Kat Walsh
Kat Walsh | |
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Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation | |
In office July 12, 2012 – August 8, 2013 | |
Preceded by | Ting Chen |
Succeeded by | Jan-Bart de Vreede |
Personal details | |
Born | New York | October 16, 1982
Residence | San Francisco Bay Area, California |
Kat Walsh (born October 16, 1982) was the fifth chair of the Wikimedia Foundation. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
Education[edit]
Walsh graduated from Stetson University in DeLand, Florida with a B.A. in music and a minor in mathematics in 2005, and she also has a J.D. from George Mason University School of Law.
Wikimedia Foundation[edit]
She was appointed to the board of the Wikimedia Foundation in September 2006 and was elected chairman on July 12, 2012.[1] Her board term ended on August 8, 2013, and she was succeeded as chair by Jan-Bart de Vreede.[2]
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Creative Commons[edit]
Walsh is an attorney and currently Legal Counsel at Creative Commons since June 2012.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ "WMF Board Election July bigb2012". Wikimedia Foundation Press. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ↑ "Wikimedia Foundation announces 2013-14 Board of Trustees and elected officers at Wikimania in Hong Kong". Wikimedia Foundation. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- ↑ "Staff". Creative Commons. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
External links[edit]
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Preceded by Ting Chen |
Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation July 12, 2012 – August 8, 2013 |
Succeeded by Jan-Bart de Vreede |
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