CNCF Ombudsperson
Colleen Passard (she/her), as the CNCF Ombudsperson, supports the CNCF Code of Conduct Committee with:
- Confidential intake and investigation of Code of Conduct reports
- Facilitating conflict resolution and restorative justice practices
- Providing coaching to community members and leaders to help improve their ability to communicate and collaborate with others in the community more effectively
Colleen is an independent consultant and certified trauma-informed workplace investigator who specializes in conflict resolution, facilitated dialogue, team building, well-being coaching, and restorative justice practices. Colleen is not an employee of the Linux Foundation (LF) or Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).
If you are a CNCF community member and would like to report a Code of Conduct incident, you can send your report directly to the CNCF Code of Conduct Committee at conduct@cncf.io, or if you prefer, you can submit your report to the CNCF Ombudsperson or request a meeting with her at ombudsperson@cncf.io.
If you submit a Code of Conduct complaint, the Ombudsperson will follow the Confidentiality Policy and Information Sharing Policies included in the CNCF Code of Conduct Incident Resolution Procedures.