Florence Devouard
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| Florence Devouard | |
|---|---|
| Image:WM2006 0082.jpg Florence Devouard | |
| Born | September 10 1968 Versailles, France |
| Occupation | Agronomy researcher - genetics, Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | User Page |
Florence Nibart-Devouard (born September 10, 1968) is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation since October 2006, succeeding Jimmy Wales.[1]
Devouard was born in Versailles, France. She grew up in Grenoble and studied in Nancy, and later lived in Antwerp in Belgium and in Arizona in the United States. As of 2005, she resides in Clermont-Ferrand in France. She is married to Bertrand Devouard and has three children, William (born 1997), Anne-Gaëlle (born 1998) and Thomas (born 2006).[2]
Devouard holds an engineering degree in agronomy from ENSAIA. She also holds a DEA in genetics and biotechnologies from INPL.[3][4] She had been working in public research, first in flower plant genetic improvement, and second in microbiology to study the feasibility of polluted soil bioremediation. She was last employed in a French firm to design decision-making tools in sustainable agriculture.
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees#Florence_Nibart-Devouard
- ^ Follain, John. "A Life In The Day: Florence Devouard", Sunday Times, 2007-07-08. Retrieved on 2007-07-09.
- ^ l'INPL - Nancy : formation d'Ingénieurs et de docteurs
- ^ Institut national polytechnique de Lorraine
[edit] External links
- Bravitude and Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation on the main French TV network
- Wikinews interviews Florence Devouard, chair of the Wikimedia Foundation
- Foundation bio
- on blogs and wiki
- Wikimedia Foundation and sustainability
- Meta userpage
- 2005 Board candidacy presentation
- Portrait
- Profile in English at Middle Eastern Times taken from AFP
- Video-Interview on 10th February 2007 at the Lift07 conference in Geneva
| Non-profit organization positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Jimmy Wales | Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation October 21, 2006 – present | Incumbent |
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Devouard, Florence |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nibart-Devouard, Florence |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Agronomy researcher - genetics |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1968-09-11 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Versailles |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
History of Wikipedia | |
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| Main articles | Bomis · Nupedia · Wikipedia · Wikimedia Foundation · Wikimania · MediaWiki |
| People | Jimmy Wales · Larry Sanger · Tim Shell · Florence Devouard · Angela Beesley |
| Events and individuals | Blocking of Wikipedia in mainland China · Congressional staffer edits to Wikipedia · Essjay controversy · Seigenthaler controversy · WikiScanner · Chris Benoit controversy · Truth in Numbers: The Wikipedia Story |
| Wikimedia projects | Wikibooks · Wikimedia Commons · Wiktionary · Wikisource · Wikiquote · Wikinews · Wikiversity |
| Related projects and forks | Citizendium · Enciclopedia Libre · Interpedia · Veropedia · WikiZnanie · Wikinfo · Wikiweise |
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