Congratulations, Katherine! I hope this great announcement can help us to
move forward building trust again within our movement :)
2016-03-11 1:18 GMT-03:00 Amy Elder <aelder(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
You truly deserve this, Katherine, congratulations!
I'm excited for and
confident in the next chapter!
On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 8:15 PM, Rosemary Rein <rrein(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Thank you Katherine for your service and
leadership at this critical
junction for the organization and our community.
Rosemary
On Mar 10, 2016 6:56 PM, "Patricio Lorente" <patricio.lorente(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I’m happy to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation leadership team has
> proposed an interim Executive Director, and the Board has given our full
> support. Starting on March 14th, current Chief Communications Officer
> Katherine Maher (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Katherine_(WMF))
> will step into the role of interim Executive Director. We thank the
> C-levels for their careful consideration in this process, and Katherine
for
> stepping up during this period of
transition.
>
> In choosing an interim ED, the C-levels started by identifying immediate
> priorities for the coming months, including building trust, improving
> communications, and filling key leadership positions. They felt, and we
> agree, that Katherine is the right person to lead the organization
while it
> addresses these and other important issues.
Additionally, this will
allow
> the rest of the executive team to focus on
critical organizational
> functions, including community and engineering management, fundraising,
and
> strengthening our human resources function.
You can read more about our
> process and thinking here:
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/Marc…
>
>
> Katherine has been with the Foundation as Chief Communications Officer
> for about two years now. During that time, she has developed a versatile
> and effective team that serves the needs of the organization and
movement,
> collaborating closely with other departments
and the community. She has
> thoughtfully introduced new capacities and led her team through
> transitions, and played a critical role in shepherding the strategy
process
> and the annual plan, in collaboration with
other C-levels. She is known
for
> listening to and empowering the people that
she works with.
>
> For those who don’t know Katherine, she’s been a longtime advocate for
> global open communities, culture, and technology. She previously led
> advocacy for the international digital rights organization Access Now,
> where she worked on freedom of expression, access to information, and
> privacy. She has supported the efforts of citizens and governments
around
> the world to deepen transparency and
participation in her roles at the
> World Bank, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, and
> UNICEF (where her team built wikis for youth participation in major
global
> issues). She is a member of the advisory
board of the Open Technology
Fund.
>
> With interim leadership in place, our next step as the Board is to move
> quickly to plan and implement the search for a permanent Executive
> Director. We will be working together over the coming weeks to clarify
> roles and responsibilities in this search, and identify the best way for
> community and staff to participate. We want this process to be
inclusive
> and incorporate many voices. We look forward
to sharing an update on our
> progress toward the end of next week.
>
> As interim Executive Director, Katherine will report to the Board. Geoff
> Brigham will continue serving as Board Secretary, and Jaime Villagomez
as
> Board Treasurer, reporting to the Board in
those capacities. As of March
> 14, Katherine's reports include the C-team: Geoff Brigham, Jaime
> Villagomez, Maggie Dennis, Lisa Gruwell, Joady Lohr, and Wes Moran. The
> Communications team will continue to report to Katherine for the time
> being, with support from the leadership of Juliet Barbara and Heather
> Walls.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Patricio
>
> Translation notice - This message is available for translation on
> Meta-Wiki:
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/10_M…
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