Zcash Foundation Board of Directors
The Zcash Foundation’s Board of Directors consists of five independent directors and an Executive Director, making it a six-member board. While the board is self-electing, it seeks advisory input from the Zcash community (represented by ZCAP) regarding who should be appointed to the board.
The board members are responsible for overseeing the Foundation’s activities and ensuring accountability.
Board Member
Duties and Responsibilities
Board of Directors Membership Criteria
Board of Directors Nominations
Members of the ZF board share fiduciary responsibility for ZF, acting as trustees of its assets, and ensuring that ZF is well-managed, and remains financially sound.
In practice, these responsibilities can be summarized as:
- Hiring, firing and supervising the Executive Director (ED)
- Providing guidance and advice to the ED
- Having bold visions about the Foundation’s mission and future
- Working with the ED to assist them and execute on future plans
Membership on the ZF Board is an unpaid position, which is the norm for 501(c)(3) boards.
Board members must not be anonymous or pseudonymous. Individuals are required to undergo the Foundation’s KYC process, complete an annual conflict of interest declaration, and their name will be published as part of the ZF Form 990
We invite members of the Zcash community to nominate people they believe would be good candidates for the ZF board. Nominations should be made on the Zcash Community Forums, under the Governance category, in the form of a new topic titled “X for the ZF Board”. People may nominate themselves.
Nominees must explicitly accept the nomination, and should post some information about themselves, and why they would be a good board member.