Board of Directors

The business affairs of the Wiki Society of Washington, DC Inc. are managed by a seven-member Board of Directors.

The current members of the Board, elected at the October 1 Annual Membership Meeting, are:

• Katie Filbert (President)
• Nicholas Bashour (Vice-President)
• Kirill Lokshin (Secretary)
• James Hare (Treasurer)
• Robert C. Platt
• Tiffany L. Smith

Most meetings of the Board of Directors are open to the general public. To see the schedule of upcoming meetings, as well as the agendas and minutes of past meetings, please visit the meetings page.

Biographies

Katie Filbert

Katie Filbert (User:Aude) has been contributing to English Wikipedia since 2004. She has been active in the DC area meetup group since 2007, organizing meetups and events, and coordinating partnerships between Wikimedia DC and cultural institutions, including the Smithsonian, National Archives, and the District of Columbia Public Library. On Wikimedia projects, she serves as an admin on English Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, handles customer service tickets, and hacks on MediaWiki software as a developer. She also is an active contributor to the OpenStreetMap project. Outside of Wikimedia, she is a geographer and web developer, working on projects at the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). I am User:Aude on all Wikimedia projects and @filbertkm on Twitter.

James Hare

James Hare has been serving as the Treasurer of Wikimedia DC since its founding on May 7, 2011. A Wikipedia editor since 2004 and administrator since 2006, he has always fancied himself as a WikiGnome, making various odd contributions around Wikipedia without focusing on any particular topic. He is currently focusing his efforts on organizing Wikimania 2012, the international Wikipedia conference, in Washington. As Treasurer, his goal is to secure a diverse base of donors while planning events that will enhance Wikimedia's brand in D.C. He thoroughly enjoys this job.

Originally from the great state of New Jersey, Hare currently studies political science at American University. His Wikipedia username is harej, pronounced "hare jay". Despite the seemingly ethnic connotations, this is just his last name and first initial; the origins of this username have been described as "deflatingly quotidian". An enthusiastic Starbucks patron and amateur writer, Hare can also be found on Twitter as @harej.

Tiffany L. Smith

Tiffany Smith first learned about Wikipedia when she was working in a bookstore in 2003, but it took some time for her to stop talking about how neat Wikipedia was and start contributing. Now, Tiffany cares most about trying to ease that transition for others. She is a founding member of Wikimedia DC and an active participant on the Wikimania 2012 committee. You can find her as User:Metabrarian on Wikimedia projects and @tiffanysmith on Twitter.

A graduate of Fordham University and The Catholic University of America's School of Library and Information Science, her research interests include collaborative sensemaking, information retrieval, and online community behavior. Tiffany Smith is employed by the US Federal Government, but her activities related to Wiki projects and the Wikimedia DC Board are performed in her personal capacity and do not necessary reflect or represent the views of the US Government.