Maryana Iskander

Maryana Iskander
Maryana Iskander
ماريانا إسكندر
	Iskander in 2017
Born	September 1, 1975 (age 49); 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 (/ˌmæriˈænə ɪˈskændər/ 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.