Abigail Cabunoc Mayes (@abbycabs) is an open source leader at GitHub, where she designs and scales programs that support open source maintainers and strengthen the broader ecosystem. Previously at Mozilla, she led open source engagement for trustworthy AI initiatives and founded Mozilla Open Leaders, a global program that has supported over 600 open projects. She is a longtime advocate for Digital Public Goods, bringing experience from work with organizations such as UNICEF to advance sustainable, community-led open source.
Abby serves on the OpenJS Foundation Board of Directors, is a founding editor of the Journal of Open Source Software, hosts JOSSCast: Open Source for Researchers, and helps organize SustainOSS. Her work focuses on open source governance, sustainability, and creating inclusive pathways for the next generation of open source leaders.