Astrid Emde is an active member of OSGeo and a Charter Member since 2010. In 2017 she was elected to the OSGeo Board of Directors and as OSGeo Secretary. She recieved the Sol Katz Award in 2018 at FOSS4G 2018 in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania). She is involved in the OSGeoLive project and in the Marketing Committee and loves to organize OSGeo events like Conferences and Community Meetings. Astrid Emde is part of the Mapbender Team since more than 10 years. She works in Bonn at WhereGroup since many year and works as Senior GIS Consultant on WebGIS solutions with FOSSGIS. She lead several workshops and presentations and is part of the trainer team of FOSS Academy. She loves to spread the spirit of OSGeo, FOSS4G & FOSSGIS!