Intersect governance

The governing board

Intersect’s initial governing board had five member seats. To establish operations, three board members were appointed with representatives from seed funders and members, with Input Output, Emurgo, and the Chief Operating Officer as interim on the third seat. The third seat was offered as an academic position to Wyoming University’s Blockchain Center of Excellence. The seed funder seats have a three-year term in consideration of funding given, while the academic seat had a one-year tenure.

The remaining two seats were filled from Intersect’s membership, with elections held in October 2024.

Following the 2025 elections, the Intersect governing board now comprises seven members, four of whom were elected by the membership. Among these elected members, two will serve one-year terms while two will serve two-year terms.

This election represented a significant milestone: for the first time, members directly elected a majority of the Intersect governing board.

Governing board meetings

Intersect Board Meetings details can be found here

Contacting the Governing Board

The Governing Board can be contacted via [e-mail]

Intersect Professional Staff

Intersect is staffed by a team of experienced professionals with extensive exposure in the Cardano community.

The Intersect Team is divided in Sectors, each supporting a critical part of Intersect, all Sectors are here to serve Intersect Members and they report to the Executive Director and the Intersect Boar.

Intersect Sectors and Sector Leads (Sector Leadership Team - SLT)

Cardano Tech Sector

Lead: Matt Davis

Cardano Tech exists to steward Intersect’s responsibility within the Cardano ecosystem — ensuring technical initiatives, open-source programmes, and on-chain operations are coordinated, reliable, and aligned with community and network needs.

Product & Membership Sector

Lead: Lorenzo Bruno

Product & Membership exists to design, build, and evolve how people experience Intersect – from membership structures and participation models through to the tools and platforms that support them.

Ecosystem & Community Sector

Lead: Larisa Mcfarlane

Ecosystem & Community exists to steward Intersect’s relationship with the wider Cardano ecosystem, ensuring participation, communication, and governance are transparent and grounded in trust.

Core Operations Sector

Lead: Nick Cook

Core Operations exists to ensure that Intersect runs smoothly, compliantly, and sustainably as we grow, without getting in the way of delivery or creativity.

People & Org Dynamics Sector

Lead: Rosie Graham

The People team exists to support the humans behind the work at Intersect, creating the conditions for people, teams and organisation as a whole to do their best work in a healthy, sustainable way.

Intersect decision making process

Intersect’s decision-making process provides a structured path for turning members and community ideas and proposals into actionable outcomes through working groups (WGs), Intersect committees, the internal team, and the Board. It ensures clarity, transparency, and appropriate escalation depending on the proposal’s impact level.

This workflow helps us balance:

• Members-driven input and proposals,
• Strategic alignment across governance bodies,
• Timely and effective operational execution.

It is the result of discussions within the Intersect Governance Working Group and Intersect Steering Committee, with the goal of streamlining how decisions are made while preserving escalation, review, and transparency mechanisms.

Review details here