--- title: Python Software Foundation News: Announcing PSF... description: The Python Software Foundation Board announced five new Community Service Award recipients: Abhijeet Mote, Elena Williams, Hugo van Kemenade, Kevin Horn, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/python-software-foundation-news-announcing-psf-community-service-award-recipients--p3ayuf2ok twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Python Software Foundation News: Announcing PSF Community Service Award Recipients! | daily.dev og:description: The Python Software Foundation Board announced five new Community Service Award recipients: Abhijeet Mote, Elena Williams, Hugo van Kemenade, Kevin Horn, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/python-software-foundation-news-announcing-psf-community-service-award-recipients--p3ayuf2ok og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/P3AYUF2OK.png og:image:alt: Python Software Foundation News: Announcing PSF Community Service Award Recipients! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Python Software Foundation News: Announcing PSF Community Service Award Recipients! **[Python Software Foundation](https://daily.dev/sources/pyfound)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Python Software Foundation Board announced five new Community Service Award recipients: Abhijeet Mote, Elena Williams, Hugo van Kemenade, Kevin Horn, and Sarah Abderemane. Abhijeet founded the Python Penang Meetup and trains students and faculty in India and leads library Python classes in the United States. Elena co-founded PyLadiesAU and founded the Canberra Python User Group and organized multiple Django Girls events in Australia. Hugo is the release manager for Python 3.14 and 3.15 and a Pillow maintainer since 2014. Kevin has organized PyTexas since 2011 and co-founded the PyTexas Foundation. Sarah maintains djangoproject.com and co-founded Djangonaut Space. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Who is the release manager for Python 3.14 and 3.15? Hugo van Kemenade is the release manager for Python 3.14 and 3.15. He has been a CPython contributor since 2017, joined the Python Triage team in 2022, became a core developer in 2024, and has served as a PEP Editor since 2022. 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