Florence Devouard
Florence Devouard | |
|---|---|
 Florence Devouard | |
| Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation | |
| In office 21 October 2006 – 17 July 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Jimmy Wales |
| Succeeded by | Michael Snow |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 September 1968 Versailles, France |
| Spouse | Bertrand Devouard |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Consultant in Internet Communication Strategy, Chair Emeritus of the Wikimedia Foundation |
Florence Jacqueline Sylvie Devouard, (née Nibart; born 10 September 1968) is the former Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation between October 2006 and July 2008.
Education
Devouard holds an engineering degree in agronomy from ENSAIA and a DEA in genetics and biotechnologies from INPL.[1]
Career
On 9 March 2008, Devouard was elected member of the municipal council of Malintrat.[2]
Devouard joined the board of Wikimedia Foundation in June 2004 as Chair of the Board of Trustees, succeeding Jimmy Wales.[3] She has served on the Advisory Board of the Foundation since July 2008.[4]
Co-founder of Wikimedia France in October 2004, she was vice-chair of its board as of 2011 until December 2012.[5]
Recognition
On 16 May 2008, she was made a knight in the French National Order of Merit, proposed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as "chair of an international foundation".[6]
See also
References
Specific
- ^ Devouard, Florence. "Small biography about Florence Devouard". Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ Election results, French Ministry of the Interior
- ^ "Board of Trustees". Wikimedia Foundation. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ^ "Wikipedia's initiatives in the developing world. Interview with Florence Devouard". Alliance lab. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ "Assemblée Générale de Décembre 2012 (General Assembly - December 2012)". Wikimédia France official website (in French). 1 December 2010. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ "Decree of May 16, 2008" (in French). Legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
Further reading
- Lih, Andrew. The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia. Hyperion, New York City. 2009. First Edition. ISBN 978-1-4013-0371-6 (alkaline paper).
External links
- Anthere Consulting website
- Personal blog
- Wikimedia Foundation and sustainability
- Florence Devouard's user page on Wikipedia
- 2005 Board candidacy presentation
- Video-Interview on 10 February 2007 at the Lift07 conference in Geneva
- "What the future holds for Wikipedia". Swissinfo. 25 January 2008. Interview with Florence Devouard.
- 'Madame Wikipedia' runs web giant from village HQ 2007 AFP article
- A Life in the Day: Florence Devouard 2007 Times article
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Chairmen of organizations
- Chairwomen
- Knights of the National Order of Merit (France)
- French Wikimedians
- French women engineers
- People from Versailles
- Wikimedia Foundation Advisory Board members
- Former Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees members
- Wikimédia France
- 21st-century women engineers
- 20th-century women engineers
- 21st-century French engineers
- 20th-century French engineers
- Agricultural engineers