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Florence Devouard | |
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.jpg) Devouard in 2023 | |
| Chair of theWikimedia Foundation | |
| In office 21 October 2006 – 17 July 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Jimmy Wales |
| Succeeded by | Michael Snow |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1968-09-10)10 September 1968 (age 57) Versailles, France |
| Spouse | Bertrand Devouard |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Consultant in Internet Communication Strategy, Chair Emeritus of the Wikimedia Foundation |
Florence Jacqueline Sylvie Devouard, (née Nibart; born 10 September 1968) is a Frenchagricultural engineer who served as the chair of theWikimedia Foundation board of trustees between October 2006 and July 2008.
Devouard holds an engineering degree inagronomy fromENSAIA and aDEA in genetics and biotechnologies fromINPL.[1]
On 9 March 2008, Devouard was elected member of the municipal council ofMalintrat.[2]
Devouard joined the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2004 and became its chair in October 2006, succeedingJimmy Wales.[3] She has served on the Advisory Board of the Foundation since July 2008.[4]
Co-founder of Wikimedia France in October 2004, she was vice-chair of its board as of 2011 until December 2012.[5]
On 16 May 2008, she was made aknight in the FrenchNational Order of Merit, proposed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as "chair of an international foundation".[6]
