Chief Executive Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation

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The Chief Executive Officer is the top-level executive position at the Wikimedia Foundation. Formerly, this position was known as the Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Executive Directors of the Wikimedia Foundation

Executive Directors of the Wikimedia Foundation

№	Image	Name	Term start	Term end	Ref
–		Brad Patrick (interim)	June 2006	January 2007	[a]
1		Sue Gardner	December 2007	May 2014	[b]
2		Lila Tretikov	June 2014	March 2016	[c]
3		Katherine Maher	March 2016	29 January 2019	[d]

Chief Executive Officers of the Wikimedia Foundation

Chief Executive Officers of the Wikimedia Foundation

№	Image	Name	Term start	Term end	Ref
1		Katherine Maher	30 January 2019	April 2021	[e]
2		Maryana Iskander	January 2022	January 2026	[f]
2		Bernadette Meehan	January 2026		[g]

Notes

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