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Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Nominating Board Members
Elections for At-Large Board Members
The Board of Directors' terms begin on 1 November. At-Large community board members are elected by the Drupal Association members.
Baddý Sonja Breidert
Chair
Seat expires 2028
Germany |
Bio
Tiffany Farriss
Treasurer
Seat expires 2026
USA |
Bio
Nikhil Deshpande
Secretary
Seat expires 2027
USA |
Bio
Dries Buytaert
Founding Director
Founder
Belgium |
Bio
Imre Gmelig Meijling
Seat expires 2026
Netherlands |
Bio
Alejandro Moreno
, At-Large
Seat expires 2026
United Kingdom
Stella Power
Seat expires 2026
Ireland|
Bio
Piyush Poddar
Seat expires 2027
India
Sachiko Muto
Seat expires 2027
Stockholm |
Bio
Glenn Hilton
Seat expires 2028
Canada |
Bio
Dominique De Cooman
Seat expires 2028
Belgium |
Bio
Maya Schaeffer
, At-Large
Seat expires 2027
Canada |
Bio
Owen Lansbury
Chair
Advisory Role as Immediate Past Chair
Board Member Alumni
Drupal Association Board Alumni
Drupal VZW Board/General Assembly Alumni
Lynne Capozzi
Rosa Ordinana
Pedro Cambra
Mike Woster
Steve Purkiss
Cary Gordon
Angie Byron
Danese Cooper
Rob Gill
Addison Berry
Matthew Saunders
Morten Birch
Tiffany Farriss
Jeff Walpole
Vesa Palmu
Donna Benjamin
Sameer Verma
Shyamala Rajaram
Steve Francia
Jacob Redding
Mike Lamb
Annie Miller
Adam Goodman
Ingo Rübe
George Matthes
Suzanne Dergacheva
Michel van Velde
Vishal Mehrotra
Luma Dahlbacka
Leslie Glynn
Audra Martin-Merrick
Pedro Cambra Fernandez
Imre Gmelig Meijling
Grace Francisco
Lo Li
Rahul Dewan
Ryan Szrama
Mike Herchel
Lenny Moskalyk
Nick Veenhof
Nikki Flores
Dries Buytaert
, President
Angela Byron
, Secretary
Tiffany Farriss
, Treasurer
Larry Garfield
, Legal Affairs Director
Cary Gordon
, Director of Events
Gerhard Killesreiter
, Infrastructure Manager
Kieran Lal
, Director of Business Development
Laura Scott
, Director of Community Benefits
Khalid Baheyeldin
Ronan Berder
George DeMet
Robert Douglass
Jeff Eaton
Bill Fitzgerald
Greg Knaddison
Michael Meyers
Narayan Newton
Steven Peck
Jeff Robbins
Nedjo Rogers
Zack Rosen
Bevan Rudge
David Strauss
Kristof Van Tomme
James Walker
Moshe Weitzman
Peter Wolanin
Addison Berry
Bert Boerland
Neil Drumm
Dries Knapen
Earl Miles
David Norman
Steven Wittens
Boris Mann
Jacob Redding
Fernando Paredes Garcia
Isabell Schulz
Steve Purkiss
More information about the history of the Drupal VZW
At-Large Board Member History
The elected At-Large board members have been:
2025: Fei Lauren
2024: Monica "Nikki" Flores (United States)
2023: Lenny Moskalyk (Scotland)
2022: Pedro Cambra Fernandez (Spain), Imre Gmelig Meijling (Netherlands) (1.5 years, 6 months term respectively)
2021: Mike Herchel (USA) (2 year term)
2020: Pedro Cambra Fernandez (Spain) (2 year term)
2019: Leslie Glynn (USA) (2 year term)
2018: Suzanne Dergacheva (Canada) (2 year term)
2017: Ryan Szrama (US) (2 year term)
2016: Shyamala Rajaram (India) (2 year term)
2015: Addison Berry (Denmark/USA) (2 year term)
2014: Matthew Saunders* (USA/Canada), MortenDK (Denmark)   *Matthew’s term was converted to a two-year staggered term
2013: Pedro Cambra (Spain), Morten DK (Denmark) (1 year term)
2012: Steve Purkiss (UK) Donna Benjamin (Australia) (1 year term)
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Escalations
In rare cases, matters of significant importance to the Drupal project may be escalated to the full Drupal Association board. These escalations may include, but are not limited to:
Matters which may have a significant impact on the legal status of the Drupal Association or Drupal project.
