Chief Executive Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation

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The Chief Executive Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation 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]

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Executive Directors of the Wikimedia Foundation

Executive Directors of the Wikimedia Foundation
No.ImageNameTerm StartTerm EndRef
WM2006 0037.jpg Brad Patrick (interim)June 2006January 2007 [1] [6] [7] [8] [9]
1 Sue Gardner Headshot A (medium) FULL.jpg Sue Gardner December 2007May 2014 [1] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
2 Lila Tretikov April 2014 (5) crop.jpg Lila Tretikov June 2014March 2016 [1] [15] [16] [17]
3 Katherine Maher in 2016.jpg Katherine Maher March 201629 January 2019 [1] [18] [19] [20] [21]

Chief Executive Officers of the Wikimedia Foundation

Chief Executive Officers of the Wikimedia Foundation
1 Katherine Maher in 2016.jpg Katherine Maher 30 January 2019April 2021 [1] [18] [19] [20] [21]
2 Maryana Iskander in 2022 01.jpg Maryana Iskander January 2022Present [1] [22] [23] [24] [25]

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  18. 1 2 TED (2022-06-28). What Wikipedia Teaches Us About Balancing Truth and Beliefs | Katherine Maher | TED . Retrieved 2025-05-19 via YouTube.
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  21. 1 2 "Running Wikipedia, with Katherine Maher". Epic Human Podcast. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  22. "Maryana Iskander B.A., M.Sc., '03 J.D." Yale University. 2023-06-28. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  23. Fried, Ina (2025-05-06). "Exclusive: Wikipedia CEO is leaving". Axios. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  24. Rapid Response (2024-10-15). How Wikipedia will survive AI, with CEO Maryana Iskander | Rapid Respomse . Retrieved 2025-05-19 via YouTube.
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