# OpenStreetMap Foundation chair

entity: /record/openstreetmap-foundation.md  
predicate: chair  
page: /record/openstreetmap-foundation/chair  
as_of: 2026-10-31  

As of October 31, 2026, OpenStreetMap Foundation's chair on the AsOf record is Craig Allan, dated November 14, 2024, from a primary source (osmfoundation.org). The record holds 4 claims on OpenStreetMap Foundation's chair, 1 still open and 3 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current chair

What the record asserts on 2026-10-31.

- [OpenStreetMap Foundation](/record/openstreetmap-foundation.md) | chair | Craig Allan | valid 2024-11-14 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_5067E70051E7](/claim/clm_5067E70051E7.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6542248, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/13157, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/13270#Voting_for_Chairperson, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2024-11

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [OpenStreetMap Foundation](/record/openstreetmap-foundation.md) | chair | Steve Coast | valid 2006-01-01 to 2012-09-08 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_6176DDD46A01](/claim/clm_6176DDD46A01.md) | [clm_34B3C875B16C](/claim/clm_34B3C875B16C.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6542248, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meetings/12/Minutes, https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/91, https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM09/Election_to_Board
- [OpenStreetMap Foundation](/record/openstreetmap-foundation.md) | chair | Allan Phillip Mustard | valid 2019-12-23 to 2021-12-15 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_1B2B8920D6B7](/claim/clm_1B2B8920D6B7.md) | [clm_6176DDD46A01](/claim/clm_6176DDD46A01.md)
  sources: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2021-August/008084.html, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6542248, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2019-12, https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board_Member_Bios, https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/2220689
- [OpenStreetMap Foundation](/record/openstreetmap-foundation.md) | chair | Guillaume Rischard | valid 2021-12-15 to 2024-11-14 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_5067E70051E7](/claim/clm_5067E70051E7.md) | [clm_1B2B8920D6B7](/claim/clm_1B2B8920D6B7.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6542248, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/12327, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/13157, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2024-11, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2021-12
- [OpenStreetMap Foundation](/record/openstreetmap-foundation.md) | chair | Craig Allan | valid 2024-11-14 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_5067E70051E7](/claim/clm_5067E70051E7.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6542248, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/13157, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/13270#Voting_for_Chairperson, https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2024-11

## What replaced what

- Steve Coast (2006-01-01 to 2012-09-08, [clm_34B3C875B16C](/claim/clm_34B3C875B16C.md)) was replaced by Allan Phillip Mustard from 2019-12-23 ([clm_6176DDD46A01](/claim/clm_6176DDD46A01.md))
- Allan Phillip Mustard (2019-12-23 to 2021-12-15, [clm_6176DDD46A01](/claim/clm_6176DDD46A01.md)) was replaced by Guillaume Rischard from 2021-12-15 ([clm_1B2B8920D6B7](/claim/clm_1B2B8920D6B7.md))
- Guillaume Rischard (2021-12-15 to 2024-11-14, [clm_1B2B8920D6B7](/claim/clm_1B2B8920D6B7.md)) was replaced by Craig Allan from 2024-11-14 ([clm_5067E70051E7](/claim/clm_5067E70051E7.md))

## Questions this record answers

### What is OpenStreetMap Foundation's current chair?

Craig Allan, dated November 14, 2024, from a primary source (osmfoundation.org). The record asserts this claim as of October 31, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95).

### When did OpenStreetMap Foundation's chair last change?

The latest value on the record is Craig Allan, dated November 14, 2024; before it the record holds Guillaume Rischard, dated December 15, 2021 and closed on November 14, 2024.

### What was OpenStreetMap Foundation's chair before Craig Allan?

Guillaume Rischard, valid from December 15, 2021 to November 14, 2024 (status superseded), from a primary source (osmfoundation.org).


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