Staff and Contractors – Wikimedia Foundation

Office of the Chief Executive Officer

Supports the work of the Wikimedia Foundation Chief Executive Officer in leading Foundation decision making and advocacy.

Margo Lee

Deputy Chief of Staff
Nadee Gunasena

Chief of Staff & Director of Executive Communications
Maryana Iskander

Chief Executive Officer

Advancement

The Advancement Department ensures the Wikimedia movement has the relationships and resources it needs to thrive. The department is responsible for fundraising, strategic partnerships, and grantmaking programs that fuel our movement.

Lisa Seitz Gruwell

Chief Advancement Officer and Deputy to the Chief Executive Officer
Jayde Antonio

Senior Program Manager
Julia Brungs

Senior Community Relations Specialist (Contractor)
Yael Weissburg

VP, Partnerships
Leticia Navarro

Specialist, Administrative
Megan Hernandez

Vice President of Advancement (Contractor)
Guillaume Paumier

Principal Program Manager

Community Programs

Silvia Gutiérrez De La Torre

Senior Program Officer, Libraries (contractor)
Masana Mulaudzi

Senior Manager, Campaign Organizing (contractor)
Imelda Brazal

Senior Program Officer, Campaigns (Contractor)
Giovanna Fontenelle

Program Officer, Culture & Heritage (Contractor)
Felix Nartey

Senior Program Officer, Campaigns (Contractor)
Fiona Romeo

Senior Manager, Culture & Heritage (Contractor)
Sailesh Patnaik

Program Officer, Education (Contractor)
Vasanthi Hargyono

Senior Program Officer, Education (Contractor)
Satdeep Gill

Senior Program Officer, Culture and Heritage (Contractor)
Melissa Guadalupe Huertas

