OWASP 2021 Global Board Elections
Year-specific vacancies, dates, nominees, and candidate pages. General election rules are on the Elections landing page.
Board member vacancies
The following individuals' Board Member Seats will expire on December 31, 2021.
Sherif Mansour
Owen Pendlebury
Grant Ongers
Vandana Verma
General election information
For general election information, including eligibility requirements, who can vote and how to vote, along with other frequently asked questions, please visit:
OWASP Board Elections — process, eligibility, and how to vote
2021 election timeline
Directors are solely responsible for maintaining good standing as a paid member throughout their term, or a vote of confidence will be held by the Board. This has happened several times in the past. We strongly urge Director-elects to take out sufficient membership to cover their entire term to avoid issues with standing. Adding a two year membership to your current membership or changing to a Lifetime membership is the ideal way to avoid this issue entirely.
08-15-2021
Call for Candidates
08-15-2021
Submission for Questions from the community for the candidate interviews
08-22-2021
Email Reminder for Call for Candidates and Questions from the community for the candidate interviews
08-29-2021
Email Reminder for Call for Candidates and Questions from the community for the candidate interviews
08-31-2020
Call for Candidates and Questions from the community for the candidate interviews closes
09-01-2021
Verification of Candidates
09-01-2021
Email Reminder regarding Membership is required to vote
09-10-2021
Candidates announced via email and social media
09-15-2021
The top (6-7) questions from the community will be selected and shared with candidates
09-15-2021
Email Reminder regarding Membership is a required to vote
09-25-2021
Email Reminder regarding Membership is a required to vote
09-25-2021
Reminder to Candidate to post their videos
09-30-2021
Candidates deadline to post their videos
09-30-2021
Membership deadline
10-01-2021
Recordings to be posted on website
10-01-2021
Email and social media notifying the community that the recordings are posted
10-15-2021
Voting opens
10-22-2021
Email reminder for voting
10-28-2021
Email reminder for voting
10-30-2021
Voting closes
10-31-2021
Results shared with all candidates
11-01-2021
Results shared via email and social media
12-31-2021
All Director-elects must be paid members before they can take their seat
01-01-2022
Any Director-elect who is not a paid member by this date has not qualified to be a Director under our bylaws, and has 7 days grace to obtain paid membership
08-01-2022
Any Director-elect who still has not obtained paid membership after the grace period, has not qualified to be a Director. The next most voted candidate will take their place
Call for candidates
Members who have been in good standing for more than 12 months can stand for the Board. To apply, there are two methods:
OWASP Members have been emailed an email with the details of how to apply. Search for the following. The link to apply is within the email:
in:all "Elections - Call for Candidates and Interview Questions Reminder"
Click the "Apply for the OWASP Global Board" link in the OWASP Member Portal.
Nominees
Listed in order of nomination date. Four seats are open for this election.
- Avi DouglenElected
- Glenn ten CateElected
- Grant OngersElected
- Louis Griffith
- Vandana Verma SehgalElected
Candidates
Board election results
| Name | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Vandana Verma SehgalElected | 760 | 25.4% |
| Grant OngersElected | 682 | 22.7% |
| Avi DouglenElected | 585 | 19.5% |
| Glenn ten CateElected | 583 | 19.4% |
| Louis Griffith | 388 | 12.9% |
| Total | 1019 | |
| Abstain | 9 | 0.9% |
Confirmed nominations
Vandana Verma Sehgal
Grant Ongers
Avi Douglen
Glenn ten Cate
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