It was barely four months ago that [1]the GNOME Foundation announced its new Executive Director , Steven Deobald, who was taking over after [2]Holly Million stepped down after less than one year . Today Deobald announced he is stepping down as the Executive Director.

The GNOME Foundation Board of Directors [3]announced Steven Deobald would be stepping down . He then confirmed in a personal [4]blog post of his departure.

Allan Day is serving as the President and acting Executive Director with Deobald's departure.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Executive-Steven-Deobald

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Holly-Million-Leaving

[3] https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2025/08/29/thanks-and-farewell-to-steven-deobald/

[4] https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/08/29/so-short-and-thanks-for-all-the-flinch/