Alexander Urbelis Becomes the ENS Foundation's First Executive Director

Tokenholders closed the vote on the ENS Foundation's new board at 21:26 UTC on Aug. 8, 2026, with 1.27 million ENS in favor, 480,690 against and 56,506 abstaining. Alexander Urbelis, who had served as General Counsel and Chief Information Security Officer of ENS Labs, became the Foundation's first full-time executive director, and Kartik Talwar, Brett Sun and Anthony Leutenegger took the three independent seats. The DAO queued the proposal on Aug. 9, and its transactions ran onchain at 06:19 UTC on Aug. 11. Eight weeks on, four sets of dated measures show what the board has changed so far, and the sources give rival explanations for the ones that carry dollars.