Staff

The Wikimedia Foundation currently has a small paid staff working out of a main office in San Francisco, California. Several staff members also work remotely. Everyone else involved with the Wikimedia projects is a volunteer, including members of the Board of Trustees.

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Executive • Technology • User Experience Programs • Community • Global Development • Finance and Administration • Legal • Human Resources • Public Policy Initiative • Organizational chart

Executive
Sue Gardner Executive Director Sue Gardner James Owen Executive Assistant and Board Liaison James Owen		Erik Möller Deputy Director Erik Möller Dana Isokawa Assistant to the Office of the Executive and Deputy Directors
Technology
Danese Cooper Chief Technical Officer Danese Cooper Tim Starling MediaWiki Software Developer Tim Starling Tomasz Finc Engineering Program Manager Tomasz Finc Ariel Glenn Software Developer and Office IT Support Ariel Glenn Erik Zachte Data Analyst Erik Zachte Ryan Kaldari Software Developer - Fundraising Rob Lanphier Engineering Program Manager - General Engineering		Rob Halsell Operations Engineer Rob Halsell Mark Bergsma Operations Engineering Programs Manager Mark Bergsma Michael Dale Open source video collaboration technology - sponsored by Kaltura, Inc. (see related blog post) Michael Dale Ryan Lane Operations Engineer Priyanka Dhanda Code Maintenance Engineer Priyanka Dhanda Hampton Catlin Software Developer - Mobile Arthur Richards Software Developer - Fundraising Brandon Harris User Interface Designer
User Experience Programs More information: Wikipedia Usability Project · Multimedia Usability Project
Trevor Parscal Lead Front-end Developer, UX Programs Trevor Parscal Guillaume Paumier Product Manager - Multimedia Usability Project Guillaume Paumier Howie Fung Senior Product Manager Howie Fung		Parul Vora Interaction Designer - Wikipedia Usability Project Parul Vora Nimish Gautam Software Developer - Wikipedia Usability Project Nimish Gautam Neil Kandalgaonkar Software Developer - Multimedia Usability Project Neil Kandalgaonkar
Community
Zack Exley Chief Community Officer Zack Exley Rebecca Handler Head of Major Gifts Rebecca Handler Sara Crouse Head of Partnerships and Foundation Relations Sara Crouse Pete Forsyth Public Outreach Officer Pete Forsyth Philippe Beaudette Head of Reader Relations Philippe Beaudette		Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator Cary Bass Megan Hernandez Community Officer Megan Hernandez Frank Schulenburg Head of Public Outreach Frank Schulenburg Rod Dunican Education Programs Manager Rod Dunican Steven Ma Community Associate Steven Walling Fellowship Recipient
Global Development
Barry Newstead Chief Global Development Officer Barry Newstead Jay Walsh Head of Communications Jay Walsh Moka Pantages Global Communications Manager Moka Pantages		Kul Wadhwa Head of Business Development Kul Wadhwa
Finance and Administration
Véronique Kessler Chief Financial and Operating Officer Véronique Kessler Bill Gong Accounting Manager and Financial Analyst Bill Gong Svetlana Istrati Accounting Specialist		Tara Harwood Head of Office Administration Jeff Jones Office IT Manager Jeff Jones Melanie Brown Office Assistant Carrie Smith Assistant to Office of CTO Karen Hyun Assistant to Offices of CFOO and CTCO
Legal
Mike Godwin General Counsel and Legal Coordinator Mike Godwin
Human Resources
Cyn Skyberg Chief Talent and Culture Officer		Daniel Phelps Human Resources Manager Daniel Phelps
Public Policy Initiative More information: Public Policy Initiative
LiAnna Davis Communications Associate Annie Lin Campus Team Coordinator Mishelle Gonzales Project Assistant		Sage Ross Online Facilitator Amy Roth Research Analyst

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See also

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