Istio Project Announces 2025 Technical Oversight Committee Election Results
Announcing the results of our annual election.
Last year we announced that Istio would transform from an indefinitely-appointed Technical Oversight Committee to a regularly elected body, with members serving two-year terms.
Each year, three of the six seats are elected. To bootstrap the process, we announced the 2025 election would cover the seats held by the three longest-serving members.
One of those three seats became vacant, prompting a by-election. Long-time maintainer Costin Manolache won that election. We thank Costin for his continuing contributions and completing the remainder of the term, after which he chose not to stand again.
Five candidates stood for the three available seats, and the Steering Committee has now concluded the election.
Lin Sun and Louis Ryan were re-elected to their two seats. Both have been involved with Istio since before its public launch, and continue to serve as active leaders across the project.
The third seat was won by Rama Chavali, a long-time contributor and maintainer of Istio through his work at Salesforce.
In Rama’s own words:
On behalf of the Istio community, I congratulate Rama on his election to the TOC and look forward to his continued leadership and impact.
