Josh Simmons is a community organizer, nonprofit leader, open source strategist, and civic engagement geek based in California's North Bay Area. He's been a freelancer, startup CEO ( RIP ), web developer, marketer, board director, and campaign manager, and spends much of his time organizing in both a volunteer and professional capacity.
Josh most recently worked as Senior Principal Foundations Advocate at Tidelift , leads the Public Health Pledge initiative, and serves as Operations Lead for Petaluma Pride , co-organizer of North Bay Python , and as an appointed member of the City of Petaluma's General Plan Advisory Committee and Technology Advisory Committee .
Recognized as an advocate for inclusive community building and tackling systemic issues across many contexts, Josh is best known as a respected member of the worldwide open source software community. Josh served as President and Chair of the Open Source Initiative's board. During his six-year tenure he oversaw a restructuring of the board and staff to better serve the organization's members and the open source ecosystem.