Katherine Maher

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Katherine Roberts Maher (born April 18, 1983 in Wilton , Connecticut ) is an American manager . Since 2016 she has been the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation in San Francisco , California .

education

Katherine Maher studied from 2002 to 2003 at the Arabic Language Institute of the Egyptian American University in Cairo . From 2003 to 2005 she completed an honors bachelor's degree in Islamic and Oriental Studies at New York University with a semester abroad at the Institut Français d'Etudes Arabes in Damascus .

Career

After completing her studies, she initially dealt with human rights and democracy work. After internships at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Eurasia Group, Maher began working in 2005 as part of her international manager development program at HSBC in London, Germany and Canada. From 2007 to 2010 she was a founding member of the UNICEF innovation team, which developed strategies for health services, communication, promotion and organization of young people through new information and communication technologies.

From 2010 to 2011 she worked at the National Democratic Institute and from 2013 to 2014 at the network organization AccessNow.org .

Wikimedia Foundation

At the Wikimedia Foundation, Maher was Chief Communications Officer responsible for public relations and press work since April 2014 . After the departure of Lila Tretikov , she took over her duties as managing director of the foundation from March 2016, initially on a temporary basis . On the sidelines of the Wikimania conference in Esino Lario , Italy , the Foundation's Board of Trustees announced on June 23, 2016 that the position had been permanently transferred to her.

Web links

Commons : Katherine Maher  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mathias Born spoke to Katherine Maher: “Sports fans like to go over the top on Wikipedia” . In: Tages-Anzeiger, Tages-Anzeiger . November 11, 2018, ISSN  1422-9994 ( tagesanzeiger.ch [accessed November 21, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Kathrin Werner: Wikipedia. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b Wikimedia hires Maher to fill chief comms role | PR Week. In: www.prweek.com. Retrieved January 13, 2017 : “Previously, she was ICT innovation consultant for The World Bank, ICT program officer for the National Democratic Institute, and innovation and communication officer for UNICEF. She has been a partner with private research and consulting firm Menapolis since June 2012, according to her LinkedIn profile. "
  4. ↑ Torsten Kleinz: Katherine Maher is the new head of the Wikimedia Foundation. In: heise online. Retrieved January 13, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Foundation Board appoints Katherine Maher as Executive Director - Wikimedia Blog. Retrieved January 13, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Maher, Katherine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maher, Katherine Roberts
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American manager, managing director of the Wikimedia Foundation
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilton (Connecticut)