source geospatial community.
OSGeo works with QFieldCloud, GeoCat, Provincie Zuid-Holland, terrestris, WhereGroup, and other sponsors, along with our partners, to foster an open approach to software, standards, data, and education.
