Who We Are
Working to Build the World We Imagine
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!
The Foundation Team
Leadership
Meet the SDF leadership team who guide the foundation on its pursuit to make the Stellar network and ecosystem a success.
Candace Kelly
Chief Legal and Policy Officer
David Mazières
Founder and Chief Scientist
Denelle Dixon
CEO and Executive Director
Jed McCaleb
Founder and Chief Architect
Jordan Edelstein
CMO
Justin Rice
VP of Ecosystem
Lauren Thorbjornsen
Chief of Staff, Vice President
Lisa Macnew
VP of People
Liz Ray
CFO
Nicolas Barry
CTO
Raja Chakravorti
Chief Business Officer
Tomer Weller
Chief Product Officer
Board of Directors
Jed McCaleb
Co-Founder and Chief Architect at Stellar Development Foundation
Lin-Hua Wu
SVP and Chief Communications Officer at General Motors
Ronaldo Lemos
Professor of International and Public Affairs and Partner at PNM Advogados
Ginger Baker
Head of Financial Access at Plaid
Asiff Hirji
President of MoonPay
Advisors
Patrick Collison
CEO of Stripe
Sam Altman
CEO of OpenAI
Naval Ravikant
Founder of AngelList
Matt Mullenweg
Founder of WordPress.com
Greg Stein
Director at the Apache Software Foundation
Keith Rabois
General Partner at Founders Fund
Bhagwan Chowdhry
Professor at UCLA Anderson
