Fantastic news. Welcome, Amanda. :) SJ On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 1:07 PM Katherine Maher <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I know I’ve sent several announcements to this list in recent months > regarding new members of the Wikimedia Foundation’s executive team. Today, > I’m excited to send the last in this series, and officially welcome Amanda > Keton as General Counsel to the Wikimedia Foundation. Amanda will be > starting on October 7, based in San Diego. > > Amanda has dedicated her career to many of the same values we share as a > movement. She joins us from the San Francisco-based Tides Foundation, where > she served as General Counsel. Tides is a U.S.-based public foundation that > distributes donor-advised grants and investments with the mission of > building a world of shared prosperity and social justice. Tides was a > partner for us in 2016 as we established our endowment, which remains > hosted at Tides. Amanda also served as Head of Tides Foundation and People > Operations and the CEO of Tides Advocacy, the policy affiliate in the > Tides family of organizations. > > Before her work at Tides, Amanda worked for Ernst & Young providing > nonprofit organizations with consulting, advisory, and compliance > services. She currently serves on the Network for Good board and has > previously served on a number of other boards dedicated to equity and > justice. > > In Amanda's words, "My work in nonprofits and the values I developed as a > social justice advocate make me especially excited to contribute to > Wikimedia in its next phase of growth. I want to be part of ensuring that > everyone finds a sense of belonging in the free knowledge movement, and > together we serve and defend it exceptionally well. After living in the Bay > Area for 11 years, my family and I recently moved to San Diego to be closer > to family, as we welcomed our son in August. I am always on a quest to find > the perfect playground, a new author to binge read, or a fresh recipe to > try." > > Wikimedia always has been unique in the centrality of legal work as a > strategic aspect of our movement. From the first days of the Foundation, > our legal team has helped defend the Wikimedia communities and the > integrity of free knowledge. They work closely with the community to > advocate on behalf of open licensing, freedom of expression, net > neutrality, privacy, and other critical enabling elements of our mission. > > I expect the importance of our legal and policy work to continue as we > work toward 2030. Today we see expanding government censorship and > increased infringements on access to knowledge around the globe. We see > threats to community members on the ground, and threats to the integrity of > information online. Our ability to engage proactively on these issues, > through strategic counsel, policy and advocacy, and impactful litigation > will continue to grow in importance to the Wikimedia mission. I’m excited > for Amanda to lead the Foundation’s accomplished Legal department as we go > forward. > > I also want to take a moment to personally thank and acknowledge Tony > Sebro for his excellent work serving as interim General Counsel and > Secretary to the Board of Trustees while we searched to fill the position > permanently. Tony was a deft and thoughtful partner in addressing issues > ranging from copyright policy to malicious DDOS attacks to board > governance, and a valued voice on the Foundation’s leadership team. Amanda > will continue to work closely with Tony as he resumes the position of > Deputy General Counsel. > > Please join me in welcoming Amanda to the Foundation! > > Katherine > > -- > > Katherine Maher (she/her) > > Executive Director > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > _______________________________________________ > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia > community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l > -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
