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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

Wanachama kwa sasa

Picha	Jina	Kiti	Jukumu/nafasi	Ukomo wa mhura	Maelezo	wiki Nyumbani
	Mayree Clark	Appointed	Product and Technology Committee Chair	1 Januari 2027	Appointed on 4 August 2025
	Raju Narisetti	Appointed	Governance Committee Chair	1 Januari 2027	Reappointed on 15 August 2023
	Kathy Collins	Appointed	Vice Chair; Kamati ya Utawala mwenyekiti	31 Desemba 2026	Aliteuliwa rasmi Desemba 2022
	Victoria Doronina (User:Victoria)	Jumuiya/Ushiriki		31 Desemba 2027	Reappointed in December 2024	Russian Wikipedia
	Lorenzo Losa (User:Laurentius)	Jumuiya/Ushiriki	makamu mwenyekiti		Reappointed in December 2024	Italian Wikipedia
	Christel Steigenberger (User:Kritzolina)	Jumuiya/Ushiriki			Appointed in December 2024	Wikipedia ya Kijerumani
	Maciej Nadzikiewicz (User:Nadzik)	Jumuiya/Ushiriki			Appointed in December 2024	Polish Wikipedia
	Jimmy Wales (User:Jimbo Wales)	Mwanzilishi	Mwenyekiti Mstaafu	31 Desemba 2027	Aliteuliwa tena tarehe 8 Desemba 2021	Wikipedia ya Kiingereza
	Luis Bitencourt-Emilio	Appointed		1 Januari 2028	Aliteuliwa rasmi Desemba 2022
	Bobby Shabangu (User:Bobbyshabangu)	Jumuiya/Ushiriki		31 Desemba 2028	Appointed in December 2025	Wikipedia ya Kiingereza
	Michał Buczyński (User:Aegis Maelstrom)	Jumuiya/Ushiriki		31 Desemba 2028	Appointed in December 2025	Polish Wikipedia

Notes

Kamati

Board Committees

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

• Kamati ya Ukaguzi ya Wikimedia Foundation (Mkataba)
• Kamati ya Utawala wa Bodi ya Wikimedia Foundation (Mkataba)
• Kamati ya Bidhaa na Teknolojia ya Wikimedia Foundation (Charter)
• Kamati ya Masuala ya Jamii ya Wikimedia Foundation (Mkataba)
• Wikimedia Foundation Executive Committee (Charter)

Community-led committees

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

• Kamati ya Uchaguzi
  • Current liaisons: Kathy Collins, Maciej Nadzikiewicz
• Kamati ya Lugha (Mkataba)
  • Current liaisons: Luis Bitencourt-Emilio, Victoria Doronina
• Community and Affiliate liaisons
  • Current liaisons: Victoria Doronina, Maciej Nadzikiewicz
• Wikimedia Human Rights Policy
  • Current liaisons: Victoria Doronina, Christel Steigenberger (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

The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc is a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of these wiki-based projects to the public free of charge.