Staff and contractors

The Wikimedia Foundation currently has less than ten full-time employees. Everyone else involved with the projects is a volunteer, including members of the Board of Trustees. The Foundation is currently conducting a search for a permanent Executive Director.

Administrative staff Carolyn Doran, Chief Operating Officer, full-time since January 2007. Danny Wool, Grants Coordinator in the Florida office, since September 2005. Brad Patrick legal counsel since June 2006. Barbara Brown, administrative assistant in the Florida office, since August 2006. Sandra Ordonez, Communication Manager, since January 2007. Carolyn Doran Carolyn Doran Danny Wool at Wikimania 2006 Brad Patrick in St. Augustine

Technical staff Brion Vibber, Chief Technical Officer and MediaWiki release manager, since August 2005. Vibber at Wikimania 2006

Independent contractors and others Technical Kyle Anderson, retained as a part time hardware manager for the Tampa servers (contractor). Tim Starling, full time MediaWiki software developer, since April 2006 (contractor). Mark Bergsma, part time Networking Coordinator, since September 2006 (contractor). Other Delphine Ménard, part-time Chapter Coordinator, since February 2007, based out of Germany.