Simone Orgel is a Berlin based digital strategist, strategic communications consultant and artist focusing on participation processes and community building in the digital space. Since May 2022 she is heading the non-profit association Wikimedia Germany's department Community, Society and Politics.
Driven by the question on ICTs can serve communities, she accompanies digital development processes and speaks on the topics of digital society and innovation. She studied Communication in Social and Economic Contexts at the Berlin University of the Arts as well as the University of Toronto and has worked as a communications expert for several public and private institutions. Until December 2017 she was Head of Project & International Relations at re:publica.