Excellent news and artistry! Welcome, Alex. SJ
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Asaf Bartov <abar...@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/ > > -- > Asaf Bartov > Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > https://donate.wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>