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- Maryana Iskander is the Chief Executive Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation. Prior to Wikimedia, she spent ten years as the CEO of Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, a non-profit social enterprise focused on building African solutions to tackle the global crisis of youth unemployment.
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Maryana Iskander (/ ˌ m ær i ˈ æ n ə ɪ ˈ s k æ n d ər / MARR-ee-AN-ə isk-AN-dər; Arabic: ماريانا إسكندر; born September 1, 1975) is an Egyptian-born American social entrepreneur and lawyer. In 2022, she became the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Wikimedia Foundation, succeeding Katherine Maher.
- September 1, 1975 (age 48), Cairo, Egypt
The answer, according to Maryana Iskander, Wikimedia’s new Chief Executive Officer: activating a truly global community in our shared work. Maryana seeks to realize the founding vision of Wikimedia, and her inclusive approach has been developed through a career of breaking down barriers to opportunity. In a welcome letter to Wikimedia ...
Sep 14, 2021 · Born in Cairo, Egypt, Maryana was educated in the United States and the United Kingdom. She holds a B.A. magna cum laude from Rice University, an M.Sc. from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and a J.D. from Yale Law School, where she received a Distinguished Alumna Award.
Sep 14, 2021 · The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has appointed Maryana Iskander as the new CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation. Since 2013, Maryana has served as the CEO of Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, a South African non-profit social enterprise focused on building African solutions for the global challenge of youth unemployment.
Sep 14, 2021 · September 14, 2021 at 8:49 AM PDT. This article is for subscribers only. Planned Parenthood veteran Maryana Iskander will become the new chief executive officer of the Wikimedia Foundation, the...
Sep 14, 2021 · 4 min. The Wikimedia Foundation announced Tuesday that Maryana Iskander, a decorated social entrepreneur who for years has led an initiative to lower youth unemployment in South Africa, in...
Aug 1, 2023 · Egyptian-born American social entrepreneur and lawyer is former CEO of the Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator and former CEO of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America in New York. Iskander was born in Cairo, Egypt, where she lived before emigrating to the United States with her family. Her family settled in Round Rock, Texas.
