By Arujjwal Negi | Sunday, November 09, 2025

The 2025 Steering Committee Election is now complete. The Kubernetes Steering Committee consists of 7 seats, 4 of which were up for election in 2025. Incoming committee members serve a term of 2 years, and all members are elected by the Kubernetes Community.

The Steering Committee oversees the governance of the entire Kubernetes project. With that great power comes great responsibility. You can learn more about the steering committee’s role in their charter.

Thank you to everyone who voted in the election; your participation helps support the community’s continued health and success.

Results

Congratulations to the elected committee members whose two year terms begin immediately (listed in alphabetical order by GitHub handle):

• Kat Cosgrove (@katcosgrove), Minimus
• Paco Xu (@pacoxu), DaoCloud
• Rita Zhang (@ritazh), Microsoft
• Maciej Szulik (@soltysh), Defense Unicorns

They join continuing members:

• Antonio Ojea (@aojea), Google
• Benjamin Elder (@BenTheElder), Google
• Sascha Grunert (@saschagrunert), Red Hat

Maciej Szulik and Paco Xu are returning Steering Committee Members.

Big thanks!

Thank you and congratulations on a successful election to this round’s election officers:

• Christoph Blecker (@cblecker)
• Nina Polshakova (@npolshakova)
• Sreeram Venkitesh (@sreeram-venkitesh)

Thanks to the Emeritus Steering Committee Members. Your service is appreciated by the community:

• Stephen Augustus (@justaugustus), Bloomberg
• Patrick Ohly (@pohly), Intel

And thank you to all the candidates who came forward to run for election.

Get involved with the Steering Committee

This governing body, like all of Kubernetes, is open to all. You can follow along with Steering Committee meeting notes and weigh in by filing an issue or creating a PR against their repo. They have an open meeting on the first Monday at 8am PT of every month. They can also be contacted at their public mailing list steering@kubernetes.io.

You can see what the Steering Committee meetings are all about by watching past meetings on the YouTube Playlist.

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