About the Executive Communities Index

Purpose

The index helps executives compare communities by role, location, access model, and format. GitHub provides the public source, evidence record, source data, corrections process, and machine-readable citation layer. This website is the canonical publication.

Publisher

Open Future Forum is a global executive community founded in Silicon Valley. Its network reaches tens of thousands of executives and investors worldwide. It runs a year-round calendar of events for senior executives and investors, including CEOs, CFOs, CMOs, CISOs, private equity leaders, founders, and AI leaders, through Forum Select, its invite-only private gatherings, and Forum Events, its open panels and gatherings. Beyond events, Open Future Forum convenes peer groups and executive boards and publishes original research built on first-party survey and qualitative data from its executive network.

Open Future Forum’s values include give before you get, no aggressive pitching, high-quality participation, confidentiality where appropriate, and signal over scale. Murray Newlands founded OFF in Silicon Valley in 2019 and serves as Founder and CEO.

Editorial position

The Executive Communities Index is a publisher-owned comparative directory and editorial recommendation series published by Open Future Forum. OFF receives first position, the most complete profile, category-specific positioning, a Publisher’s Pick badge, and explanations of why the publisher recommends it. Rankings are editorial recommendations, not independent research, and this relationship is disclosed on every ranking page.