The goal of governance for the project is to maintain and emphasize a technical meritocracy of contributors. Those who contribute the most and the best technical solutions, have the most influence in the direction of the project. An element of benevolent dictatorship exists per component and at an overall project level to keep the project successful and resolve conflict.
Governance
Governing Board

Sr. Director, Head of Network Infrastructure, Alibaba Cloud
Dennis Cai

VP, Networking Switch Product Marketing, Marvell
John DaCosta

VP & GM, Networking and Edge Group, Intel
Ed Doe

Senior Product Line Manager, Dell
Vamshidhar Doma

Senior Director, Engineering, Broadcom
Mohammad Hanif

VP, Ethernet Switch, Nvidia
Amit Katz

Vice President, Network Infrastructure, Google
Dan Lenoski

Principal PM Manager, Microsoft
Outreach Committee Chair
Outreach Committee Chair
Xin Liu

Technical Fellow & CVP, Azure Networking, Microsoft
Chair of the Governing Board
Chair of the Governing Board
Dave A. Maltz

VP Engineering, Cisco
Vijay Tapaskar

VP of Engineering, Microsoft Azure Networking
Technical Steering Committee (TSC) Chair
Technical Steering Committee (TSC) Chair