OWASP 2023 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, 2023.
Grant Ongers
Avi Douglen
Vandana Verma
vacant seat
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
2023 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.
08-15-2023
Call for Candidates
08-15-2023
Submission for Questions from the community for the candidate interviews
08-22-2023
Email Reminder for Call for Candidates and Questions from the community for the candidate interviews
08-29-2023
Email Reminder for Call for Candidates and Questions from the community for the candidate interviews
08-31-2023
Call for Candidates and Questions from the community for the candidate interviews closes
09-01-2023
Verification of Candidates
09-01-2023
Email Reminder regarding Membership is required to vote
09-10-2023
Candidates announced via email and social media
09-15-2023
The top (6-7) questions from the community will be selected and shared with candidates
09-15-2023
Email Reminder regarding Membership is a required to vote
09-25-2023
Email Reminder regarding Membership is a required to vote
09-25-2023
Reminder to Candidate to post their videos
09-30-2023
Candidates deadline to post their videos
09-30-2023
Membership deadline
10-01-2023
Recordings to be posted on website
10-01-2023
Email and social media notifying the community that the recordings are posted
10-15-2023
Voting opens
10-22-2023
Email reminder for voting
10-28-2023
Email reminder for voting
10-30-2023
Voting closes
10-31-2023
Results shared with all candidates
11-01-2023
Results shared via email and social media
12-31-2023
All Director-elects must be paid members before they can take their seat
01-01-2024
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
08-01-2023
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
- Avi DouglenElected
- Fred Donovan
- Izar Tarandach
- Kevin JohnsonElected
- Paulino Calderon
- Sam StepanyanElected
- Steve SpringettElected
Candidates
Board election results
| Name | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Steve SpringettElected | 511 | 18.3% |
| Sam StepanyanElected | 508 | 18.2% |
| Kevin JohnsonElected | 421 | 15.1% |
| Avi DouglenElected | 404 | 14.5% |
| Paulino Calderon | 336 | 12.0% |
| Izar Tarandach | 326 | 11.7% |
| Fred Donovan | 285 | 10.2% |
| Total | 908 | |
| Abstain | 2 | 0.2% |
Confirmed nominations
Steve Springett
Sam Stepanyan
Kevin Johnson
Avi Douglen
Slack