Sue Gardner

Sue Gardner
Gardner in 2008
Born (1967-05-11) May 11, 1967 (age 57)
Barbados[1]
NationalityCanadian
Alma materRyerson Polytechnical Institute
Known forFormer executive director, Wikimedia Foundation (2007–2014)
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Sue Gardner (born May 11, 1967)[2] is a Canadian journalist, not-for-profit executive and business executive. She was the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation from December 2007 until May 2014,[3] and before that was the director of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's website and online news outlets.

In 2012, she was ranked as the 70th-most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine.[4] In 2013, she joined the board of Global Voices.[5] In May 2015, the Tor Project announced that Gardner would be assisting with the development of their long-term organizational strategy.[6] In 2018, she was announced as executive director of The Markup.[7] Gardner left this position in May 2019.

In November 2023, she was appointed chair of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network.[8]

  1. ^ "US Power Women Born Abroad". Forbes. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Sue Gardner's Blog". 17 July 2010. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
  3. ^ Vreede, Jan-Bart de (May 2014). "Announcing our new Executive Director: Lila Tretikov". Wikimedia blog. Archived from the original on 1 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  4. ^ The World's 100 Most Powerful Women, Sue Gardner Archived 2012-12-12 at the Wayback Machine. Forbes. Accessed August 23, 2012.
  5. ^ Ivan, Sigal (16 January 2013). "Wikimedia's Sue Gardner Joins Global Voices Board". Global Voices Online. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  6. ^ arma. "Sue Gardner and the Tor strategy project". Tor Project Blogs. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  7. ^ Bowles, Nellie (September 23, 2018). "News Site to Investigate Big Tech, Helped by Craigslist Founder". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 24, 2018. Retrieved September 23, 2018 – via San Francisco Chronicle.
  8. ^ "THE CANADIAN ANTI-HATE NETWORK HAS A NEW CHAIR". Canadian Anti-Hate Network. December 24, 2023. Archived from the original on November 11, 2023. Retrieved November 3, 2023.