Florence Devouard Explained

Florence Devouard
Birth Date:	10 September 1968
Birth Place:	Versailles, France
Occupation:	Consultant in Internet Communication Strategy, Chair Emeritus of the Wikimedia Foundation
Spouse:	Bertrand Devouard
Children:	3
Office:	Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation
Term Start:	21 October 2006
Term End:	17 July 2008
Predecessor:	Jimmy Wales
Successor:	Michael Snow

Florence Jacqueline Sylvie Devouard, (; born 10 September 1968) is a French agricultural engineer who served as the chair of the Wikimedia Foundation board of trustees between October 2006 and July 2008.

Education

Devouard holds an engineering degree in agronomy from ENSAIA and a DEA in genetics and biotechnologies from INPL.^[1]

Career

On 9 March 2008, Devouard was elected member of the municipal council of Malintrat.^[2]

Devouard joined the board of Wikimedia Foundation in June 2004 as chair of the board of trustees, succeeding Jimmy 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]

Recognition

On 16 May 2008, she was made a knight in the French National Order of Merit, proposed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as "chair of an international foundation".^[6]

See also

• List of Wikipedia people

References

Further reading

• Lih, Andrew. The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia. Hyperion, New York City. 2009. First Edition. (alkaline paper).

External links

• Anthere Consulting website
• Personal blog
• Wikimedia Foundation and sustainability
  • 2005 Board candidacy presentation
• Video-Interview on 10 February 2007 at the Lift07 conference in Geneva
• News: What the future holds for Wikipedia. Swissinfo. 25 January 2008. 26 January 2008. 6 October 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081006040316/http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/front/What_the_future_holds_for_Wikipedia.html?siteSect=108&sid=8667736. dead. Interview with Florence Devouard.
• 'Madame Wikipedia' runs web giant from village HQ 2007 AFP article
• A Life in the Day: Florence Devouard 2007 Times article

Notes and References

1. Web site: Florence . Devouard . Small biography about Florence Devouard . 2 November 2016 . 11 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220411041040/http://www.devouard.org/small-biography-florence-devouard-en . dead .
2. Web site: Election results, French Ministry of the Interior . 1 January 2020 . 1 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200101014655/https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Municipales/elecresult__municipales_2008/(path)/municipales_2008/063/063204.html . live .
3. Web site: Board of Trustees . Wikimedia Foundation . 15 February 2012 . 26 March 2012 . 19 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170819202216/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees#Florence_Nibart-Devouard . live .
4. Web site: Wikipedia's initiatives in the developing world. Interview with Florence Devouard. Alliance lab. 18 February 2015. 1 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150201191137/http://alliance-lab.org/archives/2420#.VseTUutw2uQ. dead.
5. Web site: Assemblée Générale de Décembre 2012 (General Assembly - December 2012). fr. Wikimédia France official website. 1 December 2010. 3 June 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140606225810/http://wikimedia.fr/assembl%C3%A9e-g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale-de-d%C3%A9cembre-2012. 6 June 2014.
6. Web site: Decree of May 16, 2008 . fr . Legifrance.gouv.fr . 26 March 2012 . 6 October 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081006054720/http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?dateTexte=&cidTexte=JORFTEXT000018800905 . live .