Sue Gardner

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Sue Gardner

Special Advisor, Wikimedia Foundation

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 – 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.

Disclaimer: I work for the Wikimedia Foundation, and this is the account I intend to use for edits or statements I make in that role. However, the Foundation does not vet all my activity, so edits, statements, or other contributions made by this account may not reflect the views of the 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 :-)