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Chief Executive Officer
The Chief Executive Officer is the senior staff officer of the Wikimedia Foundation, overseeing the operations of the Foundation and its professional staff. The Chief Executive Officer reports to the Board of Trustees and is supported by the Office of the CEO.
The CEO is responsible for running the business side of the Wikimedia Foundation, engaging with communities to inform decision making, and representing the Wikimedia Foundation to the broader public.
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Welcoming the new incoming Chief Executive Officer, Bernadette Meehan
- Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Bernadette Meehan (ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ ೯, ೨೦೨೫)
- Around the puzzle globe – meeting with Wikimedia communities (ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ ೯, ೨೦೨೫)
- Diff Blog – Welcoming the Wikimedia Foundation’s new CEO, Bernadette Meehan (ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ ೯, ೨೦೨೫)
- Press release – Wikimedia Foundation appoints Bernadette Meehan as Chief Executive Officer (ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ ೯, ೨೦೨೫)
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Talking to community members -
Bernadette at Wikimedia Futures Lab -
Wikipediapodden interview with Bernadette
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Talking to community members -
Bernadette at the WP:25 virtual celebration
Updates from past Chief Executive Officers and Executive Directors
Past updates, maintained for historical purposes.
Updates from CEO Maryana Iskander
- Solving puzzles together: Thank you message (ಜನವರಿ ೧೯, ೨೦೨೬)
- August 2025 meeting outcomes (ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ ೩, ೨೦೨೫)
- A personal update (ಮೇ ೬, ೨೦೨೫)
- Reflections on 2025 from the Wikimedia Foundation Executive Team (ಜನವರಿ ೨೯, ೨೦೨೫)
- Late August 2024 update: Some next steps on a movement charter (ಆಗಸ್ಟ್ ೨೨, ೨೦೨೪)
- August 2024 update: Where to from here? (ಆಗಸ್ಟ್ ೧, ೨೦೨೪)
- ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 2024 ನವೀಕರಣಗಳು: ವಿಕಿಮೀಡಿಯಾ ಫೌಂಡೇಶನ್ ವಾರ್ಷಿಕ ಯೋಜನೆ ಮತ್ತು ಇನ್ಪುಟ್ಗಾಗಿ ವಿನಂತಿ (ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ ೧೧, ೨೦೨೪)
- February 2024 Update: Highlights from Talking:2024 (ಫೆಬ್ರವರಿ ೨೯, ೨೦೨೪)
- October 2023 Update and Invitation to Talking: 2024 (ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ ೧೩, ೨೦೨೩)
- Joint update from Maryana and Nat (ಜುಲೈ ೧೩, ೨೦೨೩)
- Fiscal Year 2023–2024 Annual Plan Update (ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ ೧೮, ೨೦೨೩)
- Year one update (ಜನವರಿ ೩೧, ೨೦೨೩)
- Nine month update (ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ ೬, ೨೦೨೨)
- June Meeting Outcomes from Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees (ಜುಲೈ ೨೬, ೨೦೨೨)
- Three Month Update and Wikimedia Foundation Draft Plan (ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ ೧೪, ೨೦೨೨)
- Maryana’s Listening Tour (ಜನವರಿ ೧೪, ೨೦೨೨)
Appointment as Chief Executive Officer
Katherine Maher
Updates
- 2017 Wikimedia Movement Strategy updates - main page
- Response to recent developments of United States travel ban - July 2018
- Wikimedia Foundation update regarding block in Turkey - August 2017
Replies to Letters to Katherine (L2K)
- Response to WikiIndaba conference 2017 - August 2017 (PDF)
- Response to Carta de Buenos Aires - August 2017
Wikimedia Foundation metrics and activities meetings
- Main page
- ಮೇ , ೨೦೧೭
- ಫೆಬ್ರವರಿ , ೨೦೧೭
- ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ , ೨೦೧೬
- ನವೆಂಬರ್ , ೨೦೧೬
- ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ , ೨೦೧೬
- ಜೂನ್ , ೨೦೧೬
- ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ , ೨೦೧೬
- ಮಾರ್ಚ್ , ೨೦೧೬
Announcements
- Introducing Victoria Coleman - Chief Technology Officer (2 November 2016)
Office hours
Appointment as Executive Director
June 2016
Appointment as interim Executive Director
March 2016
Lila Tretikov
- Clarity on the future of Wikimedia search (16 February 2016)
- Some background on the Knowledge Engine grant (29 January 2016)
- Wikimedia Foundation welcomes Terry Gilbey as interim COO; bids farewell to Gayle Karen Young (20 March 2015)
- Wikipedia turns 14, receives prestigious Erasmus Prize 2015 (15 January 2015)
- Damon Sicore joins Wikimedia Foundation as Vice President of Engineering (29 September 2014)
- Will you join in celebrating the 10th anniversary of Wikimedia Commons? (5 September 2014)
- European court decision punches holes in free knowledge (6 August 2014)
- Early Thoughts about Wikimedia Foundation (5 June 2014)
- Venture beyond (2 June 2014)
- Hacker osmosis: Ideas abound at the European Hackathon in Zurich (15 May 2014)
Sue Gardner
- Katherine Maher joins the Wikimedia Foundation as Chief Communications Officer (15 April 2014)
- Announcing the search for the Wikimedia Foundation’s Chief Communications Officer (31 October 2013)
- Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner’s response to paid advocacy editing and sockpuppetry (21 October 2013)
- Changes to the Wikimedia Foundation Fundraising Team (29 July 2013)
- What’s missing from the media discussions of Wikipedia categories and sexism (1 May 2013)
- Wikimedia projects reach more than 500 million people per month (19 April 2013)
- Please read: an announcement from Wikimedia Foundation ED Sue Gardner (27 March 2013)
- Wikipedia, the people’s encyclopedia (14 January 2013)
- The message from the Wikipedia Blackout: Please leave the Internet alone (20 January 2012)
- Wikipedia’s community calls for anti-SOPA blackout January 18 (16 January 2012)
- Happy 10th anniversary, Wikipedia! (14 January 2011)
- Danese Cooper, our new CTO (28 January 2010)
- Kicking off the 2009 Wikimedia Fundraiser (11 November 2009)
Brad Patrick
