[OSGeo-Announce] OSGeo Board Election 2025 results

[Jorge Sanz]

https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/board-election-2025-results/

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation is pleased to announce the
results of its Board of Directors elections 2025.

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[1].

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
Tim Sutton
Vicky Vergara

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[2].

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 would also 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.

[1]: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Election_2025_Results
[2]: https://www.osgeo.org/about/board/