Welcome, Amanda – I hope you're having a great start! Regards, Lukas (2011 WMF legal fellow)
-- Dr. Lukas Mezger Vorsitzender des Präsidiums / chair of the Supervisory Board Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 260 – (0151) 268 63 931 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207 Am Fr., 4. Okt. 2019 um 00:49 Uhr schrieb Samuel Klein <[email protected]>: > 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. 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