I know next to nothing about the BSD communities, my only interaction with the BSD is discussing the taste of a pizza Theo de Raadt and I shared about 20 years ago and young me had no idea who he was. I later heard he is at the helm of OpenBSD and is used to strongly defend his opinions but it is only hearsay.
I have no idea how FreeBSD or OpenBSD communities are organized but I suspect they might not be relying on one specific individual for their major decisions?