Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees oversees the foundation and its work, as its ultimate corporate authority.

Structure

The Board was formed in 2003 with three Trustees, and since 2008 consists of up to ten Trustees. It appoints four officers: a Chair and Vice Chair (who have to be Trustees), and a Treasurer and Secretary (who do not). The work of the board partly involves resolutions and votes. Other work is delegated to a number of committees covering matters such as Board Governance, Audit, and Human Resources.

The Board is composed of the following seats:

• one founder's seat (reserved for Jimmy Wales);
• two affiliate seats selected by the Wikimedia chapters and Wikimedia thematic organizations at affiliate-selected Board seats
• three seats nominated by the Wikimedia community at Wikimedia Foundation elections/Board elections
• four seats appointed by the rest of the Board for specific expertise selected in a process guided by the Wikimedia Foundation Board Governance Committee

Contacting the Board

There is a Board noticeboard for sharing requests and recommendations. The Board can be contacted directly by posting to the noticeboard. The Foundation itself can be contacted in a number of ways as outlined on their contact page.

Current members

Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees questions and answers session at Wikimania 2015

Photo	Name	Seat	Role	Term ends	Notes
	Tanya Capuano	Appointed		Wikimania 2021
	Christophe Henner (User:Schiste)	Affiliates	Vice Chair	Wikimania 2019	Appointed on June 23, 2016
	Dr. Dariusz Jemielniak (User:Pundit)	Community		Wikimania 2020	Appointed on August 10, 2017
	Esra'a Al Shafei	Appointed		Wikimania 2020	Appointed on November 18, 2017
	Dr. James Heilman (User:Doc James)	Community		Wikimania 2020	Appointed on August 10, 2017
	Jimmy Wales (User:Jimbo Wales)	Founder	Chair Emeritus	December 31, 2018	Reappointed on November 7, 2015
	Vacant	Appointed
	María Sefidari (User:Raystorm)	Community	Chair	Wikimania 2020	Appointed on August 10, 2017
	Nataliia Tymkiv (User:NTymkiv (WMF))	Affiliates		Wikimania 2019	Appointed on June 23, 2016
	Raju Narisetti	Appointed		Wikimania 2020	Appointed on October 5, 2017

Notes:

Former members

From the Board Chart template:

Committees

• WMF Audit Committee (Charter)
• WMF Board Governance Committee (Charter)
  • Minutes
• WMF Human Resources Committee (Charter)
  • Minutes
• Funds Dissemination Committee
  • Current liaisons: Dariusz Jemielniak and Guy Kawasaki
• Affiliations Committee (Charter)
  • Current liaisons: María Sefidari and Nataliia Tymkiv
• Elections Committee
• Language committee (Charter)

Further reading

• List of Board meetings (with minutes)
• List of Board resolutions
• Board deliberations process
• What makes a good Trustee?
• Traits of a great WMF Trustee
• Presentations by Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees members