Thank you for stepping up, Katherine. Very glad about the choice and the rapid and transparent process that led to it, thanks to everyone involved.
Dario > On Mar 10, 2016, at 18:55, Patricio Lorente <patricio.lore...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello all, > > I’m happy to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation leadership team has > proposed an interim Executive Director, and the Board has given our full > support. Starting on March 14th, current Chief Communications Officer > Katherine Maher (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Katherine_(WMF)) will > step into the role of interim Executive Director. We thank the C-levels for > their careful consideration in this process, and Katherine for stepping up > during this period of transition. > > In choosing an interim ED, the C-levels started by identifying immediate > priorities for the coming months, including building trust, improving > communications, and filling key leadership positions. They felt, and we > agree, that Katherine is the right person to lead the organization while it > addresses these and other important issues. Additionally, this will allow the > rest of the executive team to focus on critical organizational functions, > including community and engineering management, fundraising, and > strengthening our human resources function. You can read more about our > process and thinking here: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/March_2016_-_Leadership_Team_transition_planning > > > Katherine has been with the Foundation as Chief Communications Officer for > about two years now. During that time, she has developed a versatile and > effective team that serves the needs of the organization and movement, > collaborating closely with other departments and the community. She has > thoughtfully introduced new capacities and led her team through transitions, > and played a critical role in shepherding the strategy process and the annual > plan, in collaboration with other C-levels. She is known for listening to and > empowering the people that she works with. > > For those who don’t know Katherine, she’s been a longtime advocate for global > open communities, culture, and technology. She previously led advocacy for > the international digital rights organization Access Now, where she worked on > freedom of expression, access to information, and privacy. She has supported > the efforts of citizens and governments around the world to deepen > transparency and participation in her roles at the World Bank, National > Democratic Institute for International Affairs, and UNICEF (where her team > built wikis for youth participation in major global issues). She is a member > of the advisory board of the Open Technology Fund. > > With interim leadership in place, our next step as the Board is to move > quickly to plan and implement the search for a permanent Executive Director. > We will be working together over the coming weeks to clarify roles and > responsibilities in this search, and identify the best way for community and > staff to participate. We want this process to be inclusive and incorporate > many voices. We look forward to sharing an update on our progress toward the > end of next week. > > As interim Executive Director, Katherine will report to the Board. Geoff > Brigham will continue serving as Board Secretary, and Jaime Villagomez as > Board Treasurer, reporting to the Board in those capacities. As of March 14, > Katherine's reports include the C-team: Geoff Brigham, Jaime Villagomez, > Maggie Dennis, Lisa Gruwell, Joady Lohr, and Wes Moran. The Communications > team will continue to report to Katherine for the time being, with support > from the leadership of Juliet Barbara and Heather Walls. > > Thank you, > > Patricio > > Translation notice - This message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/10_March_2010_-_Wikimedia_Foundation_executive_transition_update > -- > > > _______________________________________________ > Wmfall mailing list > wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfall _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
