Welcome on board Katherine! I'm looking forward to see you at work. Lodewijk
2014-03-28 15:10 GMT+01:00 Nurunnaby Chowdhury <n...@nhasive.com>: > Hi Katherine, Congratulations & Welcome! > > -- > Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive > User: nhasive > Sent from my Android Tablet > On Mar 28, 2014 6:21 PM, "David Parreño Mont" <david.parr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Welcome, Katherine! Congratulations! > > > > David Parreño Mont > > Communication > > Amical Wikimedia > > > > > > 2014-03-28 6:03 GMT+01:00 Sue Gardner <sgard...@wikimedia.org>: > > > > > Hey folks, > > > > > > I'm pleased to announce we've hired a Chief Communications Officer for > > the > > > Wikimedia Foundation, replacing Jay Walsh who left us in October. Our > new > > > head of communications will be Katherine Maher, and she will join us on > > 14 > > > April, reporting to me. > > > > > > Katherine comes to the WMF from Washington DC, where she was Advocacy > > > Director for the global digital rights organization Access. At Access, > > she > > > was responsible for all media and communications work, including > > > communications between the organization and its 350,000 members. She > also > > > handled coalition work and advocacy efforts and urgent global threats > to > > > digital rights, participated in the organization's strategic planning, > > and > > > was deeply involved with the production of RightsCon. > > > > > > Before Access, Katherine worked on the launch of the Open Development > > > Technology Alliance at the World Bank, and was a program manager for > > > internet freedom projects at the National Democratic Institute. > Earlier, > > > she worked on the UniWiki initiative for the UNICEF Innovation team, > > > intended to improve MediaWiki's usability for people who were new to > > > computer use, using early-model technology, or connecting in > > low-bandwidth > > > environments. Through her career she's been a frequent media > spokesperson > > > and writer of op-eds and other media materials. > > > > > > Katherine has lived and worked in nine countries and visited many more. > > She > > > is a native speaker of English, and has a basic knowledge of French, > > Arabic > > > and German. > > > > > > The purpose of the CCO role is to ensure fast, easy information flow > > about > > > Wikimedia in multiple languages, both internally within the movement > and > > > outside of it, and I think Katherine will be a wonderful fit for that > > work. > > > Her experiences advocating for the rights of ordinary internet users > and > > > communicating with a large global volunteer community are both rare and > > > directly relevant. She's got a solid understanding of internet > > > technologies. She's a crisp, clear communicator, and an experienced > > > spokesperson. > > > > > > I want to thank the people who helped with the interviewing process: > > Geoff > > > Brigham, Jove Oliver, Gayle Karen Young, David Gerard, Erik Moeller, > Lisa > > > Gruwell, Frank Schulenburg, and Jimmy Wales. A special thanks to Geoff, > > > who's ably overseen our communications functions for the past several > > > years, and to Jay, who's generously filled in when it took us longer > than > > > we expected to hire for this role. Geoff and Jay will be helping > > Katherine > > > get on-boarded, and I know she'll benefit enormously from their > guidance > > > and support. > > > > > > Please join me in welcoming Katherine, who's on CC. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Sue > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Sue Gardner > > > Executive Director > > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > > > directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia > > > community. 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