Egyptian-born American social entrepreneur and lawyer (born 1975)
Maryana Iskander
ماريانا إسكندر
Iskander in 2017
Born
(1975-09-01) September 1, 1975 (age 48)
Cairo, Egypt
Education
Rice University (BA) Trinity College, Oxford (MSc) Yale University (JD)
Occupations
Social entrepreneur
lawyer
Awards
Rhodes Scholarship (1996) Skoll Award (2019)
CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation
Incumbent
Assumed office January 5, 2022
Preceded by
Katherine Maher
Maryana Iskander's voice
Recorded October 2021
Website
Wikimedia Page
Maryana Iskander (/ˌmæriˈænəɪˈskændər/MARR-ee-AN-ə isk-AN-dər;[1] Arabic: ماريانا إسكندر; born September 1, 1975)[2] 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. Prior to her position, Iskander was the CEO of the Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator and a former chief operating officer of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America in New York.
^Maryana Iskander, Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator. Devex. June 18, 2019.
^Who's who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Vol. 62. Randall Publishing Company. 1996. p. 714.
MaryanaIskander (/ˌmæriˈænə ɪˈskændər/ MARR-ee-AN-ə isk-AN-dər; Arabic: ماريانا إسكندر; born September 1, 1975) is an Egyptian-born American social entrepreneur...
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Government's National Treasury's Jobs Fund. MaryanaIskander took over as Chief Executive Officer in 2012. According to Iskander, their initial goal was to "scale...
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