Franziska Putz

Ziski is responsible for organizing and activating the Wikimedia community to advocate for a policy environment that supports free knowledge. She leads the Foundation’s collaboration and engagement with the Wikimedia movement on public policy matters via a variety of initiatives that include: co-designing advocacy campaigns, launching learning exchange programmes, managing grant processes, and supporting the attendance of Wikimedians at digital rights conferences. Ziski draws on her experiences in business development at LinkedIn, as a digital-rights activist, anti-surveillance researcher, and policy consultant on emerging technologies in international development contexts to bring this grassroots energy to the free knowledge movement’s policy initiatives. Ziski holds a Master’s in International Development Studies from the University of Oxford and a BA in International Relations from the University of Edinburgh.