Maryana Iskander is an Egyptian-born American social entrepreneur and lawyer.
10 Facts About Maryana Iskander
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Maryana Iskander was born in Cairo, Egypt, where she lived before emigrating to the United States with her family at the age of four.
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In 1999, Maryana Iskander obtained her MSc from Trinity College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar, where she founded the Rhodes Association of Women.
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Maryana Iskander then served as the adviser to the president of Rice University, David Leebron.
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In 2015, Maryana Iskander made a commitment in New York City to the Clinton Global Initiative that Harambee would provide South African youth with 50,000 jobs and work experiences; by 2018, she was able to share with former US President Bill Clinton, in Johannesburg for a visit, that Harambee had exceeded her commitment, delivering over 85,000 such opportunities.
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On September 14,2021, Maryana Iskander was named as CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation, assuming her post on January 5,2022.
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Maryana Iskander has stated in interviews that her priorities after taking her role were to diversify Wikipedia's volunteer writers and editors and to promote the Wikimedia Foundation's mission of advocating for access to information.
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Maryana Iskander has been the recipient of several awards and fellowships including the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship and the Yale Law School Distinguished Alumnae Award.
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Maryana Iskander was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and Harry S Truman Scholarship.
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Maryana Iskander was a member of the 2006 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute, and of their Aspen Global Leadership Network.