Farewell and Welcome | Ethereum Foundation Blog

We are sad to announce that Ming Chan, who has served as Executive Director of the Ethereum Foundation for nearly three years, is leaving the Foundation. Since her arrival in 2015 she has played a key role in the foundation’s development and success. We will miss her leadership, dedication and integrity that she brought to her Foundation and would like to thank her for her dedicated service and many significant accomplishments, including:

• Multiple reorganizations for the foundation, greatly improving efficiency and reducing costs.
• Building relationships with IC3 and other academic groups
• Navigate and support the Foundation through several difficult challenges, including the DAO hack and the 2016 DoS attack.
• Oversaw several major successful hard forks, including Homestead and Metropolis
• Overseeing three successful Devcon events

To address the Foundation’s current and future leadership needs, we have already completed the search for a worthy successor. From February 1, 2018, Aya Miyaguchi will serve as Executive Director of the Ethereum Foundation. Aya is a veteran in the blockchain space, most recently serving as Managing Director of Kraken Japan. She brings her passion for non-profits and social enterprises to her years of organizational leadership experience. We are fortunate to have her with us and a warm welcome to her new role.

“Having been involved in various layers of the blockchain ecosystem, I am aware of the improvements that need to happen at the core level of the Ethereum platform and that these improvements can only happen with the support of a strong community. I am very excited to take on this role and research It’s about supporting development efforts and relationships within the community,” says Aya.

I look forward to working with Aya as the Foundation continues to develop and grow in the future. There are many exciting developments on the horizon for our ecosystem, and we expect even greater developments in the coming days and near future. Please join us in saying a heartfelt goodbye to Ming and welcoming Aya to the Ethereum Foundation.

Board of Directors, Stiftung Ethereum

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