Who is behind Wikipedia ?

- December 19, 2009

Wikipedia 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
Sue Gardner, Executive Director, since December 2007 Sue Gardner		Erik Möller, Deputy Director, since December 2007 Erik Möller
Technology
Tim Starling, MediaWiki software developer, since April 2006 Tim Starling Tomasz Finc, Software Developer, since August 2008 Tomasz Finc Ariel Glenn, Software Developer and Office IT Support, since October 2008 Ariel Glenn Erik Zachte, Data Analyst, since September 2008 Erik Zachte Priyanka Dhanda, Code Maintenance Engineer, since December 2009		Rob Halsell, IT Manager, since December 2006 Rob Halsell Mark Bergsma, Networking Coordinator, since September 2006 Mark Bergsma Michael Dale works in the San Francisco office on open source video collaboration technology. His work is sponsored by Kaltura, Inc. (see related blog post) Michael Dale Fred Vassard, System Administrator, since March 2009 Fred Vassard
Programs
Jay Walsh, Head of Communications, since January 2008 Jay Walsh Frank Schulenburg, Head of Public Outreach, since July 2008 Frank Schulenburg Marlita Kahn, Project Manager - Bookshelf, since September 2009. Marlita Kahn		Cary Bass, Volunteer Coordinator, since April 2007 Cary Bass Moka Pantages, Communications Officer, since October 2009. Moka Pantages Pete Forsyth, Public Outreach Officer, since October 2009. Pete Forsyth
Finance / Administration / Legal
Véronique Kessler, Chief Financial and Operating Officer, since February 2008 Véronique Kessler Rand Montoya, Head of Community Giving, since July 2008 Rand Montoya Rebecca Handler, Head of Major Gifts, since August 2008 Rebecca Handler Sara Crouse, Head of Partnerships and Foundation Relations, since July 2008 Sara Crouse Daniel Phelps, Office Manager, since October 2008 Daniel Phelps		Mike Godwin, General Counsel and Legal Coordinator, since July 2007 Mike Godwin Kul Wadhwa, Head of Business Development, since January 2008 Kul Wadhwa Bill Gong, Accounting Manager and Financial Analyst, since March 2009 Bill Gong Anya Shyrokova, Stewardship Associate, since October 2009 Anya Shyrokova James Owen, Executive Assistant, since March 2009 James Owen Megan Hernandez, Development Associate, since November 2009
Wikipedia Usability Project (More information)
Naoko Komura, Program Manager, since January 2009 Naoko Komura Trevor Parscal, Software Developer, since October 2008 Trevor Parscal		Parul Vora, Interaction Designer, since February 2009 Parul Vora Nimish Gautam, Software Developer, since July 2009 Nimish Gautam
Wikimedia Strategic Planning
Eugene Eric Kim, Program Manager, since July 2009. Eugene is consulting with Wikimedia for the duration of the Strategic Planning project on behalf of Blue Oxen Associates. Eugene Eric Kim		Philippe Beaudette, Facilitator, since July 2009 Philippe Beaudette