Who are you?
I'm Jeremy Tanner, an organizer, speaker, sponsor, Python developer, and community member. I'm based in North America, though many of my favorite people, places, and events are not. I've spent much of my career in the open Python ecosystem; packaging infrastructure, developer tooling, and the supply chains that get Python into the hands of pythonistas building everything imaginable. I believe the Python community should look like the world, not just the English-speaking, North American corner of it, and that sustainable finances are what make that vision achievable. I'm running for the PSF Board to do both: raise sustainable funds and resources, and make sure they reach everywhere.
What would you bring to the PSF Board of Directors?
Sponsorship for Python Foundations, Events, Organizations: I have direct experience securing corporate partnerships and sponsorships for the Python ecosystem, including navigating the internal processes of large companies to provide support to open source projects, infrastructure, and community gatherings. I’ve been on the organizing side as well, responsible for fundraising, programming, and attendee experience.
What motivated you to run for the PSF Board of Directors?
I wouldn't be here if it weren't for Python.
The PSF is the organizational backbone of the most important programming language in the world, and it is perpetually underfunded relative to its mission. Companies and the community benefit enormously from the PSF's work sustaining PyPI, funding sprints, and keeping the ecosystem healthy. Many are interested and capable of supporting further, but unsure how. I want to change that, and I want the resources generated to flow toward a Python community that genuinely reflects the mission's diverse and global users.
What problem or challenge do you want to address if you are on the board?
Build a sustainable corporate partnership program
The PSF has sponsorship tiers, but lacks a structured program for engaging companies at the scale their Python dependency warrants. I’m interested in working with PSF staff to design and execute a partnership program that makes it easier, and compelling, for companies, and others to contribute meaningfully. I've done this work both from the corporate side, and the position of organizer as well. I know what makes it succeed.
Invest in regional and international events
PyCon US has been the largest gathering, but is no longer running profitably. Python is spoken in Lagos, São Paulo, Jakarta, Warsaw, and the events, meetups, and communities in those places are where most of the world's Python developers live. The PSF grants program is the primary lever for supporting these communities, and it is chronically under-resourced. I’ll advocate for dedicated, predictable funding for regional and international events, not one-off grants that organizers have to re-apply for every year, but structural support that lets community leaders plan, grow, and mentor the next generation of organizers in their own languages and time zones. A Python community that looks like the world requires the PSF to invest across the globe.
Connect packaging infrastructure investment to the PSF's mission
PyPI is critical infrastructure, and its funding has historically been precarious. My background in packaging and distribution gives me the context to make the case, both to the board and to corporate partners, for why sustained investment in Python's packaging ecosystem is a strategic priority, not an afterthought. I want the PSF to be a more confident and articulate advocate for the infrastructure that millions of developers depend on daily.
Where do you see the PSF 5 years from now?
Celebrating Python's 40th anniversary. Strong, sustainable, with a growing staff & membership. Not a member yet? Please consider joining the PSF as a Supporting Member
What areas of the Python community are you involved with?
I've spoken at, sponsored, or participated in PyCon US, as well as PyLadies, PyCarribean, PyTexas, PyGotham, SciPy, PyData (Texas, London, New York, Seattle), North Bay Python, and meetups, have kept me grounded in what pythonistas across the community are building, struggling with, and asking for.
Packaging: Working with package maintainers and partners in order to see that all pythonistas are able to get the software they need.
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