Role, as defined in the CNCF Charter
The CNCF Marketing Committee (MC) Chair is a crucial partner to the CNCF marketing team, providing a unique member perspective and enabling other member marketers. The MC Chair is a member of CNCF and has a strong understanding of the CNCF member programs and can serve as a mentor to other members within the MC, as well as lead the monthly calls. The ideal MC Chair has a strong marketing background, is collaborative, and has strong public speaking skills.
- Lead and moderate monthly MC meetings with the support of CNCF staff
- Encourage networking and collaboration across the MC
- Meet with new MC members and guide them on how to utilize CNCF resources successfully via office hours
- Have a good understanding of all CNCF member marketing benefits and be able to discuss them with existing members
- Provide guidance and assistance to Subcommittees and other initiatives that emerge from the MC (as needed)
Minimum 3 hours a month
- 1 hour MC meeting
- 2 hours of meeting preparation and follow up
- The Marketing Committee Chair shall serve a 1 year term.
- Build your thought leadership in the cloud native community
- Network with other marketing contacts across CNCF members
- Boost your knowledge of open source and the CNCF community
- CNCF Swag Basket
- Free registration to attend either KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America or Europe
- 2024: Carla Gaggini
- 2023: Lori Lorusso
- 2022: Carla Gaggini
- 2021: Lexi Nadolski + Kaitlyn Barnard
- Call for nominations: November 15
- End of call for nominations: November 26
- Presentation to MC committee: December 4
- Voting occurs: December 4-11
- The election will end on December 11
- New MC chair makes their debut in January 2025
Contact CNCF Marketing with questions.