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[[Wikimedia Foundation|വിക്കിമീഡിയ ഫൗണ്ടേഷന്റെ]] ഇപ്പോഴത്തെ [[Executive director|എക്സിക്യൂട്ടീവ് ഡിറക്ടർ]] ആണ് '''കാതറിൻ മഹെർ (Katherine Maher)'''. ഏപ്രിൽ 2014 മുതൽ ഫൗണ്ടേഷനിൽ മുഖ്യ വാർത്താവിനിമയ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥ ആയി ജോലിചെയ്തുവന്ന ഇവർ, 2016 ജൂൺ 23 മുതൽ എക്സിക്യൂട്ടീവ് ഡിറക്ടർ സ്ഥാനം വഹിച്ചുവരുന്നു.<ref name="wmf_ed" /><ref name="WMF"/> മുൻപ് [[World Bank|ലോകബാങ്ക്]], [[UNICEF|യൂനിസഫ്]], [[AccessNow.org|അക്സസ് നൗ.ഓർഗ്]] എന്നീ സ്ഥാപനങ്ങളിൽ ജോലി ചെയ്തിട്ടുണ്ട്.
==വിദ്യാഭ്യാസം==
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== അവലംബം==
==Education==
Maher was educated at the Arabic Language Institute of the [[American University in Cairo]] from 2002 to 2003, and [[New York University]]'s [[New York University College of Arts and Science|College of Arts and Science]] from 2003 from where she received her bachelor's degree in 2005.<ref name="nyu" />
==പുറത്തേക്കുള്ള കണ്ണികൾ:==
==Career==
<ref name="youthfortechnology">{{cite web |url=*http://www.youthfortechnology.org/people-katherine-maher/ | title=People – Katherine Maher | publisher= Youth for Technology Foundation | accessdate=March 11, 2016 }}</ref>▼Maher has been executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) from March 2016 (acting director) to her permanent appointment in June 2016,<ref name="WMF"/> after her role as WMF Chief Communications Officer since April 2014.<ref name="WMF"/> She has previously worked for the World Bank, UNICEF, and at AccessNow.org,<ref name="Westphalian" /> where she was their advocacy director.<ref name="Lorente" /><ref name="WMF" /><ref name="atlantic" />
<ref name="PRWeek">{{cite web | last1=Bradley | first1=Diana | url=*http://www.prweek.com/article/1294445/wikimedia-hires-maher-fill-chief-comms-role | title=Katherine Maher joins the Wikimedia Foundation as Chief Communications Officer | publisher=''[[PRWeek]]'' | accessdate=March 11, 2016 | date=May 15, 2014 }}</ref>▼<ref name="WMF">{{cite web | url=*http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/04/15/katherine-maher-joins-foundation-chief-communications-officer/ | title=Katherine Maher joins the Wikimedia Foundation as Chief Communications Officer | publisher=Wikimedia Foundation | accessdate=March 11, 2016 | date=April 15, 2014 }}</ref>▼<ref name="Fitzsimmons">{{cite web|url=*http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/wikipedia-is-still-disrupting-after-15-years-1313225|title=Wikipedia is still disrupting after 15 years|last=Fitzsimmons|first=Michelle|date=January 16, 2016|work=Tech Radar|accessdate=March 11, 2016 }}</ref>▼<ref name="WPOST">{{cite web |title= If a monkey takes a selfie in the forest, who owns the copyright? No one, says Wikimedia. |last=Phillip |first=Abby |date= August 6, 2014 |work= The Washington Post |agency= WP Company Llc |url= *https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/08/06/if-a-monkey-takes-a-selfie-in-the-forest-who-owns-the-copyright-no-one-says-wikimedia/ |accessdate= 2016-07-18 }}</ref>▼<ref name="Lorente">{{cite news|url=*https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/03/16/board-welcomes-katherine-maher/|title=Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees welcomes Katherine Maher as interim Executive Director|last=Lorente|first=Patricio|date=March 16, 2016|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation|accessdate=March 17, 2016 }}</ref>▼<ref name=Tretikov>{{cite web | url=*https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-February/082470.html | title=Thank you for our time together. | publisher=Lila Tretikov | date=February 25, 2016 }}</ref>▼<ref name="Westphalian">{{cite web|url=*http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/02/25/the-new-westphalian-web/|title=The New Westphalian Web|date=February 25, 2013|accessdate=March 11, 2016 }}</ref>▼<ref name="atlantic">{{cite web|url=*http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/03/control-of-the-internet-104830_Page2.html#.Vu3VynAkKuU|work=Politico|date=March 19, 2014|access-date=March 19, 2016|title=No, the U.S. Isn't 'Giving Up Control' of the Internet }}</ref>▼
At the World Bank, Maher was a consultant in technology for [[international development]] and democratization, working on [[information and communications technology|ICT]] for accountability and governance, focusing on the role of mobile phones and other technologies in facilitating civil society and institutional reform, particularly in the Middle East and Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM3OPNwGOFg|author=Wamda |authorlink=Wamda|format=[[c:File:Resisting_Internet_Censorship-_Katherine_Maher_of_Access_at_SHARE_Beirut.webm|video]] |title=Resisting Internet Censorship: Katherine Maher of Access at SHARE Beirut|date=October 9, 2012 |accessdate=2016-04-11}}</ref><ref name="youthfortechnology" /> She co-authored a chapter on "Making Government Mobile" of a World Bank publication about "Information and Communications for Development: Maximizing Mobile" (2012).<ref name="Worldbank_book" />
