Florence Devouard
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| Florence Devouard | |
 Florence Devouard |
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| Born | September 10, 1968 (age 38) Versailles, Paris, France |
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| Occupation | Agronomy researcher - genetics, Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | User Page |
Florence Nibart-Devouard (born September 10, 1968) is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation since October 2006, succeeding Jimmy Wales.[1]
Devouard was born in Versailles in France. She grew up in Grenoble and has lived in several other French cities, as well as Antwerp in Belgium and in Arizona in the United States. As of 2005, she resides in Clermont-Ferrand in France. She is married and has three children.
Devouard is an engineer in agronomy at ENSAIA. She also holds a DEA in genetics and biotechnologies from INPL.[2][3] She had been working in public research, first in flower plant genetic improvement, and second in microbiology to study the feasibility of polluted soil bioremediation. She was last employed in a French firm to design decision-making tools in sustainable agriculture.
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- Foundation bio
- on blogs and wiki
- Wikimedia Foundation and sustainability
- Meta userpage
- 2005 Board candidacy presentation
- Portrait
- Profile in English at Middle Eastern Times taken from AFP
- Video-Interview on 10th February 2007 at the Lift07 conference in Geneva
| Preceded by Jimmy Wales |
Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation October 21, 2006 - present |
Incumbent |
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| NAME | Devouard, Florence |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nibart-Devouard, Florence |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Agronomy researcher - genetics |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1968-09-11 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Versailles |
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