diff --git a/elections/steering/2025/candidate-stmcginnis.md b/elections/steering/2025/candidate-stmcginnis.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c8ae52489a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elections/steering/2025/candidate-stmcginnis.md
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+name: 
+ID: stmcginnis
+info:
+  - employer: Lambda
+  - slack: Sean McGinnis
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+
+## SIGS
+
+- SIG-Release (1.33 Signal shadow, 1.34 Enhancements shadow)
+- SIG-Testing (kind maintainer)
+- SIG-ContribEx (Contributor/Maintainer Summit volunteer)
+- SIG-ClusterLifecycle (former CAPI contributor/reviewer)
+- Kubernetes Code of Conduct Committee
+- CNCF: CNCF Ambassador
+- CNCF: TAG-Runtime Special Purpose OS WG Co-chair (2023-2025)
+
+## What I have done
+
+I've contributed to Kubernetes since 2017, though I would characterize my
+involvement as "breadth" rather than "depth" so far. Some of the various
+things I have done or been involved in:
+
+- Early on CSI and storage related discussions
+- Greatly refactored the CAPI Cluster API Provider Docker (CAPD)
+- Code and docs reviews
+- Random "drive by" contributions where I saw opportunities to make improvements
+- Maintainer on Kind and Cloud Provider Kind
+- Contributor Summit organizer and volunteer
+- KubeCon program committee member or track chair for many events
+
+## What I'll do
+
+I see the steering committee focus as the processes and policies of the
+community rather than as a technical one. These decisions have a major impact
+on the experience of members of the community, especially those "casual"
+contributors (like I was for many years) and the likelihood they will stick
+around and become more involved.
+
+As the Kubernetes community matures, there are lessons learned from my time
+in the OpenStack community as project lead for multiple projects, Technical
+Committee member, and Foundation individual Board of Director member that I 
+hope will be valuable for trying - and avoiding - certain things.
+
+## Resources About Me
+
+- [Hacking the Kubernetes Secure Software Supply-Chain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57k-KwOsj9c)
+- [Special Purpose Operating Systems: The Next Step in OS Evolution or One-Trick Ponies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD-T9LdfvrM)
+- https://www.linkedin.com/in/stmcginnis/
+- https://bsky.app/profile/stmcginnis.bsky.social