Senior Program Officer, Education (Contractor)
Alex Stinson

Lead Strategist (Contractor)
Ben Vershbow

Director, Community Programs

Community Resources

Davit Saroyan

Senior Program Officer (Contractor)
Jacqueline Chen

Senior Program Officer (Contractor)
Jessica Stephenson

Lead Program Officer (contractor)
Mercedes Caso

Senior Program Officer (contractor)
Veronica Thamaini

Senior Program Officer (contractor)
Kassia Echavarri-Queen

Director of Community Investment
Chen Almog

Senior Program Officer (Contractor)
Chris Schilling

Senior Program Officer

Fundraising Operations

Katie Hansen

Fundraising Operations Coordinator (contractor)
Adriana Vargas

Fundraising Operations Coordinator (contractor)
Aldrick Beckford

Donor Relations Specialist (contractor)
Seilo Inaba

Donor Relations Specialist (contractor)
Salvatore Borriello

Donor Relations Specialist (contractor)
Erich Brill

Donor Relations Specialist (contractor)
Lindsay Wadleigh

Specialist, Donor Relations
Melanie Demos

Donation Processing Specialist
Erica Roden

Director of Fundraising Operations
Yamini Lavappa

Specialist, Donor Relations (Contractor)
Runjini Murthy

Fundraising Analyst III
Kristine Hancock

Specialist, Donor Relations (contractor)
Rakhi Kumar

Payments Specialist (contractor)
Amber Johnson

Specialist, Donor Relations
Evelyn Martin

Senior Manager, Donation Processing
Nora Nichols

Senior Development Associate
Sandra Hust

Manager, Donor Relations
Kristie Robinson

Senior Manager, Donor Relations (Contractor)
Michael Beattie

Senior Donor Relations Specialist

Fundraising Tech

Wenjun Fan

Software Engineer III
Damilare Adedoyin

Software Engineer III (Contractor)
Dallas Wisehaupt

Site Reliability Engineer III
Christine Stone

Software Engineer III
Greg Grossmeier

Director, Fundraising Technology
Dylan Kozlowski

Engineering Manager
Jeffrey Green

Staff Site Reliability Engineer
Andrew Green

Software Engineer III (Contractor)
Jack Gleeson

Senior Software Engineer
Elliott Eggleston

Lead Software Engineer

Major Gifts & Endowment

Eliza White

Principal Major Gifts Officer
Amy Fowler

Major Gifts Stewardship Manager
Desiree Bautista Wu

Major Donor Data Specialist
Jessica James-Hill

Senior Major Gifts Officer
Jayme Simmons

Development Associate
Sheyna Daniels

Lead Major Gifts Officer
Amy Parker

Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving
Rosie Lewis

Lead Development Strategist
Jason Adams

Senior Planned Giving Specialist
Jerry Kim-Collins

Fundraising Events Manager
Jonathan Curiel

Lead Development Communications Strategist
Caitlin Virtue

Senior Director of Development

Online Fundraising

Sheetal Puri

Senior Director
Danny Bu

Senior Manager, Global Fundraising Campaigns
Laurice Medley

Email Fundraising (Developer) Specialist
Sophie Baruchel

Lead Content Strategist
Tomasz Gorski

Localization and Donor Relations Specialist (Contractor)
Emma Hughes

Senior Frontend Developer (Contractor)
Noah Israel

Senior Email Campaign Specialist
Haley Nordeen

Banner Specialist, Online Fundraising
Katie Haggard

Senior Campaign Specialist
Mariana Suijkerbuijk

Lead Global Audience Strategist (contractor)
Camille de Nes

Lead Global Campaigns Strategist
Sam Patton

Senior Manager, Fundraising Growth and Innovation
Peter Coombe

Lead Developer (Contractor)

Partnerships

Brisa Ceccon

Senior Regional Partnerships Manager (Contractor)
Kinneret Gordon

Senior Research Partnerships Specialist (Contractor)
Nicholas Perry

Senior Strategic Partnerships Manager (contractor)
Maryana Pinchuk

Senior Manager, Partnerships
Rudolph Ampofo

Senior Partnerships Manager (Contractor)
Praveen Das

Senior Partnerships Manager(Contractor)
Sakti Pramudya

Senior Regional Partnerships Manager (Contractor)
Jorge Vargas

Director of Partnerships

Wikimedia Enterprise

Luvo Dlulisa

Software Engineer II
Stephanie Delbecque

Senior Product Manager
Haroon Shaikh

Senior Manager, Engineering (Contractor)
Prabhat Tiwary

Senior Software Engineer (Contractor)
Lane Becker

Senior Director, Earned Revenue
Ryan Brounley

Group Product Manager I
Naïké Nembetwa Nzali

Senior Program Manager (Contractor)

Communications

Leads the Foundation’s efforts to openly and effectively share information. Responsible for Wikimedia brand development, marketing, social media, public relations, and global awareness efforts.

Anusha Alikhan

Chief Communications Officer
Amba Dube

Project Manager
Evelyn Mwangi

Director, Internal Communications (Contractor)
Lindsay Ferguson

Internal Communications Lead
Carla Casilli

Senior Marketing and Communications Program Manager
Lena Traer

Senior Creative Project Manager

Brand

Corli de Kock

Senior Strategist (Contractor)
Marina Ramos

Senior Copywriter
Jordan McRae

Multimedia Designer
Mathoto Matsetela-Hartmann

Senior Manager, Global Brand (contractor)
Tas Elias

Brand Collaboration Lead (contractor)
Blanca Flores

Visual Designer
Samir Elsharbaty

Brand Associate (Contractor)
Zachary McCune

Director of Brand

External Communications

Kenyatta Forbes

Senior Project Manager
Gabrielle Basha

Associate, Executive Communications
Lucas Pasqual

Specialist, Communications (Contractor)
Laura Pulecio Duarte

Advocacy Communications Specialist
Vidhu Goyal

Lead Communications Specialist (Contractor)
Barbara Kandek

Communications Associate
Gwada Majange

Lead Communications Specialist (Contractor)
Lauren Dickinson

Senior Communications Manager
Ed Erhart

Audience Engagement Content Strategist

Marketing

Fu-Ying Lin

Analyst III
Olga Spingou

Senior Manager, Integrated Marketing (Contractor)
Segun Oworu

Senior Lifecycle Insights Analyst (Contractor)
Nino Hemmer

Head of Audience Insights (Contractor)
Brooke Camarda

Audience Engagement Growth Manager

Movement Communications

Manar Yacoub

Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist (Contractor)
Rachit Sharma

