Maryana Iskander

Social entrepreneur and lawyer. She was CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation from 2022 to 2026, and before that led the Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator in South Africa.[Source]

Where in the US · Grew upHer family settled in Round Rock, Texas.[Source]

Family history

Born in Cairo, she emigrated to the United States with her family at the age of four.[Source]

Connection with Egypt

Cairo is her birthplace and her home until the family emigrated.[Source]

Organizations

Wikimedia FoundationCEO, 2022 to 2026[Source]
Yale UniversityCurrentBoard of Trustees (elected 2023)[Source]
Harambee Youth Employment AcceleratorCEO[Source]
Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaChief operating officer[Source]

Education

Rice UniversityBA, Sociology, 1997[Source]
Trinity College, OxfordMSc, 1999[Source]
Yale Law SchoolJD, 2003[Source]

Recognition

Rhodes Scholar; founded the Rhodes Association of Women[Source]
Harry S. Truman Scholar[Source]

Sources

Sources read on 2026-09-23

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