Announcing Python Software Foundation Fellow Members for Q1 2026! 🎉
Python Software Foundation News [Unofficial]
April 23, 2026
The PSF is pleased to announce its first batch of PSF Fellows for 2026. Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q1! The following people continue to do amazing things for the Python community:
Bill Deegan
Website, LinkedIn, GitHub, X
El-karece Asiedu
LinkedIn
(James) Kanin Kearpimy
Linktree
Jonas Obrist
Kristen McIntyre
Lucie Anglade
Website
Phebe Polk
Philippe Gagnon
Sarah Kuchinsky
Mastodon, Bluesky
Simon Charette
LinkedIn, GitHub
Sony Valdez
Website, GitHub
Stan Ulbrych
GitHub, Mastodon
Steve Yonkeu
Website, GitHub
Thank you for your continued contributions. We have added you to our Fellows Roster.
The above members help support the Python ecosystem by being phenomenal leaders, sustaining the growth of the Python scientific community, maintaining virtual Python communities, maintaining Python libraries, creating educational material, organizing Python events and conferences, starting Python communities in local regions, and overall being great mentors in our community. Each of them continues to help make Python more accessible around the world. To learn more about the new Fellow members, check out their links above.
Let's continue recognizing Pythonistas all over the world for their impact on our community. The criteria for Fellow members is available on our PSF Fellow Membership page. If you would like to nominate someone to be a PSF Fellow, please send a description of their Python accomplishments and their email address to psf-fellow at python.org. We are accepting nominations for Quarter 2 of 2026 through May 20th, 2026.
Are you a PSF Fellow and want to help the Work Group review nominations? Contact us at psf-fellow at python.org.
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