Congrats! On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 3:15 PM, Siko Bouterse <sboute...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi all, > Following up on the announcement about a new structure in the Community > Engagement team,[1] I'm happy to say we've now got a new program officer to > support WMF's Individual Engagement Grants program. Please see below for > more details. This month, Marti Johnson will be taking over for both the > IEG and TPS programs.[2] Grantees and committee members will be introduced > to Marti soon, as her onboarding to both programs begins :) Meanwhile, I > trust you will help make her feel welcome. > Warmly, > Siko > > [1] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2015-February/076864.html > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mjohnson_(WMF) > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Siko Bouterse <sboute...@wikimedia.org> > Date: Mon, May 4, 2015 at 3:08 PM > Subject: Announcing Marti Johnson as Program Officer for Individual Grants > To: Staff All <wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > > Hi all, > > I'm excited to announce that we've got a new Program Officer for Individual > Grants. Please join me in congratulating Marti Johnson as she transitions > to this role! > > Marti joined WMF as Project Coordinator in the Grantmaking and Programs > (later turned Community Engagement) department in September 2014. She > quickly demonstrated that she’s a strategic thinker who brings deep respect > for communities, a facility for organizing systems that foster creativity > and collaboration, and the warmth and generosity needed to support > individuals to do their best work. > > In her new role, Marti will be responsible for the Individual Engagement > Grants and Travel and Participation Support programs. She reports directly > to me. > > I’m delighted to have Marti move into the Community Resources team to put > her talents to work, particularly for supporting our Individual Engagement > Grantees and taking IEG to the next level over the coming year. Among other > things, Marti will be working on creating more robust mentorship systems > and a broader network to support grantees, while continuing to offer direct > support herself to the IEG grantees, proposers, and committee. > > We’ve begun a transition period in which Marti is working to hand-off her > role in supporting Luis and the Community Engagement team while beginning > to assume her new responsibilities in Community Resources. Marti has > already taken on responsibility for Travel and Participation Support, this > week she will be onboarding our new crop of Inspire grantees in IEG, and > over the course of May I’ll be handing all day-to-day operations for IEG to > her as well. More information will be coming from Lynette later this month > about the backfill for Marti’s former Project Coordinator position. Many > thanks to Lynette for bringing Marti to WMF and supporting her move to this > new role :) > > Here’s a bit more about Marti, for those of you who haven’t yet had a > chance to get to know her: > > Inspired by a senior paper on agrarian community in American literature, > Marti took her first job after college coordinating Community Supported > Agriculture on an urban organic farm. A year of service as an AmeriCorps > volunteer led to a decade managing collaboratively driven resource > conservation projects on California farmlands. She gained extensive > experience with grants management, including proposal and report writing, > grantmaking, contract oversight and coordination of budgets ranging from > hundreds to millions of dollars. Marti specialized in facilitating > community-based processes and played a lead role in coordinating a > private-public alliance which was awarded California’s highest honor for > environmental and economic leadership. She gained a reputation for > building meaningful collaboration--and among other tools, she relied > heavily on wikis she built with MediaWiki software to do it. After moving > to San Francisco, Marti was very excited to join WMF and offer skills in > community coordination, collaborative strategy-building and grants > management in the context of Wikimedia projects. In her free time, Marti > likes to backpack, write and take long walks in Golden Gate Park. She has > recently been working toward a goal to read through the complete works of > Shakespeare (about 75% complete!) and welcomes read-aloud collaborators. > > Congratulations and welcome to Community Resources, Marti! > > Warm regards, > Siko > > -- > Siko Bouterse > Director of Community Resources > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > sboute...@wikimedia.org > > *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. * > *Donate <https://donate.wikimedia.org> or click the "edit" button today, > and help us make it a reality!* > > > > -- > Siko Bouterse > Director of Community Resources > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > sboute...@wikimedia.org > > *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. * > *Donate <https://donate.wikimedia.org> or click the "edit" button today, > and help us make it a reality!* > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Anna Stillwell Senior Learning and Org Dev Lead Wikimedia Foundation 415.806.1536 *www.wikimediafoundation.org <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org>* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
