executive director
Katherine Maher.
chief executive officer and president of National Public Radio
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Harper’s to Honor NPR CEO Maher With First Amendment Award
Harper's Magazine is honoring NPR CEO Katherine Maher with its "First Amendment Award" despite Maher's past criticism of the very same First Amendment.
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About Katherine Maher
Katherine Roberts Maher is an American non-profit executive who has been the chief executive officer (CEO) and president of National Public Radio since March 2024. Prior to NPR, she was the CEO of Web Summit and chair of the board of directors at the Signal Foundation. She is a former chief executive officer and executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Everything about Katherine Maher →- Occupation
- executive director, journalist
- Position held
- Chief Executive Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation, public relations officer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 18, 1983