On April 28, 2025, the Ethereum Foundation announced a new leadership model that includes a management team and a board of directors aimed at enhancing strategic execution and supporting the Ethereum ecosystem.

Hsiao-Wei Wang and Tomasz K. Stańczak have been appointed as co-executive directors, bringing together technical expertise and operational leadership to guide the foundation.

The co-executive directors will work closely with the management team to implement the foundation's vision through strategic planning and operational oversight.

Joining the management team are Bastian Aue and Josh Stark, who will focus on organizational strategy, hiring, project execution, and communications.

The foundation's governance philosophy is centered on distributing power, adapting its structure, and ensuring resilience through decentralization and diversified development teams.

In this new structure, the management team will handle daily operations while the board will oversee the vision and compliance, ensuring alignment with the foundation's core principles.

The leadership emphasized four guiding principles for decision-making: censorship resistance, open-source innovation, privacy protection, and security, which are essential for Ethereum's role as a global public good.

Wang and Stańczak have outlined strategic priorities for the upcoming year, including scaling Ethereum’s mainnet and improving interoperability between Layer 1 and Layer 2 networks.

The Ethereum Foundation aims to act as a steward of the 'Infinite Garden,' promoting independent teams and maximizing Ethereum's applications in decentralized finance, social media, and AI coordination platforms.

The current board includes notable figures such as Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, president Aya Miyaguchi, Swiss counsel Patrick Storchenegger, and co-executive director Hsiao-Wei Wang.

The board's approach emphasizes flexibility, supporting rather than controlling the ecosystem's evolution, which underscores the importance of decentralization.

During his two-year term, Stańczak will focus on accelerating critical technical infrastructure projects, while Wang will ensure that board directives are effectively connected to management activities.