Ex-Planned Parenthood Executive to Lead Wikipedia’s Foundation
- The new leader also brings South African leadership experience
- Company vows to increase diversity of Wikipedia contributors
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Planned Parenthood veteran Maryana Iskander will become the new chief executive officer of the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit behind the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia, part of a bid to reach a wider audience.
In charge of funding one of the world’s most visited websites, Wikimedia has 500 employees around the world and an annual budget of more than $100 million. However, its push into non-English languages has been mixed, and in 2017 it began an effort to increase the diversity of contributors.