Results of 4th Annual Elections to the Board of Directors of the Velocity Network Foundation

The Velocity Network Foundation (VNF) has completed its forth annual Board of Directors elections. VNF was established as a collaborative, democratically governed nonprofit, with a membership consisting of diverse labor market stakeholders from HR and EdTech, nonprofit and multilateral organizations, employers and educational institutions. The Foundation exists to provide the governance framework for the Velocity Network, a public and open trust framework built to fix the broken data layer underlying the global labor market.

As a founding principle, all members participate in the democratic governance framework and are eligible to vote for the Board of Directors.

This year, twelve seats were up for election and 75% of eligible member organizations cast their votes, representing over 99% of the voting rights. VNF is excited and grateful for the level of participation by its membership and the engagement of the candidates.

Four existing board members were re-elected to the board and eight new board members joined. Four of the elected board members are delegates of VNF members, and eight are unaffiliated board members.

The twelve elected board members are:

Colin Strasburg – Digital Identity Director, Fragomen – Non-Affiliated
Dror Gurevich – Chief Executive Officer, Velocity Career Labs – Delegate
Glen Gathey – SVP Talent Advisory & Digital Strategy, Randstad – Non-Affiliated
Ingolf Teetz – Founder and CEO, Milch und Zucker – Delegate
Joan Beets – Managing Partner, Kennedy Fitch – Non-Affiliated
Kelly Hoyland – Director, Unicon – Non-Affiliated
Kymberly Lavigne-Hinkley – National Philanthropic Partnerships Director, Western Governors University – Non-Affiliated
Mark Baglia – Director of Product Management, HireRight – Delegate
Rachel Gordon – Vice President of Student Financial Aid Services, American University of Antigua College of Medicine – Non-Affiliated
Robin Weninger – Founder and CEO, Global Institute of Leadership and Technology – non-Affiliated
Ximo Soler – Chief Operating Officer, Marlex – Non-Affiliated
Zach Daigle – Chief Strategy and Customer Officer, Cisive – Delegate

These twelve board members join our existing nine serving board members to make up the 2026 Velocity Network Foundation Board of Directors.

This year’s election process was extremely competitive, presenting incredible candidates from leading organizations around the globe. VNF is deeply appreciative of all the candidates, elected or not, for taking part in the elections, and looks forward to their continued involvement in the organization.