Maher joined the WMF as its Chief Communications Officer in April 2014,<ref name="WMF" /><ref name="Fitzsimmons" /><ref name="PRWeek" /> where she commented on U.S. [[copyright law]].<ref name="WPOST"/> She became the interim executive director almost two years later, in March 2016,<ref name="Lorente" /> following the resignation of [[Lila Tretikov]].<ref name=Tretikov /> Her appointment as executive director was announced by [[Jimmy Wales]] on 24 June 2016 at [[Wikimania 2016]], effective 23 June 2016.<ref name="wmf_ed" />
== References ==
▲<ref name="youthfortechnology">{{cite web |url=http://www.youthfortechnology.org/people-katherine-maher/ | title=People – Katherine Maher | publisher= Youth for Technology Foundation | accessdate=March 11, 2016}}</ref>
▲<ref name="PRWeek">{{cite web | last1=Bradley | first1=Diana | url=http://www.prweek.com/article/1294445/wikimedia-hires-maher-fill-chief-comms-role | title=Katherine Maher joins the Wikimedia Foundation as Chief Communications Officer | publisher=''[[PRWeek]]'' | accessdate=March 11, 2016 | date=May 15, 2014}}</ref>
▲<ref name="WMF">{{cite web | url=http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/04/15/katherine-maher-joins-foundation-chief-communications-officer/ | title=Katherine Maher joins the Wikimedia Foundation as Chief Communications Officer | publisher=Wikimedia Foundation | accessdate=March 11, 2016 | date=April 15, 2014}}</ref>
▲<ref name="Fitzsimmons">{{cite web|url=http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/wikipedia-is-still-disrupting-after-15-years-1313225|title=Wikipedia is still disrupting after 15 years|last=Fitzsimmons|first=Michelle|date=January 16, 2016|work=Tech Radar|accessdate=March 11, 2016}}</ref>
▲<ref name="WPOST">{{cite web |title= If a monkey takes a selfie in the forest, who owns the copyright? No one, says Wikimedia. |last=Phillip |first=Abby |date= August 6, 2014 |work= The Washington Post |agency= WP Company Llc |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/08/06/if-a-monkey-takes-a-selfie-in-the-forest-who-owns-the-copyright-no-one-says-wikimedia/ |accessdate= 2016-07-18 }}</ref>
▲<ref name="Lorente">{{cite news|url=https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/03/16/board-welcomes-katherine-maher/|title=Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees welcomes Katherine Maher as interim Executive Director|last=Lorente|first=Patricio|date=March 16, 2016|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation|accessdate=March 17, 2016}}</ref>
▲<ref name=Tretikov>{{cite web | url=https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-February/082470.html | title=Thank you for our time together. | publisher=Lila Tretikov | date=February 25, 2016}}</ref>
▲<ref name="Westphalian">{{cite web|url=http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/02/25/the-new-westphalian-web/|title=The New Westphalian Web|date=February 25, 2013|accessdate=March 11, 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="Worldbank_book">{{cite book |authors=Siddhartha Raja and Samia Melhem with Matthew Cruse, Joshua Goldstein, Katherine Maher, Michael Minges, and Priya Surya |year=2012 |chapter=Making Government Mobile |title=Information and Communications for Development: Maximizing Mobile | url=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTINFORMATIONANDCOMMUNICATIONANDTECHNOLOGIES/Resources/IC4D-2012-Report.pdf |type= |series= |language= |volume= |issue= |location=Washington D.C. |publisher=[[World Bank]] |publication-date=2012 |page= |pages=87–102 }}</ref>
▲<ref name="atlantic">{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/03/control-of-the-internet-104830_Page2.html#.Vu3VynAkKuU|work=Politico|date=March 19, 2014|access-date=March 19, 2016|title=No, the U.S. Isn't 'Giving Up Control' of the Internet}}</ref>
<ref name="nyu">{{cite journal|url=https://www.nyu.edu/alumni.magazine/issue22/pdf/NYU22.pdf|date=Spring 2014|work=NYU Alumni Magazine|page=59|title=NYU Class Notes}}</ref>
<ref name="wmf_ed">{{cite web | url=https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/06/24/katherine-maher-executive-director/ | title=Foundation Board appoints Katherine Maher as Executive Director | publisher=Wikimedia Foundation | accessdate=24 June 2016}}</ref>
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