Katherine Maher
| Katherine Maher | |
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Maher in 2016
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | New York University |
| Occupation | Executive director, Wikimedia Foundation |
| Website | twitter |
Katherine Maher is the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), a position made permanent on 23 June 2016.[1] She has previously worked for the World Bank, UNICEF, and at AccessNow.org, where she was their advocacy director.
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Education[edit]
Maher was educated at the Arabic Language Institute of the American University in Cairo from 2002 to 2003, and New York University's College of Arts and Science from 2003 from where she received her bachelor's degree in 2005.[2]
Career[edit]
Maher was the acting executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) from March 2016 to her permanent appointment in June. She has previously worked for the World Bank, UNICEF, and at AccessNow.org,[3] where she was their advocacy director.[4][5][6]
At the World Bank, Maher was a consultant in technology for international development and democratization, working on ICT for accountability and governance, focusing on the role of mobile phones and other technologies in facilitating civil society and institutional reform, particularly in the Middle East and Africa.[7][8] She co-authored a chapter on "Making Government Mobile" of a World Bank publication about "Information and Communications for Development: Maximizing Mobile" (2012).[9]
Maher joined the WMF as its chief communications officer in April 2014,[5][10][11] and became the interim executive director almost two years later, in March 2016,[4] following the resignation of Lila Tretikov.[12] Her appointment as executive director was announced by Jimmy Wales on 24 June 2016 at Wikimania 2016, effective 23 June 2016.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Foundation Board appoints Katherine Maher as Executive Director". Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ^ "NYU Class Notes" (PDF). NYU Alumni Magazine: 59. Spring 2014.
- ^ "The New Westphalian Web". February 25, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
- ^ a b Lorente, Patricio (March 16, 2016). "Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees welcomes Katherine Maher as interim Executive Director". Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
- ^ a b "Katherine Maher joins the Wikimedia Foundation as Chief Communications Officer". Wikimedia Foundation. April 15, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
- ^ "No, the U.S. Isn't 'Giving Up Control' of the Internet". Politico. March 19, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ^ Wamda (October 9, 2012). "Resisting Internet Censorship: Katherine Maher of Access at SHARE Beirut" (video). Retrieved 2016-04-11.
- ^ "People – Katherine Maher". Youth for Technology Foundation. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
- ^ Siddhartha Raja and Samia Melhem with Matthew Cruse, Joshua Goldstein, Katherine Maher, Michael Minges, and Priya Surya (2012). "Making Government Mobile". Information and Communications for Development: Maximizing Mobile (PDF). Washington D.C.: World Bank. pp. 87–102.
- ^ Fitzsimmons, Michelle (January 16, 2016). "Wikipedia is still disrupting after 15 years". Tech Radar. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
- ^ Bradley, Diana (May 15, 2014). "Katherine Maher joins the Wikimedia Foundation as Chief Communications Officer". PRWeek. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
- ^ "Thank you for our time together.". Lila Tretikov. February 25, 2016.
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