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The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees oversees the Wikimedia Foundation and its work, as its ultimate corporate authority.

Structure

The Board was formed in 2003 with three Trustees, and since 2020 consists of up to 16 Trustees. It appoints officers from the Trustees: a Chair, up to two Vice Chairs, and committee chairs. The Board appoints non-Trustee officers: a Chief Executive Officer, a Treasurer, and Secretary. The work of the Board partly involves resolutions and votes. Other work is delegated to a number of committees covering matters such as Governance, Audit, Talent and Culture, the Product and Technology Committee and the Community Affairs Committee.

The final composition of the Board is:

one founder's seat (reserved for Jimmy Wales);
seven seats appointed by the rest of the Board for specific expertise selected in a process guided by the Wikimedia Foundation Board Governance Committee
eight seats sourced from the wider Wikimedia community at Wikimedia Foundation elections/Board elections

Contacting the Board

There is a Board noticeboard for sharing requests and recommendations. The Board can be contacted directly by posting to the noticeboard. The Wikimedia Foundation itself can be contacted in a number of ways as outlined on their contact page.

Current members

Main article: foundationsite:role/board

Name	Seat	Role	Term ends	Notes	Home wiki
Jimmy Wales (User:Jimbo Wales)	Founder	Chair Emeritus^{[Notes 1]}	November 1, 2024	Reappointed on 8 December 2021	English Wikipedia
Dr. Dariusz Jemielniak (User:Pundit)	Community/Affiliate	Governance Committee chair	November 1, 2024	Appointed in October 2021	Polish Wikipedia
Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (User:Rosiestep)	Community/Affiliate		November 1, 2024	Appointed in October 2021	English Wikipedia
Victoria Doronina (User:Victoria)	Community/Affiliate		November 1, 2024	Appointed in October 2021	Russian Wikipedia
Lorenzo Losa (User:Laurentius)	Community/Affiliate		November 1, 2024	Appointed in October 2021	Italian Wikipedia
Mike Peel (User:Mike Peel)	Community/Affiliate		December 31, 2025	Reappointed in December 2022	English Wikipedia
Nataliia Tymkiv (User:NTymkiv (WMF))	Appointed	Chair	November 1, 2025	Appointed on 23 March 2022	Ukrainian Wikipedia
Shani Evenstein Sigalov (User:Shani (WMF))	Community/Affiliate	Vice Chair; Community Affairs Committee chair	December 31, 2025	Reappointed in December 2022	Hebrew Wikipedia
Esra'a Al Shafei	Appointed	Vice Chair; Product and Technology Committee chair	October 1, 2023	Reappointed on 18 September 2020
Raju Narisetti	Appointed	Talent and Culture Committee chair	October 1, 2023	Reappointed on 18 September 2020
Tanya Capuano	Appointed	Audit Committee chair	September 1, 2024	Reappointed on 26 August 2021
Luis Bitencourt-Emilio	Appointed		January 1, 2025	Appointed on 4 January 2022

Notes:

↑ Board of Trustees/Restructure Announcement Q&A, April 2008

Former members

Committees

Wikimedia Foundation Audit Committee (Charter)
Wikimedia Foundation Board Governance Committee (Charter)
Wikimedia Foundation Talent & Culture Committee (Charter)
Wikimedia Foundation Product and Technology Committee (Charter)
Wikimedia Foundation Community Affairs Committee (Charter)
Funds Dissemination Committee
- Current liaisons: Dariusz Jemielniak, Nataliia Tymkiv
Affiliations Committee (Charter)
- Current liaisons: Shani Evenstein Sigalov, Nataliia Tymkiv
Elections Committee
- Current liaisons: Esra'a Al Shafei, Jimmy Wales
Language committee (Charter)
- Current liaison: Nataliia Tymkiv

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v t e Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
Portal Noticeboard Handbook Elections
Board Committees	Audit Committee Board Governance Committee Talent & Culture Committee Product Committee Community Affairs Committee
Board Community Committees	Affiliations Committee Elections Committee Funds Dissemination Committee Language Committee
Wikimedia Foundation Wiki	Board of Trustees Resolutions Meetings and Minutes Former members

v t e Affiliate-selected Board seats
2014	call for candidates translations nominations questions voting results
2016	call for candidates 1 & call for candidates 2 translations nominations questions eligible entities voting results
2019	call for candidates translations nominations questions eligible entities voting results debrief 2019 2019 translation page 2019 primer for UGs 2019 ideal candidate profile
Summary Pages	General resolution Frequently asked questions Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees