Deborah Bryant
Interim Executive Director, Open Source Initiative
Deborah Bryant currently serves as Interim Executive Director at the Open Source Initiative (OSI), the international standards-bearer for Open Source Software. Her deep appreciation of Open Source models and culture comes out of two decades of leadership in Open Source organizations – leading enterprise IT policy in state government as an early adopter of open standards and Open Source; helping build one of the world’s pioneering Open Source labs at Oregon State University; conducting and publishing research and consulting with international governments as a trusted advisor on adoption of Open Source. Prior to joining OSI staff she led one of the world’s largest and most influential Open Source Program Offices (OSPO) at Red Hat for eight years. She is OSI Board Member Emeritus having previously served on the OSI board for four terms over ten years. In 2023, she established OSI’s first US Policy Program and founded the Open Policy Alliance.