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

[Chad]

So let me get this straight.

We moved to San Francisco to hire the best Silicon Valley has to offer...and yet
our first new hires are a German and a Canadian?

Just seems like things don't quite add up. Perhaps the Board and Sue should
better communicate the goals of the move to each other.

Chad H.

On Jan 8, 2008 6:17 PM, Casey Brown <cbrown1023.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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