Current Members of the Fedora Council

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  • Elected Representative: Akashdeep Dhar (f40-f41)

    Akashdeep has been a GNU/Linux enthusiast since his early college days with keen interests in networking, cloud computing, self-hosting and operating systems. He works full-time on free and open-source software as a member of Red Hat’s Community Platform Engineering team since 2021. Since then, he helps with developing/maintaining projects and monitoring/administrating services on Fedora Infrastructure and CentOS Infrastructure.

  • Elected Representative: Aleksandra Fedorova (f40-f42)

    Aleksandra has started contributing to Fedora as a Russian Fedora Ambassador and a member of the Russian Fedora Remix project. She worked as a Build, Devops, CI and Release Engineer in several projects including Openstack. She currently works in Red Hat on CentOS and RHEL development infrastructure, and runs CentOS Integration SIG.

  • Elected Representative: Adam Samalik (f40-f42)

    Adam Samalik has been a long time Fedora community member and contributor. He is a computer and automation enthusiast, who enjoys cooking, baking, and biking. Appreciates good coffee, clever design, and walkable cities. Tinkers with Linux for a living at Red Hat.

  • Engineering Representative: David Cantrell

    David has been involved in the Linux community since 1997. He first worked on Fedora Core starting with Fedora Core 4 in 2005. He worked on the installation software (anaconda) and related projects for more than 10 years. His current projects focus on developer workflow tools. He is a Fedora Ambassador and a member of the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.

  • Mindshare Representative: Alberto Rodríguez Sánchez

    Alberto 'bt0dotninja' Rodríguez S. describes himself as "a Happy Fedora Contributor". As part of the Ambassadors, CommOps, and Fedora-Join and member Mindshare committee, he is very interested in finding new ways to grow the contributor base and retain our long-term contributors. He loves getting involved in the local communities, make docs and translations, tacos, and cats.

  • DEI Advisor: Jona Azizaj

    Read more about the Fedora Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Advisor’s role and the current Advisor’s biography:

  • Fedora Project Leader: Matthew Miller

    Read more about the Fedora Project Leader’s role and the current FPL’s biography on the page about this position.

  • Fedora Operations Architect: Aoife Moloney

    Read more about the Fedora Operation Architect’s role and the current FOA’s biography on the page about this position.

  • Fedora Community Architect: Justin W. Flory

    Read more about the Fedora Community Architect’s role and the current FCA’s biography on the page about this position.

  • Community Operations Initiative Co-Lead: Robert Wright

    Robert comes from a background in Data Governance and leading enterprise BI teams, and his interest in Fedora is how to help us wrangle our data and bring together better views into our community health. Robert is based in Oregon in the United States.

  • Mentored Projects Initiative Co-Lead: Fernando Fernández Mancera

    Fernando Fernández Mancera, known by his handle "ffmancera," is a Software Engineer from Seville, Spain, specializing in networking and system engineering. He mainly works on NetworkManager and Nmstate projects. In the Fedora community, Fernando serves on the Fedora Council as the co-lead of the Mentored Projects initiative.

  • Mentored Projects Initiative Co-Lead: Smera Goel

    Smera is a designer with a flair for creating intuitive and stunning designs, and a 2020 Fedora Outreachy alumna. Originally from New Delhi, she made her way to Berlin to immerse herself in the thriving design scene. When she is not busy pushing pixels or working on design projects, you can find her exploring the city’s vibrant culinary scene, whipping up her next art masterpiece, or contributing to Fedora.

  • Bootable Containers (bootc) Initiative Lead: Jason Brooks

    Jason has covered and contributed to Fedora since its beginning, first as a technology journalist writing about enterprise IT, and later as a member of Red Hat’s Open Source Program Office. He currently leads the Fedora Bootable Containers Community Initiative. He enjoys San Francisco Giants baseball, the soap opera Days of Our Lives, and long walks on the beach.