Dear Maryana,
Congratulations on your nomination and welcome to the
Wikimedia world. I look forward to being able to exchange and
collaborate with you.
Best,
Gerbet Rémy
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Le 2021-09-15 12:55, Ashwin Baindur - User AshLin a écrit
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Welcome, Maryana. We hope you have a successful tenure
and take the
community along with you. We have a lot of expectations and hope. All
the very best.
On Tue, 14 Sep, 2021, 9:22 pm Nataliia Tymkiv,
<ntymkiv(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am pleased to
announce that the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has appointed
Maryana Iskander as the new CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation [1] [2].
>
> Since 2013, Maryana has served as the CEO of
Harambee Youth
Employment Accelerator [3], a South African non-profit social enterprise
focused on building African solutions for the global challenge of youth
unemployment. Prior to this, she spent six years as Chief Operating
Officer of Planned Parenthood Federation of America [4], a volunteer-led
social movement focused on access to women's healthcare. Maryana has
also worked in academia as the Advisor to the President of Rice
University [5], an international research university based in the United
States.
>
> Her professional career has been motivated by breaking
down systemic barriers, creating opportunities for collaborative
solution-building, and community empowerment. She has a proven track
record for leading complex organisations shaped by shared
decision-making.
>
> In looking for the next CEO, we on the Board
convened a Transition Committee [6], primarily to guide us in finding
the right person for this critical role and secondly to oversee the
executive Transition Team. The Transition Committee conducted a
far-reaching and competitive global search, receiving around 400
recommendations and speaking to about 50 potential candidates.
Throughout this selection process, Maryana impressed us as someone who
is deeply inspired by the Wikimedia vision and who embodies the values
of equity and community that inform all Wikimedia work. She has
extensive leadership experience working with volunteer-led initiatives
and building partnerships across public, private and social sectors.
Maryana also brings expertise in technology-led innovation to accelerate
meaningful social change. She does this with a global perspective:
Maryana was born in the Middle East, educated in the United States and
the United Kingdom, and has spent the last decade living and working on
the African continent.
>
> Maryana joins the Wikimedia Foundation
at a crucial time. The movement is larger than ever, and it has never
been more relevant or more trusted. This is an inflection point, as
decisions need to be made to execute a shared vision for where the
Movement wants to be in 2030. We believe that Maryana is the right
person to help lead the Foundation at this moment.
>
> As Maryana
begins, her priorities will include supporting movement efforts to
implement the Wikimedia 2030 recommendations, such as the development of
a Movement Charter and the finalization of a Universal Code of Conduct.
She will continue the Foundation's focus on knowledge equity and
exploring ways to address the gaps in content and the diversity of
contributors to Wikimedia projects. She will be supported by the Board
in this journey.
>
> Maryana will officially start at the Wikimedia
Foundation on January 5, 2022, as she transitions from her current job.
Until then, the Foundation will continue to be led by the Transition
Team, with guidance from the Board. In my conversations with her, I have
seen that Maryana is a fan of direct communication and excited to learn
from the movement. In the coming weeks, she will share ways to connect.
Please join me in welcoming Maryana (CCed) to the Foundation!
>>
>
PS. For translations of this message, or to help translate it into more
languages, please visit Meta-Wiki [7]
>
> [1]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2021/09/14/wikimedia-foundation-appoin…
[1]
>>
>> [2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryana_Iskander [2]
>
> [3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harambee_Youth_Employment_Accelerator [3]
>>
>> [4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_Parenthood [4]
>>
>
[5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_University [5]
>
> [6]
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Creating_a_CEO_Transition_…
[6] [7]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/14_S…
[7]
>
> Best regards,
> antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
> Acting
Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
>
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryana_Iskander
[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harambee_Youth_Employment_Accelerator
[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_Parenthood
[5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_University
[6]
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Creating_a_CEO_Transition_…
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