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

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Wikimedia Foundation/Chief Executive Officer/History - Meta". meta.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "Wikimedia Foundation". www.influencewatch.org. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  3. ↑ Lima-Strong, Cristiano (14 September 2021). "Wikimedia taps leader of South African nonprofit as its next CEO". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "Former Wikimedia Foundation CEO Katherine Maher Joins CDT Board of Directors". Center for Democracy and Technology. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "Katherine Maher". St. Gallen Symposium. Archived from the original on 6 July 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  6. ↑ TEDx Talks (27 November 2012). The why of Wikipedia: Bradford Patrick at TEDxSarasotaSalon. Retrieved 19 May 2025 – via YouTube.
  7. ↑ "Wikipedia founder's private troubles go public". NBC News. 4 March 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "Learning about Wikipedia from its Outside Legal Counsel | Berkman Klein Center". cyber.harvard.edu. 2 February 2006. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "Two top Wikipedia officials resign". Computerworld. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  10. ↑ Edwards, Jennifer C. (2015). "Wiki Women: Bringing Women Into Wikipedia through Activism and Pedagogy". The History Teacher. 48 (3): 412. ISSN 0018-2745. JSTOR 24810523.
  11. ↑ "Annual Conference & Exhibition". American Libraries. 42 (3/4): 48–49. 2011. ISSN 0002-9769. JSTOR 23025364.
  12. ↑ Humrickhouse, Liz; Kniffel, Leonard; Landgraf, Greg; Goodes, Pamela A.; Dominiak, Jennifer; Garcia, Ed; Gooch, Mel; Cognotes (2011). "Librarians Witness New Orleans' Recovery: More than 20,000 return to the city for Annual". American Libraries. 42 (7/8): 50. ISSN 0002-9769. JSTOR 23025034.
  13. ↑ Forbes (22 August 2012). Sue Gardner: WikiMedia's Cat Herder?. Retrieved 19 May 2025 – via YouTube.
  14. ↑ m/OppenheimTV (29 May 2013). INSIGHT: Sue Gardner - Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 19 May 2025 – via YouTube.
  15. ↑ Scale AI (24 October 2022). Empowering Humanity in the Age of AI | Lila Tretikov (Fmr Wikipedia CEO) | TransformX 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2025 – via YouTube.
  16. ↑ "Wikimedia head resigns over 'search engine' row". BBC News. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  17. ↑ Price, Rob. "The executive director of the nonprofit behind Wikipedia just resigned". Business Insider. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  18. 1 2 TED (28 June 2022). What Wikipedia Teaches Us About Balancing Truth and Beliefs | Katherine Maher | TED. Retrieved 19 May 2025 – via YouTube.
  19. 1 2 Zilber, Ariel (18 April 2024). "NPR's Katherine Maher opposed 'free and open' approach at Wikipedia". Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  20. 1 2 "Katherine Maher". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  21. 1 2 "Running Wikipedia, with Katherine Maher". Epic Human Podcast. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  22. ↑ "Maryana Iskander B.A., M.Sc., '03 J.D." Yale University. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  23. ↑ Fried, Ina (6 May 2025). "Exclusive: Wikipedia CEO is leaving". Axios. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  24. ↑ Rapid Response (15 October 2024). How Wikipedia will survive AI, with CEO Maryana Iskander | Rapid Respomse. Retrieved 19 May 2025 – via YouTube.
  25. ↑ "Mellon Foundation". www.mellon.org. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  26. ↑ Wikimedia Foundation (9 December 2026). "Wikimedia Foundation appoints Bernadette Meehan as Chief Executive Officer". Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
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