User:Jennifer Riggs

Jennifer Riggs has been the Wikimedia Foundation's Chief Program Officer since April 2009. She is responsible for leading non-technical program activities including Communications, Public Outreach and Volunteer Support.

Jennifer comes to Wikimedia with a background in volunteer management and program administration. She has worked with local and international volunteer-driven organizations for 15 years including The American Red Cross - Bay Area Chapter, the California School-Age Consortium and the United States Peace Corps. Throughout her career, Jennifer has been passionate about developing training curricula to engage volunteers in building sustainable local capacity in a variety of topics including education, advocacy and environmental stewardship. Jennifer speaks conversational French, Sango (Central Africa) and Spanish. She has a BA in History with minors in Education and Political Science from New York University.