---
title:
  Announcing the 2025 OpenTelemetry Governance Committee Election Candidates
linkTitle: 2025 GC Candidates
date: 2025-10-20
author: OpenTelemetry Governance Committee
cSpell:ignore: Dinesh Gurumurthy Todea Toulme
---

The OpenTelemetry Election Committee is excited to announce the final list of
candidates for the upcoming 2025 OpenTelemetry Governance Committee Election!

If you are an
[eligible voter](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/55c58353ce8651dbb5269ca91bb6dde5b47bac2e/elections/2025/governance-committee-election.md?from_branch=main#voter-eligibility),
you’ll have the opportunity to continue shaping the future of OpenTelemetry by
casting your vote between 27 October 2025 00:00 UTC and 29 October 2025 end of
day, [Anywhere on Earth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anywhere_on_Earth) (30
October 2025 12:00 UTC). You'll be selecting your preferred candidates to fill
the five available seats in this year's election.

You can find the candidates' pictures, profile links, and descriptions on the
[candidates page](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/1b7d0d85924677149593a18639ce0b897ed4751f/elections/2025/governance-committee-candidates.md?from_branch=main).
Here are their names:

- Antoine Toulme
- Austin Parker
- Damien Mathieu
- Dan Gomez Blanco
- Dinesh Gurumurthy
- Juraci Paixão Kröhling
- Marylia Gutierrez
- Severin Neumann
- Ted Young
- Virginia Diana Todea

You can check your eligibility by reviewing
[this GitHub issue](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/issues/3001). If
you have made contributions to our ecosystem not measured by the automatic
process, you can
[request an exception](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/614ece1538e6697842bc25d436d8d70ab6175808/governance-charter.md?from_branch=main#elections)
before 23:59 UTC on 24 October 2025 to participate in the election.
