Natalie Arellano joins the Buildpack TOC

The Cloud Native Buildpacks team is excited to welcome Natalie Arellano to the project’s Technical Oversight Committee (TOC). The TOC oversees all aspects of the project and is responsible for defining the long term vision of Cloud Native Buildpacks. Adding Natalie to the TOC helps to ensure the longevity of the project, and recognizes her extensive contributions across many of its components.

As a maintainer and team lead for the Implementation Team, Natalie has overseen a period of great innovation in the Buildpacks project. Her team is responsible for delivering Extensions and Dockerfile support, while ensuring the overall health of the buildpack lifecycle. She’s now the all-time leading committer to the lifecycle. Natalie has also been able to help grow the project’s community as a mentor for programs including Google Summer of Code and the Linux Foundation Mentorships.

Natalie’s passion for all aspects of the project, from documentation to low-level engineering, help to ensure the high quality of experience we deliver. Even more importantly though, her kindness, fairness, and leadership help to make our community strong.

Congratulations Natalie!