<h1>Directors</h1>

<p>Like many non-profits, Conservancy is directed by a

self-perpetuating Board of Directors, who

appoint the <a href="/about/staff/">Executive Director and staff</a> to carry out the

day-to-day operations of the organization.  The Directorship of the

Conservancy includes both talented non-profit managers and experienced

FLOSS project leaders who can both guide the administrative operations of

the organization as well as mentor member project leaders as needed.  Our

Directors constantly search for additional directors who can contribute a

variety of expertise and perspective related to the Conservancy's

mission.</p>

<p>Currently, the directors of Conservancy are:</p>

<h2 id="jeremy">Jeremy Allison</h2>

<p>Jeremy Allison is one of the lead developers on the Samba Team, a

group of programmers developing an Open Source Windows compatible file

and print server product for UNIX systems. Developed over the Internet

in a distributed manner similar to the Linux system, Samba is used by

all Linux distributions as well as many thousands of corporations and

products worldwide. Jeremy handles the co-ordination of Samba

development efforts and acts as a corporate liaison to companies using

<h2 id="laura">Dr. Laura Fortunato</h2>

<p><a href="http://www.santafe.edu/~fortunato/">Dr. Laura Fortunato</a>

is associate professor of evolutionary anthropology at the University

of Oxford, where she researches the evolution of human social and

cultural behavior, working at the interface of anthropology and

biology. An advocate of reproducible computational methods in

research, including the use of Free/Open-Source tools, she founded the

<a href="https://rroxford.github.io/">Reproducible Research Oxford</a>

project, with the aim to foster a culture of reproducibility and open

research at Oxford.</p>

<p>Laura holds a degree in Biological Sciences from the University of

Padova and masters and PhD in Anthropology from University College

London. Before joining Oxford she was an Omidyar fellow at the <a

href="http://www.santafe.edu/">Santa Fe Institute</a>, where she is

currently an External Professor and a member of the Science Steering

Committee. She is also a member of the steering group of the <a

href="http://www.ukrn.org/">UK Reproducibility Network</a>, a peer-led

consortium that aims to promote robust research practice in the UK.</p>

<h2 id="mark">Mark Galassi</h2>

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<h1>Evaluation Committee</h1>

<p>The Evaluation Committee evaluates projects that have applied to become

members of Conservancy.

  Conservancy's <a href="/about/board/">Board of

    Directors</a> <a href="/news/2013/apr/23/linksvayer-and-eval-committee/">formally

    charters and authorizes</a> this Committee to offer <a href="/members/">membership to

  projects</a> <a href="/members/apply/">that apply</a>

    for membership in Conservancy.</p>

<h2>Jeremy Allison</h2>

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<p>Jeremy Allison is one of the lead developers on the Samba Team, a group

of programmers developing an Open Source Windows compatible file and print

server product for UNIX systems. Developed over the Internet in a

distributed manner similar to the Linux system, Samba is used by all Linux

distributions as well as many thousands of corporations and products

worldwide. Jeremy handles the co-ordination of Samba development efforts

and acts as a corporate liaison to companies using the Samba code

commercially.</p>

<h2>Tom Callaway</h2>

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<p>Tom Callaway has been working for Red Hat since 2001. He started in

Sales Engineering and has been the Fedora Engineering Manager since 2008.

He served three consecutive elected terms on the Fedora Board from 2007 to

2011. Tom also maintains or co-maintains a large number of Packages in

Fedora (currently 390) and is leading the Fedora Packaging Committee,

responsible for RPM Packaging Standards and Practices.  Additionally, he is

responsible for managing Fedora's Legal issues.  Tom frequently represents

Fedora and Free Software at conferences around the world, and tries his

best not to make too big of a fool of himself.</p>

<p>When not working, Tom enjoys geocaching, ice hockey, gaming, science

fiction, and pinball.</p>

<h2>Mark Galassi</h2>

<a id="mark"></a>

<p>Mark Galassi has been involved in the GNU project since 1984. He

currently works as a researcher in the International, Space, and Response

division at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he has worked on the

HETE-2 satellite, ISIS/Genie, the Raptor telescope, the Swift satellite,

<h2 id="karen">Karen M. Sandler - Executive Director</h2>

<p>Karen M. Sandler is an attorney and the executive director of Software Freedom

Conservancy, a 501c3 nonprofit organization focused on ethical technology. As

a patient deeply concerned with the technology in her own body, Karen is known

as a cyborg lawyer for her advocacy for free software as a life-or-death

issue, particularly in relation to the software on medical devices. She

co-organizes Outreachy, the award-winning outreach program for people who face

under-representation, systemic bias, or discrimination in tech. She is an

adjunct Lecturer-In-Law of Columbia Law School and a visiting scholar at

University of California Santa Cruz.</p>

<p>Prior to joining Software Freedom Conservancy, Karen was the executive

director of the GNOME Foundation. Before that, she was the general counsel of

the Software Freedom Law Center. She began her career as a lawyer at Clifford

Chance and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.</p>

<p>Karen received her law degree from Columbia Law School where she was a James

Kent Scholar and co-founder of the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review.

She also holds a bachelor of science in engineering from

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.</p>

<p>Sandler has won awards for her work on behalf of software freedom, including

<h2 id="sage">Sage Sharp - Senior Director of Diversity & Inclusion</h2>

<p>Sage Sharp is the Senior Director of Diversity & Inclusion at the Software

Freedom Conservancy. Sage runs Outreachy, which is Conservancy's diversity

initiative that provides paid, remote internships to people who are subject to

systemic bias or impacted by underrepresentation in tech. Sage is a

long-standing free software contributor, and is known for their work as a

Linux kernel maintainer for seven years. They also founded their own company,

Otter Tech, which has trained over 400 people on how to enforce a Code of

Conduct.</p>

<h2 id="pono">Daniel Pono Takamori - Community Organizer & Non-Profit Problem Solver</h2>

<p>Pono joined Conservancy to help fill a community need for bridging technical

and non-technical roles. Having worked at FOSS foundations and organizations

for over a decade, his background in FOSS infrastructure led him to think more

deeply about how to better use community intelligence instead of technology

to solve governance questions. He is passionate about making FOSS a more

equitable and inclusive space. With a background in mathematics and physics,

he looks forward to mobilizing social intelligence and community goveranance

as a basis for solving both technical and non-technical problems.</p>

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