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-'''The current Executive Director information may be found at [[Current staff]]'''
-The '''Executive Director''' is the senior officer of the Wikimedia Foundation, in charge of overseeing the operations of the Foundation and its professional staff. The Executive Director reports to the [[Board of Trustees]].
-==Job description==
-{{:Executive Director Job Description}}
-==List of executive directors==
-===December 2007—===
-The Foundation [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Sue_Gardner announced] in December 2007 that it concluded its search for an Executive Director with the hiring of [[User:Sue Gardner|Sue Gardner]].
-===January 2007—December 2007===
-From April to June 2007, the Foundation searched for an executive director (see [http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Job_openings&oldid=20397 "Job openings" at that time]). In July, the Foundation announced the hiring of [[User:Sue Gardner|Sue Gardner]] as Consultant and Special Advisor.
-In October 2007, the Board of Trustees created the '''Executive Director Subcommittee''' tasked with finding, monitoring and reporting on, and (if necessary) firing an Executive Director. The membership consisted of board members Jan-Bart de Vreede ([[user:Jan-Bart|Jan-Bart]]), Kat Walsh ([[user:Mindspillage|Mindspillage]]), and Florence Nibart-Devouard ([[user:Anthere|Anthere]]).
-===June 2006—January 2007===
-On 12 June 2006, the Wikimedia Foundation announced the hiring of [[User:BradPatrick|Brad Patrick]] as interim Executive Director and [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/General_Counsel General Counsel], the latter position on a permanent basis. He resigned as Executive Director in January 2007 and as General Counsel in March 2007.
-In his position as interim Executive Director, he was tasked with helping find a permanent Executive Director and work to prepare things so that the organization is ready for that person to take over.
-For more information, see [[w:User:BradPatrick/FAQ|Brad's personal FAQ]].
-==External links==
-* "[[w:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-02-05/Board changes|Foundation organizational changes enacted]]" (5 February 2007), en-Wikipedia Signpost
-* "[[w:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-03-26/Departures|Patrick and Wool resign in office shakeup]]" (26 March 2007), en-Wikipedia Signpost
-* "[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-October/033798.html Report board meeting in Florida 6-7 of october]" (Foundation-l, 11 October 2007)
-* [[User:Sue Gardner]] appointed as Executive director: [[mailarchive:foundation-l/2007-November/035499.html|Foundation-l Announcement]] and [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Appointment_of_Sue_Gardner_as_ED Board of Trustees Resolution]
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