Garfield Byrd

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Garfield Byrd
Garfield Byrd, Chief of Finance and Administration
Garfield Byrd
Chief of Finance and Administration, Wikimedia Foundation
This planet has — or rather had — a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movement of small green pieces of paper, which was odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy. Douglas Adams, in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979), Introduction

About me

I have 22 years accounting and finance experience in both the for not for profit and for profit sectors, including 12 years as Chief Financial Officer for the New Teacher Center, the Community Foundation Silicon Valley and the Pacific School of Religion. I joined the Wikimedia Foundation in August of 2011.

My work

As Chief of Finance and Administration I am responsible for the financial, administrative and office information technology operations of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Disclaimer: I work for the Wikimedia Foundation, and this is the account I intend to use for edits or statements I make in that role. However, the Foundation does not vet all my activity, so edits, statements, or other contributions made by this account may not reflect the views of the Foundation.

Contact me

  • E-mail: gbyrd@wikimedia.org