Hello From The New Executive Director

April 23, 2026 News Duane O'Brien Hello From The New Executive Director When I was saying goodbye to my last team, one of the final things I said to them was “Leading this organization has been the honor of my career.” I should have added “so far.” I am grateful for the trust the board has placed in me, and I’m honored to be entrusted to lead the important work of the Open Source Initiative (OSI) as our new Executive Director. Now, with the rapid rise and evolution of AI technologies, we’ve seen just how important it is to have this kind of shared understanding of what it means for these technologies to be open. We have already seen the importance of this input through the revision process of the Cyber Resilience Act in the EU, our EU policy devroom at FOSDEM, and our recent efforts as a knowledge partner on Open Source AI at the G7. The OSI has a great policy & standards team that has been contributing to this work, and I look forward to supporting them as they continue to build these important bridges and ensure that the voice of the Open Source community continues to be heard. We have a lot of work ahead of us, and I look forward to collaborating with partners, new and old, and engaging with the community as we build our path forward. Functional Functional Always active The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the r or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.