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

Tonmoy Khan tonmoy.du at gmail.com
Thu Jan 23 04:11:21 UTC 2014


Great news! Wish Alex all the best :)

Ali
On Jan 23, 2014 5:55 AM, "Samuel Klein" <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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