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### XSF Chair{#chair}

Chairman of the XSF is Ralph Meijer. Ralph is an independent consultant for Nuntians Services B.V., working on real-time communications systems, event-driven architectures, and observability. He is the lead developer of several XMPP related projects and services, including Wokkel and the XMPP support in Twisted, the Idavoll pubsub component, and Planet Jabber. Ralph has been member of the XMPP Council from 2004 to 2013 and Director since 2013. You can contact him via [email](mailto:ralphm@ik.nu) or [XMPP](xmpp:ralphm@ik.nu).

### Executive Director{#executive-director}

The current Executive Director of the XSF is Matthew Wild. Matthew has served as executive director since 2017, and prior to that on the XMPP Council 2009-2016. As well as contributions to the protocol, Matthew founded, and continues to develop, XMPP-related software projects such as [Prosody](https://prosody.im/) and [Snikket](https://snikket.org/). You can contact Matthew via [XMPP](xmpp:me@matthewwild.co.uk) or [email](mailto:me@matthewwild.co.uk).

### XSF Treasurer{#treasurer}

The treasurer of the XSF is Peter Saint-Andre. Peter served as executive director of the XMPP Standards Foundation for 15 years, from 2002-2017. He has been contributing to the Jabber/XMPP developer community since late 1999, where he has focused on documentation and standardization as author of the XMPP RFCs, numerous XMPP extension protocols, and XMPP: The Definitive Guide (O’Reilly, 2009). Peter can be contacted via [XMPP](xmpp:stpeter@jabber.org) or [email](mailto:stpeter@stpeter.im).

### XSF Secretary{#secretary}

The Secretary of the XSF is Alexander Gnauck. Alex is a software engineer born in 1973 in Germany. He lives in Heilbronn, which is a city in south-central Germany near Stuttgart. As the founder of AG-Software he offers software development and consulting in XMPP communication technologies. He has also worked for ALF, a company developing financial consulting software for bankers. Alexander served as Chair of the XSF Board of Directors for 2007-2008 and as a Board member for 2006-2007 and 2008-2009.

As explained in the [XSF Bylaws](/about/xsf/bylaws), the Secretary of the XMPP Standards Foundation has the following responsibilities:

- Issue all notices and announcements of the XSF (e.g., meeting announcements)
- Maintain the official records of the XSF, including the bylaws and the list of members
- Run the XSF’s quarterly membership elections and yearly Board and Council elections, including identification of eligible members and maintenance of the XSF’s voting bot
- Write and publish meeting minutes for Member meetings and Board meetings
- Coordinate and consult with the Board of Directors, the Chair of the Board, and the Executive Director on all appropriate issues
