Who we are
We’re a multidisciplinary team with many years of experience in government digital transformation, open source and building collaborative networks.
History of the Foundation for Public Code
The Foundation for Public Code was founded by Ben Cerveny, Boris van Hoytema and Arnout Schuijff in 2019, to guide international collaboration among public organizations around codebase design, quality and governance.
Leveraging 30 combined years of experience working with cities and technology-enabled
collaboration, Boris and Ben recognized policy and whitepapers were insufficient catalysts in this
space. Their landscape analysis revealed that stewardship was the key to converting the massive
public investment in open source and collaboration into long-term, sustainable implementation.
Based on their experience of technological innovation in a traditional industry, Pieter van der
Does and Arnout Schuijff (co-founders of the Adyen payments platform) agreed with Ben and Boris that
public organizations deserved better software. They joined the Board of Directors to share their
expertise and connections.
Former team members
The Foundation is grateful to have grown and evolved in the capable hands of these past team members.
Boris van Hoytema
Chief executive
(2019-2023)
(2019-2023)
Claus Mullie
Stewardship and membership coordinator
(2019-2024)
Elena Findley-de Regt
Communications coordinator
(2019-2024)
(2019-2024)
Jan Ainali
Codebase steward
(2019-2024)
(2019-2024)
Eric Herman
Lead codebase steward
(2019-2024)
(2019-2024)
Mirjam van Tiel
Finance executive
(2019)
(2019)
Alba Roza
Codebase steward for communites
(2020-2021)
(2020-2021)
Deborah Meibergen
Operations coordinator
(2020-2021)
(2020-2021)
Laura Scheske
Membership developer
(2020-2021)
(2020-2021)
Felix Faassen
Codebase steward
(2020-2021)
(2020-2021)
Kehinde Bademosi
Creative director
(2021-2024)
(2021-2024)
Advisory Council
Our strategic council of advisors helps with key strategic decisions, and serve as ambassadors for our mission.
Audrey Tang
Digital Minister of Taiwan
Dan Hill
Director of Melbourne School of Design, former Director of Strategic Design, Vinnova
Gabriella Gómez-Mont
Principal at Experimentalista, former Chief Creative Officer of Mexico City
Leslie Hawthorn
(Chair) Manager, Vertical Community Strategy, Red Hat Open Source Program Office
