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+title: 'Welcoming the 2026-2028 OpenFeature Governance Board Members'
+description: 'The 2026 Governance Board elections have concluded. Meet the four new members joining the OpenFeature Governance Board for the 2026-2028 term.'
+date: 2026-02-18
+slug: 'governance-board-2026'
+authors: ['beeme1mr']
+tags: ['governance', 'community']
+draft: false
+---
+
+The 2026 OpenFeature Governance Board elections have concluded, and we're pleased to announce the four members joining the board for the **2026-2028 term**: three new members and one re-elected member.
+These individuals have been active contributors to the OpenFeature community and bring a range of perspectives from across the feature flagging ecosystem.
+
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+
+## New Governance Board Members
+
+### André Silva -- LexisNexis Risk Solutions
+
+[André](https://github.com/askpt) is a software engineer at LexisNexis Risk Solutions based in Dublin, Ireland.
+He is a maintainer of the [OpenFeature .NET SDK](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk) and a participant in the OpenTelemetry Semantic Conventions SIG, giving him a cross-project perspective on how observability and feature flagging standards intersect.
+André is committed to growing the community through public speaking and blog posts, and brings firsthand experience with the challenges enterprises face when adopting feature flagging standards.
+
+### Jonathan Norris -- Dynatrace (re-elected)
+
+[Jonathan](https://github.com/jonathannorris) is a Director of Software Engineering at Dynatrace, where he is helping lead the effort to build an OpenFeature-native feature management platform into the core Dynatrace product following the acquisition of DevCycle.
+Previously Co-Founder and CTO of DevCycle and Taplytics, Jonathan has spent over twelve years building A/B testing and feature flagging products and has been a regular contributor to the OpenFeature project.
+He was first elected to the Governance Board in 2024 and continues his service for a second term.
+
+### Maks Osowski -- Google
+
+[Maks](https://github.com/cupofcat) is a software engineer at Google, where he is building Google's OpenFeature-first first-party and third-party feature flagging platform.
+He brings a dual perspective to the board: strategic vision from a decade as a Product Manager across GKE, YouTube, and Google Docs, combined with hands-on technical depth as an OpenFeature contributor.
+Maks is focused on flagd 1.0 readiness, multi-language reliability, and sustained community growth.
+
+### Thomas Poignant -- Gens de Confiance
+
+[Thomas](https://github.com/thomaspoignant) is the CTO of Gens de Confiance, based in Paris, France, and a long-time member of the OpenFeature Technical Committee.
+He is the creator and maintainer of [GO Feature Flag](https://gofeatureflag.org), an open-source flag management system that gives him a unique position bridging the gap between high-level specifications and practical implementation.
+Thomas represents the voice of the open-source community in the feature management ecosystem.
+He'll step down from role on the Technical Committee to join the Governance Board.
+
+## Full Governance Board
+
+With the new members seated, the full Governance Board for 2026 is:
+
+| Member                                               | Organization              | Term      |
+| ---------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- | --------- |
+| [André Silva](https://github.com/askpt)              | LexisNexis Risk Solutions | 2026-2028 |
+| [Ben Rometsch](https://github.com/dabeeeenster)      | Flagsmith                 | 2025-2027 |
+| [Jonathan Norris](https://github.com/jonathannorris) | Dynatrace                 | 2026-2028 |
+| [Maks Osowski](https://github.com/cupofcat)          | Google                    | 2026-2028 |
+| [Michael Beemer](https://github.com/beeme1mr)        | Dynatrace                 | 2025-2027 |
+| [Pete Hodgson](https://github.com/moredip)           | Independent               | 2025-2027 |
+| [Thomas Poignant](https://github.com/thomaspoignant) | Gens de Confiance         | 2026-2028 |
+
+For more details on the Governance Board's role and charter, see the [Governance Charter](/community/governance-charter).
+
+Congratulations to André, Jonathan, Maks, and Thomas!
+
+We also want to offer our sincere thanks to those who previously served on the Governance Committee.
+Your time, care, and leadership helped shape OpenFeature into the healthy, collaborative community it is today.
+
+Thank you to the broader community for participating in the election process.
+
+Over the next few weeks, the Governance Committee will share its goals for the year ahead.
+Stay tuned!