1. Lisa Seitz-Gruwell is President of the Wikimedia Endowment, and Chief Advancement Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation.
11 Facts About Lisa Seitz-Gruwell
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Lisa Seitz-Gruwell earned a bachelor's degree in public relations and political science from Carroll College in Helena, Montana.
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Lisa Seitz-Gruwell studied as a Coro Fellow and at the Stanford Graduate School of Business Center for Social Innovation's Executive Program for Philanthropy Leaders.
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From 2003 to 2007 Seitz-Gruwell served as the Chief Operating Officer for Skyline Public Works LLC, an investment advisory firm led by Andrew S Rappaport and his wife Deborah which blended venture capital with political philanthropy and provided administrative and grant making support to the Rappaport Family Foundation, a private foundation founded by the Rappaports in 2002.
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Lisa Seitz-Gruwell managed all communications and media relations for the foundation; helped set the strategic direction for the political fund and the Rappaport Family Foundation; and managed the staff, operations and programs of both entities.
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From 2008 to 2011 Lisa Seitz-Gruwell worked as a consultant with Gruwell and Associates, a management consultant group whose clients included Democracy Alliance, Rappaport Family Foundation and Skyline Public Works, Current TV, and the Wikimedia Foundation.
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Lisa Seitz-Gruwell was appointed by mayor Gavin Newsom to San Francisco's civil service commission on August 3,2010, a seat she held until August 30,2011.
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Lisa Seitz-Gruwell joined the Wikimedia Foundation in September 2011 as the Development Director in the Community Department led by Zack Exley, tasked with developing sustainable support for the Foundation by driving high-dollar fundraising efforts.
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From her Skyline Public Works desk overlooking Broadway in Redwood City in 2005, Lisa Seitz-Gruwell told SFGATE that each SPW-funded organization would work to galvanize the progressive movement as a whole, creating a unified sense of purpose that's been lacking from progressive politics for decades.
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In 2018 Lisa Seitz-Gruwell told TechCrunch that while Wikipedia's content is free to use by all, some companies were exploiting the organization by not reciprocating.
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Lisa Seitz-Gruwell is married to Chris Gruwell, a longtime San Francisco lobbyist and political fundraiser who in April 2022 was appointed by California governor Gavin Newsom to the California State Athletic Commission.