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Katherine Maher
American media executive (born 1983) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Katherine Roberts Maher (/mɑːr/ MAR;[1] born April 18, 1983)[2] is an American non-profit executive. She has been the chief executive officer (CEO) and president of the National Public Radio since March 2024.[3] Prior to NPR, she was the CEO of Web Summit and chair of the board of directors at the Signal Foundation. She is a former chief executive officer and executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation.[4][5][6]
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A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Maher worked for UNICEF, the National Democratic Institute, the World Bank and Access Now before joining the Wikimedia Foundation. She subsequently joined the Atlantic Council and the US Department of State's Foreign Affairs Policy Board.
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Maher grew up in Wilton, Connecticut,[2] and attended Wilton High School.[7] Her father, Gordon Roberts Maher, worked in finance in New York City, and died in 2020.[8] Her mother, Ceci Maher, is a former non-profit executive who was elected to the Connecticut State Senate in 2022.[9]
After high school, Maher graduated from the Arabic Language Institute's Arabic Language Intensive Program of The American University in Cairo in 2003, which she recalled as a formative experience that developed her interest in the Middle East.[10] Maher also studied at the Institut français d'études arabes de Damas in Syria and spent time in Lebanon and Tunisia.[2][11][12]
In 2005, Maher received a bachelor's degree from New York University in Middle Eastern and Islamic studies.[13]
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