Association for Software Testing
2025 - 2026 AST Board Nominations
Running a professional global nonprofit organization is like managing a software project with constantly changing requirements, unclear success criteria, and stakeholders who all have strong opinions about the best way forward. Sound familiar?
These nominees looked at that challenge and said, "Sure, I'll help with that." Either they're very generous with their time, slightly masochistic, or they genuinely care about making things better for our community. (Probably a little bit of all three... and we are here for it!)
They come from different corners of our chaotic, wonderful profession. Some are battle-tested veterans who've seen every testing trend come and go. Others are newer voices bringing fresh perspectives on where we're headed. What they all share: a dangerous combination of optimism about our profession's future and the organizational skills to actually do something about it.
Our Esteemed 2025-2026 Board Nominees
Abitha Arunachalam
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Janna Loeffler
Orlando, Florida, USA
Pax Noyes
Utah County, Utah USA
Millan Kaul
Seattle, Washington, USA
Sathish Mondi
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Paul Hayes
Switzerland
Gwen Iarussi
Current AST Board President
Salt Lake City, UT USA
Doug Hoffman
Current AST Board Executive Vice President
Saratoga, CA, USA
Nikita Klimov
Miami, FL, USA
Davide Messia
Milano, Italy, EU
Matthew Heusser
Michigan, USA
Why your vote matters
(beyond making you feel civic-minded)
You're choosing the people who will guide AST through whatever weirdness the next few years throw at us. AI taking over testing jobs? New methodologies that make current practices obsolete? Budget crises? Identity crises? These are the folks who'll help us navigate it all.
Their decisions will influence:
- Whether our educational resources keep up with industry changes
- How we respond when someone declares testing "dead" again
- Which bright ideas get funding and which get filed under "maybe later"
- Whether AST stays relevant or becomes that organization people remember fondly but don't actually engage with.
Learn about the candidates. Consider who you'd trust to make decisions about AST's future. Think about which mix of personalities and perspectives would best serve our wonderfully diverse, occasionally stubborn community.