The Opensource.com Team

Meet the team

The Opensource.com Team includes the editorial team, the Correspondents, and a select group of advisors who are experts in their fields.

Editorial Team

Jen Wike Huger

Jen Wike Huger is the Community Manager for Opensource.com. Catch her at the next open source virtual event, or ping her on Twitter. She lives in Raleigh with her husband and daughters, June and Jewel.

Lauren Pritchett

Lauren is the managing editor for Opensource.com. She loves how open source technology and principles help solve all types of problems, particularly those involving education, climate change, and citizen engagement.
Seth Kenlon

Seth Kenlon

Seth Kenlon is a UNIX geek, free culture advocate, independent multimedia artist, and D&D nerd. He has worked in the film and computing industry, often at the same time.

Red Hat Advisors

Jason Baker

I use technology to make the world more open. Linux desktop enthusiast. Map/geospatial nerd. Raspberry Pi tinkerer. Data analysis and visualization geek. Occasional coder. Cloud nativist. Civic tech and open government booster.
Jason Hibbets

Jason Hibbets

Jason Hibbets is a senior community architect at Red Hat which means he is a mash-up of a community manager and project manager.

Melanie Chernoff

Melanie Chernoff | As Public Policy Manager for Red Hat, Inc., Melanie monitors, evaluates, and works to influence U.S. and international legislation and government regulations affecting open source technologies and open standards.
Richard Fontana

Richard Fontana

Richard is Senior Commercial Counsel on the Products and Technologies team in Red Hat's legal department. Most of his work focuses on open source-related legal issues.