Ethereum Foundation’s Management and Board Structure

The current appointments of the 2 Co-Govt Administrators and President are a part of a broader effort to strengthen the Ethereum Basis, and this construction is designed to make sure our imaginative and prescient, strategic and balanced execution, technical route, and ecosystem growth. This weblog is meant to make clear the construction of the administration crew and the board.

New Administration (Strategic & Operational Execution)

EF’s Co-EDs will lead and execute along with different administration members. You’ll be able to count on to listen to from members of EF administration usually on their plans, selections, and different new modifications.

• Hsiao-Wei Wang, Co-Govt Director
• Tomasz Ok. Stańczak, Co-Govt Director
• Bastian Aue – Focus areas: Org technique, Hiring and Coaching, Co-stewards
• Josh Stark – Focus areas: Challenge execution, Comms & advertising, Co-stewards

Board of Administrators (Oversight & Imaginative and prescient)

The EF board is sort of a safety council to guard the guts and soul of EF, and to make sure compliance as a Swiss basis. The board units the imaginative and prescient, oversees that the high-level methods and selections by administration are aligned with the Basis’s values. The Board can be accountable for deciding on Govt Director(s), and if mandatory terminating the employment of executives. The present board of administrators contains:

• Vitalik Buterin, Founder – continues to offer technical and mental steering to the broader Ethereum ecosystem
• Aya Miyaguchi, President – units the Ethereum Basis’s imaginative and prescient with different board members. Manages some key exterior relationships
• Patrick Storchenegger, Swiss counsel – serves because the Swiss consultant for authorized and compliance issues
• Hsiao-Wei Wang, Co-Govt Director – serves because the bridge between the board, executives, and administration

The board has shared the imaginative and prescient, guiding rules and targets for the following few years with the administration crew. We anticipate additional strengthening the board to raised serve its mission over time.

Tomasz and Hsiao-Wei Wang’s appointments as Co-EDs are an unconventional resolution, however one that enables them to enhance each other at a busy time for the Ethereum ecosystem and EF alike.

Tomasz can be enabled to assist EF drive sturdy and complete modifications primarily based on his grasp of group and technological wants whereas he stays concerned in different corporations (Nethermind and enterprise affiliations). The board and Tomasz have agreed to the anticipated two yr time period for his Co-ED position at EF to leverage his confirmed strategic execution-expertise and expertise, particularly as the following couple of years carry vital alternatives for Ethereum.

Hsiao-Wei’s twin board and ED roles, along with her analysis expertise, will assist her to function a bridge between the board and administration, with a watch for the wants of the group that include a deep understanding of its historical past and place.