What is Florence Nibart-Devouard?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Florence Devouard | image = Anthere mg 2756-b.jpg | caption = Florence Devouard | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|9|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Versailles (city)|Versailles]], [[France]] | occupation = Consultant in Internet Communication Strategy, Chair Emeritus of the Wikimedia Foundation | spouse = Bertrand Devouard | children = 3 |office=Chair of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] |term_start=21 October 2006 |term_end=17 July 2008 |predecessor=[[Jimmy Wales]] |successor=Michael Snow | website = <!-- Please don't turn this into an internal link, see below--> }} '''Florence Jacqueline Sylvie Devouard,''' was born 10 September 1968 and was the leader of the Board of Trustees of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] from October 2006 to July 2008, taking over from [[Jimmy Wales]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/role/board/|title=Board of Trustees – Wikimedia Foundation|publisher=}}</ref> She joined the board of the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2004 and helped start Wikimedia France in October 2004. Nibart-Devouard was born in [[France]], grew up in [[Grenoble]] and studied in [[Nancy]], and later lived in [[Antwerp]] in [[Belgium]] and in [[Arizona]] in the [[United States]]. As of 2008, she lives in the village of [[Malintrat]] in France. On 9 March 2008, she was elected member of the municipal council of Malintrat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections2008.interieur.gouv.fr/MN2008/063/063204.html|title=Election results, French Ministry of the Interior|publisher=}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On 16 May 2008, she was made a knight of the French national [[Order of Merit]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-npo}} {{s-bef|before=[[Jimmy Wales]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Chair of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]|years=October 21, 2006 – July 17, 2008}} {{s-aft|after=Michael Snow}} {{end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nibart-Devouard, Florence}} [[Category:1968 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People