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Meet the SDF leadership team who guide the foundation on its pursuit to make the Stellar network and ecosystem a success.

Candace Kelly

David Mazières

Denelle Dixon

Jason Karsh

Jed McCaleb

Jose Fernandez da Ponte

Justin Rice

Lisa Macnew

Liz Ray

Nicolas Barry

Raja Chakravorti

Tomer Weller

The Foundation Team

Leadership

Co-Founder and Chief Architect at Stellar Development Foundation

SVP and Chief Communications Officer at General Motors

Lin-Hua Wu

Professor of International and Public Affairs and Partner at PNM Advogados

Ronaldo Lemos

Ginger Baker

Asiff Hirji

Board of directors

Patrick Collison

Sam Altman

Naval Ravikant

Matt Mullenweg

Director at the Apache Software Foundation

Greg Stein

Keith Rabois

Bhagwan Chowdhry

Dan Kaminsky

Advisors

Interested in joining the team? Learn more about career opportunities at SDF.

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Our goal is to unlock the world’s economic potential by making money more fluid and people more empowered. 

The Stellar network is an open-source blockchain used for a variety of payment and remittance applications. Learn about the non-profit Stellar Development Foundation and the fundamentals of how the network works.

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About Stellar

Discover how you can use the Stellar network and explore the many projects and applications building on it today.

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Jump into the documentation or explore our developer resources. Explore and apply for a variety of funding programs. 

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Stellar unites a global community to create an open network & transform the global financial system.

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The Stellar network is an open-source blockchain for payments & asset tokenization. Stellar offers tools and a global ecosystem of developers, entrepreneurs & enterprises.

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The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is an organization of innovators and changemakers, dedicated to building a more accessible world. We’re a global, mission-driven team of technologists, scientists, designers, product developers, marketers, and more, working to shape the future of the global financial system. If that inspires you, come join us!

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