The ASF welcomes the following new Members who were elected during the annual ASF Members Meeting on March 5, 2026:
C. Scott Andreas, Clay Baenziger, Alessandro Benedetti, Arturo Bernal, Ronny Berndt, Jürg Billeter, Zhaofeng Chen, Raúl Cumplido, Amogh Desai, Ekaterina Dimitrova, Attila Doroszlai, Jia Fan, Danica Fine, James Fredley, Huaxin Gao, César García, Chao Gong, David Handermann, William Hyun, Slawomir Jaranowski, Branimir Lambov, Reuven Lax, Chris McFarlen, Adam Monsen, Cheng Pan, Alex Petrov, Antoine Pitrou, Gil Portenseigne, He Qi, Evan Rusackas, Jens Scheffler, Swapnil Shah, Chojan Shang, Aman Sinha, Daniel Sun, Xinyu Tan, Sam Tunnicliffe, Feng Wang, Hailin Wang, Daniel Watford, Daniel C. Weeks, Jark Wu, Zihao Xiang, Jiashu Xiong, and Timofei Zhakov. The ASF is a 501(c)(3) membership corporation, so Members serve a similar role as shareholders do in publicly traded corporations. Existing members may nominate Committers who demonstrate merit in the Foundation’s growth, evolution, and progress towards ASF Membership. They may also vote in Member and Board elections. This member nomination system highlights the emphasis the ASF places on vendor-neutral, volunteer-led projects and initiatives. Once elected, most Members find additional ways to get involved in ASF projects. While the Board and ASF officers are directly responsible for providing oversight and guidance to the 300+ active ASF projects, Members also work within many projects to help ensure they run smoothly and follow The Apache Way. The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is the global home for open source software, powering some of the world’s most ubiquitous software projects including Apache Airflow, Apache Camel, Apache Cassandra, Apache Groovy, Apache HTTP Server, and Apache Kafka. Established in 1999, the ASF is at the forefront of open source innovation, setting industry standards to advance software for the public good. This election brings the total number of ASF Members to 1,188. Brian Proffitt VP, Marketing & Publicity VP, Conferences
