New Roles and Responsibilities in the TYPO3 Association Board
After the 2026 board election and its approval by the General Assembly, some roles and responsibilities had to be reassigned. With the election of Jochen Weiland, the board also welcomed a new member, while Rachel Foucard and Boris Hinzer are no longer members of the Board.
On 22 April 2026 the General Assembly of the TYPO3-Association (GA) approved the results of the board elections. Rachel Foucard and Boris Hinzer were not reelected, and left the board. Jochen Weiland was elected as a new Board member.
The size of the Board was reduced to now six members so responsibilities had to be reassigned. Also with the end of Boris Hinzer’s election period the role of the vice president became vacant.
President of the Board, Oliver Dobberkau, honored the work of the two leaving board members:
“As Boris Hinzer and Rachel Foucard leave the Board, I want to thank them for their many years of service:
Boris, for more than two decades of work across education, fundraising, membership, strategy, and as our Vice President. Rachel, for shaping diversity, inclusion, international development, and governance, since joining the Board in 2020.
Boards renew themselves, but only because people like you give so much to lay the ground for those who follow, and on behalf of the whole Association, I thank you both.”
Read the full appreciation letters for Rachel and Boris below.
At the Quarterly Summit of the Association (QSA), 8–9 June in Frankfurt, Germany, the Board concluded on redistributing the fields of responsibility and elected a new vice president.
Jana Höffner Elected Vice President
The Board has elected Jana Höffner vice president with five votes for and one abstain. Jana joined the board in 2025, but could only start her board work until the second half of 2025 due to personal reasons.
Since April 2026 she is working with the German federal public IT service provider Dataport as a TYPO3 consultant. Before Dataport she worked as a consultant for RYSM INTEGRAL and with the Ministry of State Baden-Wuerttemberg.
“I would like to thank the board members for their trust. This role comes with a lot of responsibilities and I will do my best to fill the big footprints Boris Hinzer and his predecessors left”, Jana said after the election. “I would like the Board to remain easy to approach for everyone, I will therefore continue Boris’ Association Consulting Hours”, she continued.
Until a new format and schedule is found you can reach Jana via TYPO3 Slack or email.
New Responsibilities for Contribution and Member Development
The fields of responsibility (FoR) and other roles formally held by Rachel Foucard and Boris Hinzer had to be reassigned to the present board members.
- Liaison to the Dutch committee: Olivier Dobberkau
- Board representative on the Academic Committee: Jochen Weiland
- Membership development: Jochen Weiland, supported by Jana Höffner
- Contribution development: Thomas Maroschik (Observes community health and lowers barriers for contribution, including the former FoR Fundraising.)
The field Diversity, Inclusion, and International Development has not yet been decided.
The Board’s attendance at the monthly team leader meeting was shifted from Stefan Busemann to Martin Helmich.
Rachel continues to work as a Compliance Officer. Her mandate covers legal compliance, and ethical compliance, including relevant external representation and institutional coordination. Read more about the Compliance Officer Mandate
Appreciation Letter for Rachel Foucard and Boris Hinzer
Dear TYPO3 Community,
As Boris Hinzer and Rachel Foucard leave the Board of the TYPO3 Association, I want to take a moment to thank them properly for everything they have given to this project over so many years.
Boris has been part of TYPO3 for more than two decades, and his fingerprints are on more of it than most people realize. He built the first iteration of the merchandising shop, started the Agency Meetup Days, co-authored the TCCC learning book, and gave more than ten years to the Education Committee and CertiFUNcation.
As Vice President since 2023 he carried fundraising, stakeholder and membership engagement, and trademark, opened his calendar every Friday for Association Consulting Hours, brought the member exclusion rate down significantly, and shaped the membership concept and the wider Association strategy.
His petition to have open source work recognized as volunteering in Germany is exactly the kind of long view he has always brought to the table.
Thank you, Boris, for your steadiness, your generosity, and your conviction that the community is worth building for.
Rachel has been at the heart of TYPO3 since 2005, co-founding her agency in France, leading the French Committee from 2016, founding the UX team, and joining the Board in 2020.
Across her years on the Board she carried Diversity, Inclusion and International Development, took on Ethical and Legal Compliance. Just as importantly, she led the mediation and conflict-of-interest work that keeps a volunteer organization healthy, and she did it with care, fairness, and an unwavering belief in a community that reaches well beyond its historical core.
Thank you, Rachel, for your conscience, your craft, and your commitment to making TYPO3 a place where more people belong.
Boards renew themselves, and that renewal is healthy. But renewal only works because people like Boris and Rachel give years of their lives to lay the ground for those who come next. On behalf of the Board and the whole Association, thank you both. The project is stronger for your work, and you leave it in good hands.
With gratitude,
Olivier Dobberkau
President, TYPO3 Association
