The Security Council Election process for the March 2025 cohort is finally complete!
The grace period has ended, which means the election results have been effectuated.
Who are the new Security Council members?
1. fred
fred is an existing Arbitrum Security Council member and was the former Tech Lead at Offchain Labs and the Arbitrum Foundation. He is committed to Arbitrum’s long-term success and security, and has identified zero-day critical vulnerabilities in widely used infrastructure and conducted numerous audits with security professionals across the industry.
2. bartek.eth
bartek.eth is an existing Arbitrum Security Council member who has worked closely with Arbitrum and other L2s from day zero. As the co-founder of L2beat, he follows the rollup space as his day-to-day job with a main priority in security and risks of users’ funds.
3. Michael Lewellen
Michael has security expertise in smart contracts, governance and incident response, and is currently the Head of Solutions Engineering at Blockaid. He co-authored the Security Council Best Practices guide and managed high-profile audits during his time at OpenZeppelin, and continues to develop Web3 security standards. Michael also served on a previous Arbitrum Security Council cohort, the Arbitrum R&D Collective, and the Stylus Sprint Committee.
4. yoav.eth
yoav.eth is an existing Arbitrum Security Council member, and an active security-minded contributor who has found and reported vulnerabilities across many L2s, and has contributed to establishing procedures of multiple security councils. As a Security Engineer and Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, he cares about the broader Ethereum ecosystem and Arbitrum security.
5. Certora
Certora (represented by their VP of Code Security, Elad Erdheim) is an existing organization that serves on the Arbitrum Security Council, and brings a unique blend of Web3 and Web2 security expertise. Certora combines cutting-edge formal verification, rigorous audits, and governance reviews to ensure protocol robustness.
6. OpenZeppelin
OpenZeppelin (represented by their Security Research Manager, Steven Thornton) is an existing organization that serves on the Arbitrum Security Council, and has been securing the Web3 industry through its suite of security tools and processes tailored to the needs of DAOs and protocols, since 2015.
OpenZeppelin’s contributions to the Arbitrum ecosystem span audits, DAO support, working on the open-source Stylus Contracts Library, and being the Security Member of the Arbitrum R&D Collective. OpenZeppelin continues to set best practices in protocol safety, governance resilience, and threat response.
You can see the full election results on Tally.
Election results have taken effect across relevant chains
The transactions below represent the respective updates to the relevant Security Council smart contracts:
- Arb One Emergency multi-sig
- Arb One Non-Emergency multi-sig
- Arb Nova Emergency multi-sig
- Ethereum Emergency multi-sig
Welcome and Thank You!
We extend a warm welcome to the newly elected members, and a big thank you to all those who played their part in helping secure the Arbitrum ecosystem! 
