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Chief Executive Officer
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.
Bernadette came to the Wikimedia Foundation having served as U.S. Ambassador to Chile. She graduated from Boston College and worked at J.P. Morgan, helping design one of its first web-based client platforms. She joined the Department of State in 2004 as a Foreign Service Officer with postings in Colombia, Iraq, and the United Arab Emirates, and also in a variety of roles in Washington, D.C. at the Department of State and the White House National Security Council (NSC). She then taught classes at Georgetown University for a year.
In 2017 she helped President and Mrs. Obama as they launched the Obama Foundation, and led the design of leadership development programs across Africa, Asia-Pacific, South Asia, Europe, and Latin America. In 2022, she returned to public service as U.S. Ambassador to Chile, a country she first visited as a 17-year-old.
Office of the CEO
The Work of the Office of the CEO
The Office of the CEO supports the CEO in their role, working with every department at the Foundation and with the Board of Trustees. We meet regularly with community members at community conferences and 1:1 conversations. If you have any questions about our work or would like to get in touch, please reach out through our individual talk pages on Meta or through email.
Our ongoing work includes:
Multi-year planning
The Foundation’s annual planning is informed by multi-year and multi-generational strategies. The Office of the CEO works with leaders across the organization, the movement and the public to engage in three areas of planning that we believe are needed to advance our mission in perpetuity.
Annual Plan
Each year, the Foundation publishes an Annual Plan that summarizes our work across four key goals. The Office of the CEO manages and leads the planning process, which includes community conversations to hear ideas and feedback.
Board Affairs
The Office of the CEO offers assistance to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees and provides executive-level support to Trustees.
