Meet the Team
React development is led by contributors from companies and communities all over the world.
React work is organized into working groups, each responsible for an area of the project such as Server, DOM, Fiber, Docs & Community, Compiler, DevX, and React Native. Each working group is represented on the React Leadership Council, which coordinates direction across the project.
Leadership Council
Jack Pope
Shortly after being introduced to AutoHotkey, Jack had written scripts to automate everything he could think of. When reaching limitations there, he dove headfirst into web app development and hasn’t looked back. Most recently, Jack worked on the web platform at Instagram before moving to React. His favorite programming language is JSX.
Mofei Zhang
Mofei started programming when she realized it can help her cheat in video games. She focused on operating systems in undergrad / grad school, but now finds herself happily tinkering on React. Outside of work, she enjoys debugging bouldering problems and planning her next backpacking trip(s).
Rick Hanlon
Ricky majored in theoretical math and somehow found himself on the React Native team for a couple years before joining the React team. When he’s not programming you can find him snowboarding, biking, climbing, golfing, or closing GitHub issues that do not match the issue template.
Sebastian Silbermann
Sebastian learned programming to make the browser games he played during class more enjoyable. Eventually this lead to contributing to as much open source code as possible. Outside of coding he’s busy making sure people don’t confuse him with the other Sebastians and Zilberman of the React community.
Working Group members
Dan Abramov
Dan got into programming after he accidentally discovered Visual Basic inside Microsoft PowerPoint. He has found his true calling in turning Sebastian’s tweets into long-form blog posts. Dan occasionally wins at Fortnite by hiding in a bush until the game ends.
Hendrik Liebau
Hendrik’s journey in tech started in the late 90s when he built his first websites with Netscape Communicator. After earning a diploma in computer science and working at digital agencies, he built a React Server Components bundler and library, paving the way to his role on the Next.js team. Outside of work, he enjoys cycling and tinkering in his workshop.
Josh Story
Josh majored in Mathematics and discovered programming while in college. His first professional developer job was to program insurance rate calculations in Microsoft Excel, the paragon of Reactive Programming which must be why he now works on React. In between that time Josh has been an IC, Manager, and Executive at a few startups. outside of work he likes to push his limits with cooking.
Lauren Tan
Lauren’s programming career peaked when she first discovered the <marquee> tag. She’s been chasing that high ever since. She studied Finance instead of CS in college, so she learned to code using Excel. Lauren enjoys dropping cheeky memes in chat, playing video games with her partner, learning Korean, and petting her dog Zelda.
Matt Carroll
Matt stumbled into coding, and since then, has become enamored with creating things in communities that can’t be created alone. Prior to React, he worked on YouTube, the Google Assistant, Fuchsia, and Google Cloud AI and Evernote. When he’s not trying to make better developer tools he enjoys the mountains, jazz, and spending time with his family.
Mike Vitousek
Mike went to grad school dreaming of becoming a professor but realized that he liked building things a lot more than writing grant applications. Mike joined Meta to work on Javascript infrastructure, which ultimately led him to work on the React Compiler. When not hacking on either Javascript or OCaml, Mike can often be found hiking or skiing in the Pacific Northwest.
