Announcing the 2025 OpenTelemetry Governance Committee Election Candidates

The OpenTelemetry Election Committee is excited to announce the final list of candidates for the upcoming 2025 OpenTelemetry Governance Committee Election!

If you are an eligible voter, you’ll have the opportunity to continue shaping the future of OpenTelemetry by casting your vote between 27 October 2025 00:00 UTC and 29 October 2025 end of day, Anywhere on Earth (30 October 2025 12:00 UTC). You’ll be selecting your preferred candidates to fill the five available seats in this year’s election.

You can find the candidates’ pictures, profile links, and descriptions on the candidates page. Here are their names:

  • Antoine Toulme
  • Austin Parker
  • Damien Mathieu
  • Dan Gomez Blanco
  • Dinesh Gurumurthy
  • Juraci Paixão Kröhling
  • Marylia Gutierrez
  • Severin Neumann
  • Ted Young
  • Virginia Diana Todea

You can check your eligibility by reviewing this GitHub issue. If you have made contributions to our ecosystem not measured by the automatic process, you can request an exception before 23:59 UTC on 24 October 2025 to participate in the election.

Last modified October 20, 2025: Announcing 2025 GC candidates (#8177) (1c69ac20)