New subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] WMF Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

23 Jun 2016


      Thank you for all of your work,
nice persons are leaving, nice persons are joining.
You know that for me you be always Patricio, Natalia, Cristophe, Maria,
Frieda, Alice. All Wikipedians.
On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Patricio Lorente <
patricio.lorente@gmail.com> wrote:
...
Hello everyone,
I am happy to share that as of today, Christophe Henner and Nataliia
Tymkiv have formally joined the Board of Trustees as affiliate
Board-selected members. They both bring deep expertise in the Wikimedia
community, and in their respective fields. I’m confident they will serve as
excellent contributors, rooted in the values of our movement. You can learn
more about them in an announcement we made in May:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/05/24/affiliate-selected-board-trustees-elec...
Today the Board also voted to appoint Christophe Henner as Chair, and
María Sefidari as Vice Chair. Both Christophe and María have a long history
of involvement in the Wikimedia community, and have held leadership roles
at Wikimedia France and Wikimedia Spain, respectively.
More about Christophe, María, and Natallia is below. I hope you will join
me in congratulating them on their new positions and wish them success in
their terms ahead.
I would like to thank my friend Alice for working with me in her role as
Vice Chair, and many thanks to you all for your support during my time as
Chair.
Patricio Lorente
About Christophe Henner
Christophe Henner is the former Chair of Wikimedia France and current
deputy CEO of Webedia http://www.webedia.com's gaming division, the
international digital media group headquartered in France.
He has deep and varied experience across the marketing sector, including
leadership roles at at Webedia and L'Odyssée Interactive.
Christophe has been an active member of the Wikimedia community for more
than 12 years. In 2007, he joined the Board of Wikimedia France
http://www.wikimedia.fr/ and has remained an active Board member in
various positions for the past ten years. He has served as both Chair and
Vice Chair of the Board of Wikimedia France. During his time on the
Board, Christophe helped lead Wikimedia France through a significant period
of growth. This included leading the development of the chapter’s brand,
and supporting the development of a clear organizational strategy and
vision for the chapter.
About Maria Sefidari
Maria is a professor in the Digital Communications, Culture and
Citizenship Master's degree program http://cccd.es/wp/ of Rey Juan
Carlos University
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Juan_Carlos_University at the
MediaLab-Prado https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/es:MediaLab-Prado. María
graduated with a Psychology degree from Universidad Complutense de Madrid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complutense_University_of_Madrid, and
later a Master's degree in Management and Tourism at the Business faculty
of the same university.
María started contributing to the Wikimedia projects in 2006, and has
since served in many different roles across the Wikimedia movement. She was
a founding member of Wikimedia España
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Espa%C3%B1a and Wikimujeres
Grupo de Usuarias https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimujeres, and also
created Spanish Wikipedia's LGBT Wikiproject
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/es:Wikiproyecto:LGBT. She has served on
several Wikimedia governance committees, including the Affiliations
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee and Individual
Engagement Grants https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG
committees. In her time on the Affiliations committee, María served as the
first Treasurer of the committee, effectively overseeing and monitoring
disbursement of the committee's budget. Maria served a prior term on the
Wikimedia Foundation board from 2013 to 2015.
About Nataliia Tymkiv
Nataliia currently serves as Financial Director of the Centre for
Democracy and Rule of Law, a Ukrainian media policy and human rights
nonprofit. Nataliia has a Masters degree in Public Administration and a
Specialist degree in Records Management and Information Activities.
She has in-depth experience in executive leadership and financial
management. Prior to her current role as Financial Director, Nataliia
worked at a manufacturing firm and later, in finance at a construction
company. Prior to her current role as Financial Director, Nataliia worked
at a manufacturing firm and later, in finance at a construction company. On
the Wikimedia projects, she’s been an active contributor since 2011, and
shortly after became an administrator of Ukrainian Wikipedia
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Головна_сторінка. She has also been a
member of the Wikimedia Ukraine https://ua.wikimedia.org/wiki/
community for nearly four years, and has served as the chapter’s Board
Treasurer, Vice Chair, and volunteer Executive Director.
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Treasurer, Vice Chair, and volunteer Executive Director.

Treasurer, Vice Chair, and volunteer Executive Director.