Matters which may have a significant impact on the finances of the Drupal Association.
Matters which may have a significant impact on project leadership.
It is the Board of Directors itself which decides whether to take up an issue for escalation. Board-level escalations are NOT intended as an appeals process for other project decisions, such as the decisions of the Community Working Group(CWG), or other governance bodies.
Decisions escalated to the board at this level are generally final, and may not be revisited or appealed for at least one year from the time of the decision, unless otherwise specified when the decision is given. Any appeals must demonstrate a substantive change in the circumstances under which the decision was made, and must be communicated to the Secretary of the Board to be brought before the board for further deliberation.
Board Bios
Executive Board Members
Dries Buytaert, Founding Director
Dries Buytaert is the original creator and project lead for the Drupal open source web publishing platform, used by 2% of the world's websites. Buytaert serves as president of the Drupal Association, a non-profit organization formed to help Drupal flourish.
Buytaert is also co-founder and chief technology officer of Acquia, a venture-backed software company that offers products and services for Drupal. In 2011, Forbes elected Acquia as one of the Top 100 Most Promising Companies. In 2012, Inc declared Acquia the fastest growing private software company in the United States.
A native of Belgium, Buytaert holds a PhD in computer science and engineering from Ghent University and a Licentiate Computer Science (MSc.) from the University of Antwerp. In 2008, Buytaert was elected Young Entrepreneurs of Tech by BusinessWeek as well as MIT TR 35 Young Innovator. In 2012, Ernst & Young gave Buytaert the Entrepreneur Of The Year Award for New England. In 2013, Buytaert was elected a Young Global Leader for the World Economic Forum.
Owen Lansbury, Chair
Owen Lansbury is Co-founder of PreviousNext, an independent Australian digital design and development company that has been one of the world's most prolific code contributors to the Drupal project. With 25 years’ professional experience and a background in Fine Art, Digital Media and User Experience Design, Lansbury blends creative problem solving with the business skills required to sustain his own company and work successfully with complex customers. He is also an active leader within the Australian and New Zealand Drupal community, bringing DrupalCon to Sydney in 2013, acting as Track Chair at several regional events and chairing the DrupalSouth Steering Committee.
Tiffany Farriss, Treasurer
Tiffany is the CEO and Owner of Palantir.net, a digital consultancy that solves complex problems with healthcare, higher ed, tech sector, and public sector clients using Drupal and other open source technologies. Her current focus is on creating sustainable agile environments that support high performing diverse teams. Returning to the Drupal Association Board after a two-year hiatus, Tiffany had previously served as a Director from 2009 - 2017.
As I return to the DA Board of Directors, I am looking forward to catching up on all the work that has been done over the last several years to further and diversify the DA as a global clearinghouse for resources of time, talent and treasure that support and sustain the Drupal project. It is essential that the backbone of the Drupal ecosystem those who are impactful contributors (both individual and organizational) to the Drupal project and the DA be sustainable and well-resourced. My efforts will focus on getting the Drupal economic incentives into alignment for long-term success.
Board Members
Nikhil J. Deshpande, Secretary
Nikhil J. Deshpande is Chief Digital Officer for the State of Georgia. He heads the Office of Digital Services (DSGa) under the Georgia Technology Authority. Nikhil envisioned and led Georgia’s user-centric digital transition to an enterprise open-source web publishing system, GovHub. Under his direction, Georgia became the first state in the United States to use enterprise Drupal and meet the special needs of constituents with a range of disabilities affecting vision, hearing, motion, and cognition, making GovHub Section 508 and WCAG compliant.
