Kristi Progri

Kristi Progri is the Program Manager of the GNOME Foundation, helping organize conferences, coordinating internships, and helping with general Foundation activities.

She has been the chairwoman of Open Labs Hackerspace, a community in Tirana, Albania dedicated to everything to do with Free & Open Source technology and data. She is currently a Representative and a Tech Speaker with Mozilla and has also worked with their Diversity and Inclusion team as part of a program that aims to offer opportunities to underrepresented groups in Open Source and Free Software communities. She co-founded the Open Source Diversity initiative and has organized many free software events and conferences in Albania with the focus on open technologies.

She completed her university studies in International Affairs & Diplomacy and advocates for the importance of decentralized technology in today’s age. Kristi has been a basketball player for 6 years and now she does spinning and weightlifting as her favorite activities.