Last July it was announced [1]Holly Million was stepping down as the GNOME Foundation's Exeuctive Director after less than a year at the helm. Richard Littauer took over as interim Executive Director while this week a new GNOME Foundation Executive Director was hired.

GNOME's new Executive Director is Steven Deobald. Steven Deobald is a Canadian free software advocate and has been a GNOME user since 2002.

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As the GNOME Foundation Executive Director, Steven wants to focus on transparency and to better ensure financial stability of the GNOME Foundation.

Those wanting to read Steven Deobald's welcoming statements as the new GNOME Foundation Executive Director can find his post on [3]blogs.gnome.org .



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

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2025&image=deobald_lrg

[3] https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/05/06/introducing-myself/