Florence Jacqueline Sylvie Devouard (; born 10 September 1968) is a French agricultural engineer who served as the chair of the Wikimedia Foundation board of trustees between October 2006 and July 2008.
Education Devouard holds an engineering degree in agronomy from ENSAIA and a DEA in genetics and biotechnologies from INPL.
Career On 9 March 2008, Devouard was elected member of the municipal council of Malintrat.
Devouard joined the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2004 and became its chair in October 2006, succeeding Jimmy Wales. She has served on the Advisory Board of the Foundation since July 2008.
Co-founder of Wikimedia France in October 2004, she was vice-chair of its board as of 2011 until December 2012.
Recognition On 16 May 2008, she was made a knight in the French National Order of Merit, proposed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as "chair of an international foundation".
See also
List of Wikipedia people
References Specific
Further reading Lih, Andrew. The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia. Hyperion, New York City. 2009. First Edition. (alkaline paper).
External links
Anthere Consulting website Personal blog Wikimedia Foundation and sustainability
2005 Board candidacy presentation Video-Interview on 10 February 2007 at the Lift07 conference in Geneva Interview with Florence Devouard. 'Madame Wikipedia' runs web giant from village HQ 2007 AFP article A Life in the Day: Florence Devouard 2007 Times article