Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Education] ANNOUNCEMENT: Anna Koval joins Wikipedia Education Program team

-- Daria Cybulska - Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0994 +44 7803 505 170 On 2 April 2014 06:17, Lilit Tarkhanyan lilit.tarkhanyan@wikimedia.am wrote: > Congratulations, dear Anna! > I'm very happy that you joined the team :) > > Lilit Tarkhanyan > Wikimedia Armenia > Board Member > Wikipedia Education Program Leader > Aygestan 1/30 > tel. +374 55 534 011 > +374 10 575397 > > > On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 3:26 AM, Rodney Dunican rdunican@wikimedia.org > wrote: >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> I am happy to announce that Anna Koval is joining the Wikipedia Education >> Program team. >> >> Along with Tighe and Floor, Anna will be our third Global Education >> Program Manager and will work with our team to support education initiatives >> around the world. Anna's Serbian background will be helpful to our team's >> efforts to support education program leaders in Eastern Europe. She will >> also serve as our point person for outreach to Asian countries and secondary >> schools. She and Sage will work closely on Global Education technical >> support needs. >> >> For the past 8 months, Anna has worked at the Wikimedia Foundation as a >> Community Advocate, supporting several teams, including mine, as well as: >> * Siko Bouterse and the Grantmaking team on IEGs and gender gap work >> * Yana Welinder and the Legal team on the new Trademark policy >> * James Forrester and the Product team on the VisualEditor roll out >> and, of course, >> * Philippe Beaudette and the Community Advocacy team on a number of >> workflows, not the least of which is the wikis' emergency response >> system. >> >> Anna's transition from her Community Advocacy position and activities will >> be completed soon. >> >> Anna is an award-winning educator, with a master's degree in education and >> more than a decade of classroom teaching experience, ranging from middle >> school through graduate school. She was a Walt Disney Teacher of the Year >> nominee, an American Library Association Emerging Leader, and was even >> featured on the cover of California Teacher magazine. >> >> When Anna's not at work, she enjoys gardening at her home in Sonoma and >> spending time her husband and two dogs. She's also a mighty fine home >> distiller. >> >> Please join me in (re-)welcoming Anna Koval! >> >> >> Rod Dunican >> Director, Global Education >> Wikipedia Education Program >> Wikimedia Foundation >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Education mailing list >> Education@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > Education@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > -- Daria Cybulska - Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0994 +44 7803 505 170 -- Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.