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Florence Devouard
Devouard in 2023
Chair of the Wikimedia 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 56) 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 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.

Career

On 9 March 2008, Devouard was elected member of the municipal council of Malintrat.

Devouard joined the board of Wikimedia Foundation in June 2004 as chair of the board of trustees, succeeding Jimmy Wales. She has served on the Advisory Board of the Foundation since July 2008.

Co-founder of Wikimedia France in October 2004, she was vice-chair of its board as of 2011 until December 2012.

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".

See also

• List of Misplaced Pages people

References

Specific

1. Devouard, Florence. "Small biography about Florence Devouard". Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
2. "Election results, French Ministry of the Interior". Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
3. "Board of Trustees". Wikimedia Foundation. 15 February 2012. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
4. "Misplaced Pages's initiatives in the developing world. Interview with Florence Devouard". Alliance lab. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
5. "Assemblée Générale de Décembre 2012 (General Assembly - December 2012)". Wikimédia France official website (in French). 1 December 2010. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
6. "Decree of May 16, 2008" (in French). Legifrance.gouv.fr. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2012.

Further reading

• Lih, Andrew. The Misplaced Pages Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia. Hyperion, New York City. 2009. First Edition. ISBN 978-1-4013-0371-6 (alkaline paper).

External links

• Anthere Consulting website Archived 23 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• Personal blog
• Wikimedia Foundation and sustainability
• Florence Devouard's user page on Misplaced Pages
• 2005 Board candidacy presentation
• Video-Interview on 10 February 2007 at the Lift07 conference in Geneva
• "What the future holds for Misplaced Pages". Swissinfo. 25 January 2008. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2008. Interview with Florence Devouard.
• 'Madame Misplaced Pages' runs web giant from village HQ Archived 21 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine 2007 AFP article
• A Life in the Day: Florence Devouard 2007 Times article

• 1968 births
• Living people
• Chairpersons of organizations
• Chairwomen
• Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite
• French Wikimedians
• People from Versailles
• Wikimedia Foundation Advisory Board members
• Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees members
• Wikimédia France
• Agricultural engineers
• 20th-century French women engineers
• 21st-century French women engineers
• 20th-century French engineers
• 21st-century French engineers