Preceded by Jimmy Wales Name Florence Devouard Children Three | Spouse(s) Bertrand Devouard Succeeded by Michael Snow | |
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Born 10 September 1968 (age 55)
Versailles, France ( 1968-09-10 ) Occupation Consultant in Internet Communication Strategy, Chair Emeritus of the Wikimedia Foundation Profiles | ||
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Florence Jacqueline Sylvie Devouard, née Nibart (born 10 September 1968) was the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation between October 2006 and July 2008.
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- The wiki skills how synergic methods change collaborative culture florence devouard at tedxgeneva
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- Education
- Career
- Recognition
- References
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Education
Devouard holds an engineering degree in agronomy from ENSAIAo and a DEA in genetics and biotechnologies from INPL.
Career
On 9 March 2008, Devouard was elected member of the municipal council of Malintrat.
Devouard joined the board of Wikimedia Foundation in June 2004 as Chair of the Board of Trustees, succeeding Jimmy Wales. She was a founder of Wikimedia France in October 2004. She has served on the Advisory Board of the Foundation since July 2008.
Co-founder of Wikimedia France in 2004, she was vice-chair of its board as of 2011 until December 2012.
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".