Jillian MacNab became chairperson of the Cardano Foundation Council on June 9, 2021, when Nathan Kaiser , the chairperson since 2019, stepped down effective immediately. Ninety-one days later, on Sept. 8, the Foundation announced two more members and said the Council's previous five members had chosen their own successors. Why does that sequence still draw an argument? Charles Hoskinson , who founded Cardano, objected in December 2024 to a Council that picks the people who follow it.
· Jillian MacNab succeeds Nathan Kaiser as chair of the Cardano Foundation's council
Jillian MacNab Succeeds Nathan Kaiser as Cardano Foundation Chairperson
A Swiss financial lawyer took the Cardano Foundation Council's chair on June 9, 2021, and by Sept. 8 the members who preceded her had recruited their own successors.

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- Andreas Eschbach
- Charles Hoskinson
- Domino Burki
- Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao
- Frederik GregaardCardano Foundation, Chief Executive Officer (the Foundation's first)
- Jillian MacNabCardano Foundation, Chairperson of the Foundation Council
- Manmeet Singh
- Mary Beth Buchanan
- Nathan KaiserCardano Foundation, Chairperson of the Foundation Council
- Nicolás Arqueros
- Tamara Haasen
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