Now that voting for this year’s Community team reps has concluded, I’m pleased to announce that the new Community team reps for 2021 are Kevin Cristiano (@kcristiano) and Timi Wahalahti (@sippis)!
Kevin Cristiano
Since finding WordPress in 2006, Kevin Cristiano has been an avid user of the software and passionate contributor to the open source project. While he first leveraged WordPress software to empower his clients in non-profits to take control of their own content and be able to easily manage their own sites, he soon found a welcome home within the WordPress community. Over the last 15 years Kevin has continued to work with and to support nonprofits while gaining deeper involvement in WordPress. He brings with him experience on the global community team as a “super deputy” and specializes in sponsors, finance, trademarks, and the GPL.In addition to his work there Kevin is also a long time WordCamp and WordPress meetup organizer with deep ties to both his local, and the global WordPress Community.
Timi Wahalahti
Timi is a WordPress enthusiast from Finland, with a helpful attitude and great interest in how things work. Their first touch into the WordPress community happened in 2015 at first WordCamp in Finland, and next year they found themselves volunteering. After becoming community deputy in 2018, they have been an active developer of working methods, improved tools and collaboration methods. As a team rep, they want to help individuals support local communities even better. Timi hopes to inspire other team members on collaboration, transparency and making work of the community team more visible to a larger audience. You can read about Timi’s story on their profile page and personal website.
From myself @mariaojob and @camikaos (the outgoing Community Team reps), we are excited to see Timi and Kevin step up to their new role and are looking forward to a fruitful and productive year ahead for the team!