Roster

Open Organization Community Roster

Contributors

A list of project contributors is available on GitHub. The Open Organization project always welcomes new contributors.

Ambassadors

Member	Organization	About	Areas of Expertise	Joined
Bryan Behrenshausen	Red Hat	Bryan Behrenshausen is a community architect in the Open Source Program Office at Red Hat, where he supports upstream open source projects and develops learning materials on open source, open culture, and open organizations.	Building community, open governance models, open documentation and knowledge-sharing practices	November 2020
Ben Cotton	Red Hat	Ben Cotton works as the Fedora Program Manager at Red Hat. He co-founded a local open source meetup group, and is a member of the Open Source Initiative and a supporter of Software Freedom Conservancy.	Open leadership, communities	February 2019
Jos Groen	HBRD			November 2020
Heidi Hess von Ludewig	Red Hat	Heidi Hess von Ludewig is an Interlock Program manager who researches networked workplace creativity from the systems perspective, which means that she examines the relationships of multiple elements within the workplace that influence how individuals and groups perform innovative and creative work.	Interlock, innovation, social systems and culture	April 2018
Laura Hilliger	We Are Open Co-Op	Laura Hilliger is an artist, educator, writer, technologist, multimedia designer, developer, technical liaison, project manager, and Open Web hacktivist who is happiest in collaborative environments.	Open and inclusive leadership, building community, open principles in non-profits	October 2015
Sam Knuth	Red Hat	Sam Knuth leads the Customer Content Services team at Red Hat.	Making open decisions, open leadership	September 2015
Heather Leson	International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies	Heather Leson is the Data Literacy Lead at International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies supporting 191 National Societies and 11.6 million volunteers.	Open communities, open principles in humanitarian organizations	January 2019
Ron McFarland	Isuzu Motors (retired)	Ron McFarland has been working in Japan for 40 years, and he's spent more than 30 of them in international sales, sales management training, and expanding sales worldwide.	Building trustful teams	June 2016
Allison Matlack	Red Hat	Allison Matlack is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer turned Principal Product Communications Strategist at Red Hat who is known for her enthusiastic speaking style and passion for helping leaders inspire their teams.	Open leadership and management, owning your career in an open organization	July 2016
Jimmy Sjölund	Red Hat	Jimmy Sjölund is a Principal Agile Practitioner at Red Hat, focusing on organisation transformation and team excellence while exploring agile and lean workflows. He is a visualisation enthusiast and an Open Organization Ambassador.	Agile/lean workflows, visualization methodologies, open meetings	July 2017
Ben Owens	Open Way PBL	Ben Owens is a freelance education innovator and strategist with Open Way PBL, LLC and the co-author of Open Up, Education! How Open Way Learning Can Transform Schools.	Open education, schools as open organizations	December 2018

Ambassadors Emeriti

Member
Lauri Apple
Jono Bacon
Michael Doyle
Rebecca Fernandez
Philip Foster
Jen Kelchner
Robin Muilwijk
Angela Robertston
Jonas Rosland
Chad Whitacre
Huiren Woo

Maintainers

Print materials maintainer

Current maintainer: Bryan Behrenshausen

The print materials maintainer oversees the Open Organization project's print products, including articles and books. Responsibilities include:

• Establishing editorial direction for printed materials
• Ensuring articles and other printed materials move successfully through the editorial process
• Reviewing and editing work from contributors creating printed materials
• Preparing printed materials for publication
• Coordinating release of printed materials with other materials maintainers
• Coordinating announcement of printed materials on social media
• Working with contributors to publish work in the Open Organization book series
• Maintaining the Open Organization book series on theopenorganization.org, opensource.com, and lulu.com.

Multimedia materials maintainer

Current maintainer: Jimmy Sjölund

The multimedia materials maintainer oversees the Open Organization project's multimedia products, which include audio, video, and shareable graphics. Responsibilities include:

• Establishing editorial direction for multimedia content materials
• Ensuring video and other multimedia materials move successfully through the editorial process
• Reviewing work from contributors creating multimedia materials; editing work as needed
• Preparing multimedia materials for publication
• Coordinating release of multimedia materials with other materials maintainers
• Coordinating announcement of multimedia materials on social media
• Working with contributors to publish work in the Open Organization YouTube channel
• Maintaining the Open Organization YouTube channel

Infrastructure maintainer

Current maintainer: Jimmy Sjölund

The Infrastructure maintainer oversees the various tools, services, platforms, and applications the Open Organization project requires. This person serves as technical liaison to Red Hat's Open Source Program Office and Open Source Community Infrastructure team, which provide technical resources and support for the project. Responsibilities include:

• Ensuring technical functioning and reliability of the community's Discourse forum
• Ensuring technical functioning and reliability of the project’s website
• Maintaining the project’s organization on GitHub
• Monitoring the project’s collaborative document editor on HedgeDoc
• Managing the project’s archives on Google Drive

Revision history

Updated February 2023 The Open Organization Ambassadors