[Wikimedia-l] Alexandra Wang joins the WMF Grantmaking team

[Samuel Klein]

Excellent news and artistry!  Welcome, Alex.

SJ


On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Asaf Bartov <abartov at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hi, everyone.
>
> I'm thrilled to announce that as of last week, WMF's new Project and Event
> Grants (PEG) Program Officer is Alex Wang.  She will be supporting the PEG
> program's scaling up, and will enable us to offer our grantees a much
> higher level of support in project management and frequent check-ins during
> grant execution.
>
> She brings great expertise in project management, event planning, and
> grantmaking in the non-profit sector, including much experience in the
> developing world.  Before joining Wikimedia, she worked with the
> ClimateWorks Foundation and the Energy Foundation, in sustainable energy
> projects in India, Europe, and China.  (She's fluent in Mandarin.)
>
> When she wasn't setting up non-profits from scratch in India, she could be
> found practicing and teaching yoga, installing solar panels in rural
> maternity clinics in Nepal, and taking photos in precarious situations
> (mostly while mountaineering and backcountry skiing)[1].
>
> In 2003-2004, she could also be spotted riding a pony around Ulaanbaatar in
> her quest to study the development of the Morin Khuur (upright two-stringed
> violin[2]) along the Silk Road[3].
>
> We are very excited to have her join the WMF Grantmaking team, and look
> forward to improving our ability to serve the needs of applicants and
> grantees alike.
>
>    Asaf
>
> [1] http://www.alexwangphotography.com/adventure/ [4]
>
> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morin_khuur ;
>
> https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D1%85%D1%83%D1%83%D1%80
>
> [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road
>
> [4] I personally also recommend her portraits:
> http://www.alexwangphotography.com/
>
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