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<h1>Officers</h1>

<p>The <a href="/about/team/board/">Board of Directors</a> of the Conservancy

elects its officers.  The current officers are:</p>

<h2>Bradley M. Kuhn - President and Board Chairperson</h2>

<p>Bradley M. Kuhn began his work in the Free Software Movement as a

volunteer when, in 1992, he became an early adopter of the popular

GNU/Linux operating system, and began contributing to various Free

Software projects.  He worked during the 1990s as a system administrator

and software development consultant for Westinghouse, Lucent Technologies,

and numerous small companies.  He also spent one year teaching Advanced

Placement Computer Science (using GNU/Linux and GCC) at Walnut Hills High

School in Cincinnati.  In January 2000, he was hired by the Free Software

Foundation (FSF), and he served as its Executive Director from March 2001

until March 2005, when he left FSF to join the founding team of SFLC.

Kuhn holds a summa cum laude B.S. in Computer Science from Loyola College

in Maryland, and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of

Cincinnati.  His Master's thesis discussed methods for dynamic

interoperability of Free Software languages.  He is also currently the

FOSS Community Liaison and Technology Director for the