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OpenJS Foundation welcomes two new board members from Google and Joyent

The OpenJS Foundation family is growing! We are happy to welcome two new members to the Board: Sonal Bhoraniya from Google and Sean Johnson from Joyent to its Board of Directors.

OpenJS Foundation welcomes two new board members from Google and Joyent

The OpenJS Foundation family is growing! We are happy to welcome two new members to the Board: Sonal Bhoraniya from Google and Sean Johnson from Joyent to its Board of Directors.

Sonal Bhoraniya is an attorney on Google’s Open Source Compliance Team, ensuring compliance with open source policies and adherence to the collaborative, open source culture.  Sonal believes in the value of maintaining and contributing to open source communities. In addition to her legal acumen, Sonal is a JavaScript/ Node.js developer. Sonal earned her Bachelor’s in Science from Duke and her JD from Vanderbilt. In her role on the Board, Sonal is excited to support and help ensure the healthy and sustainable growth of the OpenJS community.

Sean Johnson, joining from Joyent, leads Joyent’s Commercial Group, a subsidiary of Samsung, covering a variety of diverse open source projects, products, and services. Sean is an OSS-first product leader and advocate for vibrant and productive open source communities. In his role as a member of the board, Sean hopes to accelerate social and community equity in the OpenJS ecosystem through enablement, collaboration and shared values. Sean earned a Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt.

The OpenJS Foundation is looking forward to the contributions of both Sonal and Sean and honored to have them serve as Platinum Directors.