Molly de Blanc is the Strategic Initiatives Manager at the GNOME Foundation. She works with the existing community, external partners and supporters, and those interested in becoming involved with the Foundation and associated projects. Molly is the president of the board of directors of the Open Source Initiative, a volunteer with the Software Freedom Conservancy, and a Debian Project member. In her time  outside of free software, she climbs, drinks coffee, hangs out with her cat, and rides a bike.