[Foundation-l] [Announcement] New Head of Communications: Jay Walsh

[Casey Brown]

Thank you for all your hard work, Sandy, sad to see you go. :-(  I
hope to still see you around though. :-)

Welcome Jay! :-)

On Jan 8, 2008 6:11 PM, Sue Gardner <sgardner at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm delighted to announce that Jay Walsh will be the Wikimedia
> Foundation's new head of communications. Jay will join the staff of the
> Foundation on Thursday, January 10, and will report to me.
>
> Jay comes to Wikimedia from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,
> Canada's national public broadcaster -and my former employer- where he
> worked in issues management and media relations. His job there included
> talking to journalists, and designing and executing PR and social media
> strategies. I worked with Jay a couple of times at CBC, which I always
> enjoyed – he's smart and thoughtful.
>
> Before joining CBC, Jay worked in communications for various departments
> of the Canadian government including Indian and Northern Affairs Canada,
> Health Canada, the Department of National Defence, and the Department of
> Justice. Before that, he worked in communications at the Nova Scotia
> College of Art and Design. He has also done volunteer PR and fundraising
> for several Canadian non-profits, and he holds a B.A. with a
> specialization in Creative Writing from Concordia University in Montréal.
>
> Jay is a longtime user of the Wikimedia projects and is enthusiastic
> about how social media are changing the ways that people and
> organizations communicate. I know that in addition to shaping
> Wikimedia's official messaging, Jay plans to help us develop new and
> less formal ways to speak with each other, with donors, media and readers.
>
> I want to take a moment to thank Sandy Ordonez, who has managed
> Wikimedia's communications since January 2007. Sandy will be with us
> until the St. Petersburg office closes at the end of this month. I'm
> extremely grateful for her hard work and excellent judgment: I hope you
> will join me in wishing her all the best.
>
> As with all the new staff, the goal is to give Jay a fairly long
> handover time. So until the end of January, please continue to work
> directly with Sandy, while she helps Jay get oriented.
>
> Please join me in welcoming Jay to the staff of the Foundation.
>
> Sue Gardner
> Executive Director
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
>
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