[[CatherineRenata StihlerÁvila Pinto]] joined as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Open Knowledge Foundation in FebruaryOctober 20192021.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://blog.okfn.org/20182021/1110/3012/catherine-stihler-appointeda-new-ceo-offor-open-knowledge-internationalfoundation-renata-avila/ | title=Catherine Stihler appointedA new CEO offor Open Knowledge InternationalFoundation – Renata Ávila| date=20182021-1110-3012}}</ref>. CatherineFrom servedFerbuary as2019 CEO untilto August 2020, when[[Catherine Stihler]] served as CEO. sheShe left the Open Knowledge Foundation to become the CEO of Creative Commons.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://blog.okfn.org/2020/07/09/catherine-stihler-to-leave-open-knowledge-foundation-to-lead-creative-commons/ | title=Catherine Stihler to leave Open Knowledge Foundation to lead Creative Commons| date=2020-07-09}}</ref> Between 2015–2017 Pavel Richter took on the role of CEO of Open Knowledge Foundation. Pavel was formerly Executive Director of [[Wikimedia Deutschland]].
The Open Knowledge Foundation Advisory Council includes people from the areas of [[open access]], [[open data]], [[open content]], [[open science]], [[data visualization]] and [[digital rights]]. In 2015, it consisted of:<ref>{{Cite web|title = Open Knowledge: Advisory Council|url = https://okfn.org/about/advisory-council/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714223530/https://okfn.org/about/advisory-council/|url-status = dead|archive-date = 14 July 2014|website = okfn.org|access-date = 31 October 2015}}</ref>
