CD Foundation Governing Board Election Results 2026

The results for the most recent CD Foundation Governing Board Elections are in!

- Dadisi Sanyika, Sol Duara, re-elected as Governing Board Chair
- Mark Waite, Independent, re-elected as Committer Representative and Treasurer
- Steve Fenton, Octopus Deploy, elected as the new General Member Representative

We’re excited to have them join the team and look forward to their contributions.

Thank our outgoing member, Ole Lensmar, for dedicating time and and knowledge.

What is the Governing Board?

The CD Foundation Governing Board is responsible for strategic direction, business oversight, and business decisions. An overview of the Governing Board is set forth in the CDF Charter.

Governing Board Members

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Dadisi Sanyika – Governing Board Chair

Dadisi is a co-author of the CDEvents Interoperability specification. He brings over a decade of experience improving software delivery at scale, including leading the Spinnaker engineering team at Apple Services Engineering. He continues to serve on the Spinnaker project Technical Oversight Committee and has contributed to the CDF through the Interoperability SIG, the TOC, Program Committees, and the Outreach Committee. Outside the Foundation, Dadisi is the Founder and CEO of Sol Duara, where he is building commercial infrastructure on top of the CDEvents standard. He is passionate about purpose-driven communities and the conviction that interoperability is shared infrastructure, not a competitive differentiator.

Connect with Dadisi on LinkedIn

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Mark Waite – Committer Representative

Mark is a Jenkins user and contributor, a core maintainer, and maintainer of the git plugin, the git client plugin, and several others. He is one of the authors of the “Improve a plugin” tutorial.

Connect with Mark on LinkedIn

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Steve Fenton – General Member Representative, Octopus Deploy

Steve Fenton is a Principal DevEx Researcher at Octopus Deploy, a DORA Community Guide, and a 8-time Microsoft MVP with more than two decades of experience in software delivery. He has written books on TypeScript (Apress, InfoQ), Octopus Deploy, and Web Operations. Steve has worked in the role of Software Engineer, SDET, Development Manager, and Director of Product and Data in a range of startups, SMEs, and enterprises.

Connect with Steve on LinkedIn

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