Congratulations on your new role, Kelly. Warmly, /a On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Kelly Battles <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Everyone, > > > > I have an exciting personal update to share with all of you. Today, I am > > joining Quora as Chief Financial Officer. I have shared more information > on > > my Quora personal blog[1]. > > > > Once I decided to accept this role, I shared the news with Christophe as > > chair of the Board and Katherine as ED, both in the interest of full > > disclosure and to flag any potential conflicts of interest. Stephen > LaPorte > > and Michelle Paulson, as interim Secretary of the Board and Foundation’s > > General Counsel, reviewed the new position and concluded there are no > > existing conflicts. After reviewing the bylaws, we’re confident we can > > properly manage any that may arise. > > > > As some of you may know, Jimmy Wales has a small investment in Quora. I > > was not personally aware of this during this process. As I learned of it > > during the conflict of interest review, I wanted to share that > information > > and clarify there was no connection. > > > > I’m very excited about this next chapter in my professional life. I > > sincerely look forward to the opportunity to learn more about another > > passionate community, while continuing my commitment to serve Wikimedia > as > > a Foundation Trustee over the years ahead. This service has been a true > > honor, thank you for support. > > > > Best, > > Kelly Battles > > *Member, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees* > > > > 1. https://kellybattles.quora.com/Joining-Quora-as-CFO > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> -- Anna Stillwell Director of Culture 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 New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
