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Board of Trustees

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees guides the Foundation's work. The Board provides oversight and consults on strategy for the Foundation, working with leadership on long-term goals and pathways toward achieving those goals.

The Board is made up of trustees selected by the Wikimedia communities and trustees appointed for their subject matter expertise.

The Board was formed in 2003 with three Trustees, and since 2020 consists of up to 16 Trustees. The current membership composition of the Board is one founder seat, five appointed seats, and six seats selected by Wikimedia communities and affiliates. View the current membership of the Board.

Connect with the Board

The Board posts updates and resolutions on the Board noticeboard, and can be reached through the noticeboard's talk page.

Board noticeboard

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Upcoming events

Trustees regularly join community events and host conversations through the Community Affairs Committee.

View upcoming events

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Board elections

Community members are encouraged to vote in the regularly-held Board elections.

Learn about Board elections

Current members

Photo	Name	Seat	Role	Term ends	Notes	Home wiki
	Nataliia Tymkiv (User:NTymkiv (WMF))	Appointed	Chair; Executive Committee Chair	November 1, 2025	Appointed on 23 March 2022	Ukrainian Wikipedia
	Mike Peel (User:Mike Peel)	Community/Affiliate		December 31, 2025	Appointed in December 2022	English Wikipedia
	Shani Evenstein Sigalov (User:Shani (WMF))	Community/Affiliate	Community Affairs Committee chair		Reappointed in December 2022	Hebrew Wikipedia
	Esra'a Al Shafei	Appointed		October 1, 2026	Reappointed on 15 August 2023
	Raju Narisetti	Appointed	Governance Committee Chair		Reappointed on 15 August 2023
	Kathy Collins	Appointed	Vice Chair; Audit Committee chair	November 1, 2026	Appointed on 1 November 2023
	Victoria Doronina (User:Victoria)	Community/Affiliate		December 31, 2027	Reappointed in December 2024	Russian Wikipedia
	Lorenzo Losa (User:Laurentius)	Community/Affiliate	Vice Chair Chair Elect and Product and Technology Committee Chair		Reappointed in December 2024	Italian Wikipedia
	Christel Steigenberger (User:Kritzolina)	Community/Affiliate			Appointed in December 2024	German Wikipedia
	Maciej Nadzikiewicz (User:Nadzik)	Community/Affiliate			Appointed in December 2024	Polish Wikipedia
	Jimmy Wales (User:Jimbo Wales)	Founder	Chair Emeritus	December 31, 2027	Reappointed on 20 June 2024	English Wikipedia
	Luis Bitencourt-Emilio	Appointed		January 1, 2028	Reappointed on 20 June 2024

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Committees

Board Committees

The Board carries out topic-specific work in committees. Each trustee decides which committee(s) to serve on.

• Wikimedia Foundation Audit Committee (Charter)
• Wikimedia Foundation Board Governance Committee (Charter)
• Wikimedia Foundation Product and Technology Committee (Charter)
• Wikimedia Foundation Community Affairs Committee (Charter)
• Wikimedia Foundation Executive Committee (Charter)

Community-led committees

The Board provides trustee liaisons to specific community-led committees. Trustees decide which liaison roles to take on.

• Affiliations Committee (Charter)
  • Current liaisons: Lorenzo Losa, Mike Peel, Nataliia Tymkiv
• Elections Committee
  • Current liaisons: Nataliia Tymkiv, Victoria Doronina
• Language committee (Charter)
  • Current liaison: Nataliia Tymkiv, Victoria Doronina
• Wikimedia Human Rights Policy
  • Current liaison: Esra'a Al Shafei (to Wikimedia Foundation internal committee), Christel Steigenberger

Member timeline

See also

• Board handbook
• List of Board resolutions
• Board meetings (including agendas and minutes)
• Wikimedia Foundation bylaws

References

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