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Sue Gardner is Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization behind Wikipedia - the world's largest and most popular encyclopedia, which is free to use and free of advertising. Wikipedia contains more than 13 million volunteer-authored articles in 250+ languages, and is visited by more than 330 million people every month, making it the number five most-popular website in the world. Since joining the Wikimedia Foundation in summer of 2007, Gardner has relocated the organization to San Francisco, more than doubled its annual revenues, supported a 21% increase in readership, and instituted ambitious new programming goals to increase reach, quality and participation.▼
{{user info
| full name = Sue Gardner
| image name = Wikimedia Foundation Sue Gardner Sept 2010.jpg
| job title = Special Advisor
| organization = Wikimedia Foundation
| short quote = ''The Wikimedia movement asks you to imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. My job is to move us closer to that goal, every single day.''
▲| about me = '''Sue Gardner''' is the former Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization behind Wikipedia
Gardner, a seasoned journalist, was formerly head of CBC.
| about my work = Since joining the Wikimedia Foundation in summer of 2007, Gardner has relocated the organization to San Francisco, more than tripled its annual revenues, supported a 50% increase in readership, and instituted ambitious new programming goals to increase reach, quality and participation.
As of June 2014, Gardner serves as Special Advisor to the Wikimedia Foundation.
| contact me =
* E-mail: sue{{@}}wikimedia.org
* In the office at (415) 839-6885
* Skype username is <tt>susanpgardner</tt>
* My username on the projects is ''Sue Gardner''
* Mailing address is Wikimedia Foundation, 149 New Montgomery Street, Third Floor, San Francisco CA 94105
* My personal blog is http://www.suegardner.org
* [//twitter.com/SuePGardner SuePGardner] on Twitter
* [//www.linkedin.com/in/suegardner LinkedIn profile]
* I'm on Facebook, Diaspora and Google+, and if you tell me you're a Wikimedian I'll be your friend :-)
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Latest revision as of 13:12, 30 June 2016
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About me
Sue Gardner is the former Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization behind Wikipedia – the world's largest and most popular encyclopedia, which is free to use and free of advertising. Wikipedia contains more than 20 million volunteer-authored articles in over 280 languages, and is visited by more than 476 million people every month, making it the number five most-popular website in the world.
Gardner, a seasoned journalist, was formerly head of CBC.ca, the website for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, one of Canada's most prominent and best-loved cultural institutions. Under her leadership, CBC.ca won many international awards for excellence, and grew to become Canada's most popular news site. Gardner started her career in 1990 as a producer with CBC's "As It Happens," an internationally-recognized groundbreaking news and current events radio program. She has worked in radio, television, newspapers, magazines and online.
My work
Since joining the Wikimedia Foundation in summer of 2007, Gardner has relocated the organization to San Francisco, more than tripled its annual revenues, supported a 50% increase in readership, and instituted ambitious new programming goals to increase reach, quality and participation.
As of June 2014, Gardner serves as Special Advisor to the Wikimedia Foundation.
Contact me
- E-mail: suewikimedia.org
- In the office at (415) 839-6885
- Skype username is susanpgardner
- My username on the projects is Sue Gardner
- Mailing address is Wikimedia Foundation, 149 New Montgomery Street, Third Floor, San Francisco CA 94105
- My personal blog is http://www.suegardner.org
- SuePGardner on Twitter
- LinkedIn profile
- I'm on Facebook, Diaspora and Google+, and if you tell me you're a Wikimedian I'll be your friend :-)