User:Pete Forsyth (WMF)

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Pete Forsyth, Public Outreach Officer

Pete Forsyth is the Wikimedia Foundation’s Public Outreach Officer. He works with Wikimedia’s vast network of volunteers and supporters to improve the experience of new project contributors. He began writing Wikipedia articles as a volunteer in 2006, focusing on the history of his home state of Oregon. He helped found WikiProject Oregon, a dynamic group of Wikipedians which coordinates collaborative projects and coordinates with local institutions. Prior to joining the Wikimedia Foundation staff in 2009, Pete provided communication services to non-profit, business, and politics clients, and worked for several news organizations.

For more about Pete’s background as a Wikimedia volunteer, please see his personal profile on the English language Wikipedia.