Senior Global Movement Communications Specialist (Contractor)
Belinda Mbambo

Senior Manager, Global Movement Communications (Contractor
Lisa McCabe

Senior Manager, Movement Communications (Contractor)
Mehrdad Pourzakikhani

Lead Movement Communications Specialist (contractor)
Mayur Paul

Director, Movement Communications (contractor)
Kelsi Stine-Rowe

Senior Project Manager, Movement Communications
Elena Lappen

Lead Movement Communications Specialist
Chris Koerner

Movement Communications Specialist
Gregory Varnum

Senior Strategist

Finance and Administration

Ensures responsible management of Wikimedia Foundation funds and resources, in keeping with our core values of transparency and accountability.

Helen Pang

Vice President, Controller
James Baldwin

Senior Director of Finance
Jaime Villagomez

Chief Financial Officer

Finance Operations

Dhaval Patel

Principal Investment Manager - Endowment
Angelito Reyes

Senior Manager of Accounting
Emily Berman

Senior Manager of Travel and Convening
Shelby Langan

Technical Accounting and Financial Reporting Lead
Janice Tud

Manager of Grants Administration

Legal

Defends the Wikimedia movement by opposing government surveillance and censorship, defending our communities, facilitating open policy discussions, and advocating for privacy.

Stephen LaPorte

General Counsel
Rebecca MacKinnon

Vice President of Global Advocacy
James Buatti

Legal Director
Jacob Rogers

Associate General Counsel
Aeryn Palmer

Deputy General Counsel
Jan Gerlach

Public Policy Director
Jan Eissfeldt

Director, Global Head of Trust & Safety
Maggie Dennis

Vice President of Community Resilience & Sustainability

Disinformation Experts

Abhas Tripathi

Manager, Trust & Safety
Costanza Sciubba Caniglia

Anti-Disinformation Strategy Lead

Human Rights Experts

Cameran Ashraf

Human Rights Lead
Ricky Gaines

Human Rights Policy Lead

Support for Advocacy and Public Policy Actions

Miguelángel Verde

Senior Editorial Project Manager
Franziska Putz

Senior Movement Advocacy Manager
Stan Adams

Lead Public Policy Specialist
Amalia Toledo

Lead Public Policy Specialist
Rachel Judhistari

Lead Public Policy Specialist

Support for Movement Committees

Ramzy Muliawan

Committee Support Specialist
Manavpreet Kaur

Senior Committee Support Specialist
Nhu Phan

Senior Project Manager
Kaarel Vaidla

Lead Movement Process Architect
Keegan Peterzell

Lead Committee Support Specialist
Dumisani Ndubane

Senior Governance Committee Strategist

Support for the Board of Trustees

Chuck Roslof

Principal Legal Counsel

Product and Technology

Builds, improves, and maintains the infrastructure of Wikimedia sites.

Amy Tsay

Director, Abstract Wikipedia
Andy Cooper

Director, Product Security
Sai Suman Cherukuwada

Senior Director, Feature Engineering
Olja Dimitrijevic

Director, Data Engineering
Tajh Taylor

Vice President, Data Science & Engineering
Denny Vrandečić

Head of Special Projects
Chris Albon

Director, Machine Learning
Mat Nadrofsky

Director, Engineering
Birgit Müller

Director of Product, MediaWiki & Developer Experience
Kate Zimmerman

Senior Director, Research and Decision Science
Mark Bergsma

Vice President of Site Reliability Engineering
Leila Zia

Director, Head of Research
Amanda Bittaker

Director, Program Management
Runa Bhattacharjee

Senior Director, Languages & Content Growth
Marshall Miller

Director of Product, Core Experiences
Selena Deckelmann

Chief Product and Technology Officer

Talent and Culture

Recruits and supports skilled, passionate people to advance the Wikimedia mission. Invests in people by offering a wide range of benefits including leadership training.