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The Strategic Leadership Board (SLB) conducts the business affairs of the Foundation, sets the overall strategic direction of the Foundation, and functions as the legal Board of Directors.
The Strategic Leadership Board consists of between 3 and 10 members, with members being elected to three-year terms from 1 January to 31 December (see the COIN-OR Foundation by-laws). The following are the current members as well as the year their current term ends:
- Oscar Dowson (elected board member in 2020 until Dec 2023, and re-elected 2023 until Dec 2026)
- Kevin Furman (elected as board member in 2022 until Dec 2025, and appointed as Vice President on 14 July 2023 until Dec 2024, and reappointed on 19 Jun 2024 until Dec 2025. Elected as President on July 2025 for a term ending Dec 2025. Vice President role is unfilled from July 2025.)
- Matthew Galati (elected as board member in 2023 for a term from 2024 to Dec 2026)
- Andrew Mason (elected board member in 2019 until Dec 2022, & elected again in 2023 until Dec 2025)
- Ted Ralphs (ex-officio as chair of new technical committee approved in 2022 in perpetuity!)
- Matthew Saltzman (founding President on 10 March 2004, and re-elected repeatedly, most recently in 2022 until 2025, and appointed Chair of the Board most recently on 19 June 2024 to Dec 2025. Term as President ended on 10 July 2025 after 20+ years! Elected as both Secretary and Treasurer on 10 July 2025 for a term ending Dec 2025.)
- Kibaek Kim (elected 2023 to serve as a board member until 2026, and appointed on 14 July 2023 as Secretary until Dec 2023, and reappointed as Secretary on 19 June 2024 until Dec 2025. Term as Secretary ended 10 July 2025.)
- John Chinneck (elected in Dec 2024 for a term ending Dec 2027)
Note that officers are appointed for one year, while elected board members serve for a 3 year term. (Our terms typically run from January to December.)
Previous membership terms on the SLB include:
- Horand (Gus) Gassmann (2021), Treasurer
- Giacomo Nannicini (2021), Secretary
- Robert Fourer (2017, 2021)
- Kevin Furman (2018, 2021)
- Horand (Gus) Gassmann (2018), Treasurer
- Bill Hart (2018)
- Alan King (2016, 2020)
- Andrew Mason (2019)
- Giacomo Nannicini (2018), Secretary
- Ted Ralphs, TLC Representative until 2022 (when this role was disestablished)
- Matthew Saltzman (2019), President
- Laurent Perron (2023)
- Stefan Wild (elected in 2021 as board member until Dec 2024)
- Ti Zhang (Treasurer, appointed on 5 April 2021, and an officer until Dec 2024)
Several committees have, in the past, coordinated the work of the SLB:
- Finance
- Alan King (chair)
- Legal Affairs
- Ted Ralphs (chair), Lou Hafer, Matthew Saltzman
- Membership
- Lou Hafer (chair)
- Web
- Matthew Saltzman (chair), Lou Hafer, Andrew Mason, Ted Ralphs