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Steering Committee
Members
The Steering Committee is a 7 member body, overseeing the governance of the Kubernetes project. See the Steering Committee Charter for specific committee structure information.
Term ends in October 2026
| Name | Profile | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Antonio Ojea | @aojea | |
| Benjamin Elder | @BenTheElder | |
| Sascha Grunert | @saschagrunert | Red Hat |
Term ends in October 2025
| Name | Profile | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Maciej Szulik | @soltysh | Defense Unicorns |
| Paco Xu 徐俊杰 | @pacoxu | DaoCloud |
| Patrick Ohly | @pohly | Intel |
| Stephen Augustus | @justaugustus | Cisco |
Emeritus
| Name | Profile |
|---|---|
| Aaron Crickenberger | @spiffxp |
| Bob Killen | @mrbobbytables |
| Brandon Philips | @philips |
| Brendan Burns | @brendandburns |
| Brian Grant | @bgrant0607 |
| Carlos Tadeu Panato Jr. | @cpanato |
| Christoph Blecker | @cblecker |
| Clayton Coleman | @smarterclayton |
| Davanum Srinivas | @dims |
| Derek Carr | @derekwaynecarr |
| Joe Beda | @jbeda |
| Jordan Liggitt | @liggitt |
| Lachlan Evenson | @lachie83 |
| Michelle Dhanani | @michelleN |
| Nabarun Pal | @palnabarun |
| Nikhita Raghunath | @nikhita |
| Paris Pittman | @parispittman |
| Phillip Wittrock | @pwittrock |
| Quinton Hoole | @quinton-hoole |
| Sarah Novotny | @sarahnovotny |
| Tim Hockin | @thockin |
| Tim Pepper | @tpepper |
| Timothy St. Clair | @timothysc |
Kubernetes CNCF Governing Board Representative
The Kubernetes Project is granted one of the two Developer Representative seats on the CNCF Governing Board. This seat may be held by current and former Kubernetes Steering Members and is elected to a two year term.
| Name | Profile | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Christoph Blecker | @cblecker | 2025 |
Emeritus Kubernetes CNCF Governing Board Representatives
| Name | Profile |
|---|---|
| Michelle Dhanani | @michelleN |
| Paris Pittman | @parispittman |
CNCF Representative
There are various cases when the Steering Committee may require interactions with CNCF, so a dedicated person from the CNCF Staff acts a primary communication point between Steering and CNCF.
| Name | Profile |
|---|---|
| Jeff Sica | @jeefy |
For more details on the relationship between Steering and CNCF, please see a dedicated document Relationship with the CNCF.
Communication Channels
- Public Slack: #steering-committee
- Mailing List: steering@kubernetes.io (archive)
- Private Mailing List: steering-private@kubernetes.io
- Open Community Issues/PRs
- GitHub Teams:
- @kubernetes/steering-committee - General Discussion
Private Communication Channels
The Steering Committee often deals with sensitive topics and has several private slack channels to discuss and coordinate with our project representatives.
#steering-private- Private channel for Steering Members#steering-cncf-rep-private- Private channel between Steering and the current CNCF Representative.#steering-gb-rep-private- Private channel between Steering and the current Kubernetes CNCF Governing Board Representative.
Meetings
We have two meetings every month.
- We hold an open and recorded online meeting where the community is welcome to join the first Wednesday at 8am PT of every month if there is quorum.
- We have a closed and not recorded online meeting every 3rd Wednesday of the month at 8am PT if there is quorum.
Resources
- Recordings of our meetings are publicly available on youtube
- Meeting notes are available to members of the kubernetes-dev mailing list
Projects
CNCF ServiceDesk access
The CNCF ServiceDesk policy for Kubernetes community is defined at ServiceDesk.
Top-level Accounts
The steering committee delegates ownership of various Kubernetes community accounts like GitHub, domain names, etc to SIGs and sub-projects. However, the committee also reserves top-level account access for service governance in some cases.
Google Workspace
<!-- TODO(onboarding): Replace SC2 and SC3 -->| Account | Owner |
|---|---|
| sc1@kubernetes.io | Stephen Augustus |
| sc2@kubernetes.io | Nabarun Pal |
| sc3@kubernetes.io | Bob Killen |