With a heart full of joy, sadness, pride, and premature nostalgia, I will be departing the Drupal Association on 21 September, 2023 and will no longer serve on the leadership team as your Director, Programs.
Over the last two years at the Drupal Association, I have had the honor to work with so many incredible change-makers in the non-profit and Open Source world. I’ve grown beyond what I ever imagined in my relationship with the free and open web, and I’m so grateful to this community for trusting me with leading many of the Drupal Association’s most critical programs. I’m also deeply grateful for the entire staff at the Drupal Association for trusting me to help build our workplace into one that is rooted in equity, access, and employee agency. Cultivating a healthy culture at a remote global organization is one of things I’m most proud of leaving behind, and I’m confident that the leadership team will continue to nurture our working environment to be one where everyone can thrive.
Thank you so much to the Drupal community and the DA staff/board for making the last 2 years some of the most fulfilling, empowering, and productive of my career. It's been my pleasure to work hand-in-hand with you all on DrupalCon, Discover Drupal, contribution enablement, and DEI best practices, and I will take all I've learned into the next chapter of my career. It is my hope that I’ve left you all in a good place, and have had a positive impact on your experience in the Drupal ecosystem. I have the utmost faith in my colleagues to continue to deliver high-impact, equitable programs that make Drupal amazing.
Feel free to find me on the Drupal Community Slack (vonreyes) in my last two weeks, or at vonreyes.carrd.co if you want to stay in touch in the future.
Left to right: Von with Nikki Flores; Von with Iwantha Lekamge; Von with Angie Sabin