Nikhil strongly advocated and set the framework for the use of social media for Georgia, back when using social media for the government was not common. He established a presence for the state on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter to quickly address constituents’ questions and concerns. Prior to his career in digital government, Nikhil worked in advertising and digital media.
As a Drupal Association board member, I hope to reach out to more state and local governments to educate about Drupal and its advantages. As a large organization partnering with Drupal agencies, I am excited to consult, assist, and help other organizations strategize from procurement to maintenance.
Rosa Ordinana
Rosa is working in the Informatics directorate of the European Commission in Brussels. Since 2009 she and her team have promoted the use of open source solutions and Drupal as CMS for public websites of the European Commission and other EU institutions. Today her multi-cultural team manages hundreds of Drupal sites and is one of the largest Drupal teams in Europe. She has a master’s degree in Computer Science.
Lynne Capozzi
Lynne was most recently the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Acquia in Boston. Lynne was at Acquia for 8 years in this role. As Acquia’s CMO, Lynne Capozzi oversaw all global marketing functions including digital marketing, demand generation, operations, regional and field marketing, customer and partner marketing, events, vertical strategy, analyst relations, content and corporate communications. Lynne is one of Acquia’s boomerang stories, first serving as Acquia CMO in 2009. Lynne left Acquia in 2011 to pursue her nonprofit work full-time. She returned to Acquia in late 2016 to lead the marketing organization into its next stage of growth.
Prior to her experience at Acquia, Lynne has held various marketing leadership roles in the technology space. She served as CMO at JackBe, an enterprise mashup software company for real-time intelligence applications that was acquired by Software AG, before that Lynne was CMO at Systinet, which was acquired by Mercury Interactive. Prior to that, Lynne was a VP at Lotus Development, which was later acquired by IBM.
Outside of her work at Acquia, Lynne is on the board of directors at the Boston Children’s Hospital Trust and runs a nonprofit through the hospital. She is also on the Advisory Board of Family Services of Merrimack Valley and the Board chair of the West Parish Garden Cemetery and Chapel in Andover, Mass.
Imre Gmelig Meijling
Imre Gmelig Meijling is CEO at React Online Digital Agency, based in The Netherlands. Imre has a digital background and he has worked for various agencies and organisations including United Nations World Food Programme, Disney and Port of Rotterdam.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Drupal Association and an executive member of the DrupalCon Europe Advisory Committee. Imre is former Chair of the Dutch Drupal Association where he expanded marketing outreach significantly and helped set up a profitable Drupal Partner Program. He was involved in the inception of drupal.nl, the Dutch community website, used by several countries. Imre is also cocreator of the Splash Awards and former lead of Drupaljam, the Dutch Drupal event hosting almost 500 people. In 2023 Imre joined the Drupal Business Survey.
Imre: “I have been working to create Drupal adoption and raising awareness for Drupal within regional and international brands from the day I got involved with Drupal. From the digital agencies in Europe I have been part of, I support the growth of Drupal from a business-perspective, but having a technical background, I know the strength  the Drupal community has and can be for brands. Having been in both worlds for a long time, I will help and make sure we bring them together. I am also looking forward on establishing and sustaining relationships between Europe and other regions with the Drupal Association and find ways to work even more closely together.“
Stella Power
Stella is the Managing Director of Annertech, a digital agency that focuses on creating ambitious digital experiences for clients across Europe and the US. Based in Dublin, Stella holds an MSc in Software Engineering from Dublin City University as well as a BA in Computational Physics from Trinity College Dublin. She founded Annertech in 2008 and has overseen its growth to a 40-odd strong team based all over the EU and beyond.
Stella is a strong advocate of the promotion of women in tech, and has been featured in numerous publications. In 2021, she won the Women in Digital Award at Ireland’s National Digital Awards and in 2022 won a Women in Drupal Award in the Scale category. In 2023, Stella was then awarded a place alongside other prominent business women in EY’s Entrepreneurial Winning Women EMEIA Class for 2023. This prestigious programme empowers high-potential entrepreneurs to scale and grow their businesses globally.
Stella continues to be an open source evangelist, and has spoken at international conferences on topics like best practices for development, service delivery, data migrations and security. She remains an active contributor to Drupal and, as well as being on the board of the Drupal Association, Stella is also a member of the Drupal Security Team, the DrupalCon Europe Advisory Board and the Starshot Advisory Council.
Sachiko Muto
Sachiko Muto is the Chair of OpenForum Europe and a senior researcher at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden. She originally joined OFE in 2007 and served for several years as Director with responsibility for government relations and then as CEO. Sachiko has degrees in Political Science from the University of Toronto and the London School of Economics; she received her doctorate in standardisation policy from TU Delft.
Baddý Sonja Breidert
Baddý has been actively involved in the technology industry for the last decade. She is a co-founder of 1xINTERNET, an international digital software agency with headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. Baddý co-founded 1xINTERNET in 2013 and is known for her strong belief in the value of open source in business. She appreciates the freedom open source gives companies when choosing their business partners. 1xINTERNET is one of the largest Drupal web agencies in Europe with offices in Germany, Spain, England and Iceland. The company has 85 employees with 23 nationalities working from 10 different countries.
Baddý is one of the top Drupal experts in Europe and one of few women in tech with such a deep expertise of open source solutions. She has been able to share her insight in more than 200 Drupal projects both as a business consultant and an account manager.
Glenn Hilton
Glenn Hilton is the Founder and CEO of ImageX, a Drupal agency he launched in 2001 and transitioned fully to Drupal in 2006. With 25 years of leadership experience, he’s guided the company’s growth through creativity, strategy, and technology to deliver impactful digital experiences for clients worldwide.
An active member of the Drupal community for nearly two decades, Glenn has attended over 40 DrupalCons and DrupalCamps across North America and Europe. He’s a strong advocate for open source collaboration and initiatives that strengthen the Drupal ecosystem.
In November 2025, Glenn joined the Drupal Association Board of Directors to help shape long-term business strategy, improve collaboration between agencies and enterprise users, and expand Drupal’s visibility and commercial reach.
Dominique De Cooman
Dominique is the co-founder, CTO, and co-CEO of Dropsolid, where for more than a decade he has been a driving force behind the company’s vision and growth. His work has focused on digital transformation, open digital experiences, and more recently AI transformation, helping companies, organisations, and governments stay innovative and sovereign in a fast-changing world.
In addition to leading Dropsolid, Dominique has been an active contributor to the open source community. He serves as a Mautic Council member, is involved in the Drupal AI initiative, and advocates for open DXP by bringing together Drupal, Mautic, and emerging AI frameworks. His passion for entrepreneurship, sales, and marketing is matched by his background as a developer and solution architect, which allows him to bridge the business and technical sides of the community.
An active member of the Drupal community for nearly two decades, Glenn has attended over 40 DrupalCons and DrupalCamps across North America and Europe. He’s a strong advocate for open source collaboration and initiatives that strengthen the Drupal ecosystem.
Maya Schaeffer
Maya Schaeffer is a passionate community advocate and the lead organizer of EvolveDrupal, an event series that brings together open source professionals, digital leaders, and creatives to explore the future of Drupal and web innovation. With a focus on inclusion, accessibility, and community growth, Maya has played a central role in curating meaningful, cross-disciplinary experiences that unite the Drupal ecosystem.
Over the past two years, Maya has led the coordination of eight EvolveDrupal summits in cities across North America—Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Atlanta, New York City, and most recently, Boston, where the next edition will be held on June 6, 2025. Each event is designed to spotlight local talent and create space for both seasoned experts and new voices to connect, learn, and collaborate.
Maya has been with Evolving Web for over three and a half years, where she contributes to the company’s mission of advancing open source, multilingual, and accessible web solutions. As an active supporter of the Drupal project, Evolving Web has consistently sponsored and contributed to DrupalCon, local DrupalCamps, and community initiatives around the world. Learn more about the company’s involvement at drupal.org/evolving-web#events-supported.
Whether through hands-on event organizing, mentorship, or championing inclusivity in tech, Maya’s work reflects a deep belief in open source as a force for good—and in the power of community to drive innovation forward.
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