Katherine Mah

Person

The newly appointed CEO of NPR, whose past left-leaning tweets and comments have fueled a controversy about the organization's bias.


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10/22/2025, 4:59:33 AM

Last Updated

10/22/2025, 5:02:22 AM

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10/22/2025, 5:02:22 AM

Summary

Katherine Roberts Maher, an American non-profit executive, assumed the role of CEO and President of National Public Radio (NPR) in March 2024. She previously held significant leadership positions, including CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation and Web Summit, and chair of the board of directors at the Signal Foundation. Currently, Maher is facing public criticism for past tweets, a situation that has been amplified by a critical op-ed published in The Free Press by veteran editor Erie Berliner and activist Christopher Rufo.

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Extracted Attributes
  • Born

    1983-04-18

  • Mother

    Ceci Queeney

  • Spouse

    Ashutosh Upreti

  • Education

    New York University (BA)

  • Full Name

    Katherine Roberts Maher

  • Birthplace

    Wilton, Connecticut, U.S.

  • Occupation

    Non-profit executive

  • Discrepancy Note

    The related document refers to the entity as 'Katherine Mah', while authoritative sources identify her as 'Katherine Maher'.

Timeline
  • Born as Katherine Roberts Maher in Wilton, Connecticut, U.S. (Source: Web Search Results (Wikipedia))

    1983-04-18

  • Assumed office as the 4th Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. (Source: Web Search Results (Wikipedia))

    2016-03

  • Concluded her term as Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. (Source: Web Search Results (Wikipedia))

    2019-01-29

  • Assumed office as the 1st Chief Executive Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation. (Source: Web Search Results (Wikipedia))

    2019-01-30

  • Concluded her term as Chief Executive Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation. (Source: Web Search Results (Wikipedia))

    2021-04

  • Married Ashutosh Upreti. (Source: Web Search Results (Wikipedia))

    2023

  • Assumed office as the President and CEO of National Public Radio (NPR). (Source: Web Search Results (Wikipedia))

    2024-03

  • Faced criticism for past tweets, amplified by a critical op-ed from Erie Berliner and Christopher Rufo in The Free Press. (Source: Related Documents)

    2024

Bronwyn Fredericks

Bronwyn Fredericks is an Indigenous Australian academic and administrator. Her scholarship extends across education, health, community development, policy, and Indigenist research methods, including a focus on work relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people using participatory and community led approaches. Her contributions have been recognised through the NAIDOC Education Award in 2022 and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Award in 2019. She is currently the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement) at the University of Queensland. Fredericks has over 100 academic publications, and also writes for general audiences through publications such as The Conversation and Croakey Health Media, an Australian not for profit public interest journalism organisation, as well as actively using social media to promote health and education issues.

Web Search Results
  • Katherine Maher - Wikipedia

    Katherine Maher in 2016 Katherine Roberts Maher (/mɑːr/ MAR; born April 18, 1983) is an American non-profit executive. She has been the chief executive officer (CEO) and president "President (corporate title)") of the 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. [...] | Katherine Maher | | --- | | Katherine Maher in 2016.jpg) Maher in 2016 | | | | | | 4th Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation | | | In office March 2016 – January 29, 2019 | | | Preceded by | Lila Tretikov | | Succeeded by | Position disestablished | | 1st Chief Executive Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation | | | In office January 30, 2019 – April 2021 | | | Preceded by | Position established | | Succeeded by | Maryana Iskander | | President and CEO of NPR | | | Incumbent | | [...] | Assumed office 2024 | | | | | | Personal details | | | Born | Katherine Roberts Maher (1983-04-18) April 18, 1983 (age 42) Wilton, Connecticut, U.S. | | Spouse | Ashutosh Upreti ​ (m. 2023)​ | | Parent | Ceci Queeney (mother) | | Education | New York University (BA) | | Occupation | Non-profit executive | | Maher introducing herself recorded June 2016 | | | | |

  • Katie Mah, PhD - Faculty of Health Sciences - Western University

    Katie Mah is an outstanding and accomplished critical scholar and occupational therapist. She is deeply committed to improving health services and supports for young people experiencing concussion and has already made a significant impact in her field, and to childhood rehabilitation and research more broadly. We are thrilled to have her join our team in the School of Occupational Therapy; Katie embodies the core values and social vision of occupational therapy and radiates a positive influence [...] My interest in research was inspired by my clinical background in nursing and occupational therapy. Throughout my academic and clinical training, I came to realize that the issues I encountered in practice, and the questions these issues provoked, were rarely examined in research in a way that spoke to my experience and worldview. I was intrigued by the person receiving care, rather than the ‘patient’ or ‘client’, by who they were within and beyond the clinic, and by the effect of healthcare [...] My doctoral work was centrally concerned with examining how young people conceptualize concussion. My upcoming postdoctoral study expands the topic to consider how young people conceptualize concussion recovery. Together, my postdoctoral and doctoral work contribute nuanced understandings of youth concussion from young people themselves concerning their views on ‘what concussion is’, ‘what recovery is’, and ‘whose perspectives matter’. These views, and the experiential knowledge of young

  • Dr. Catherine Mah is taking aim at social impacts on food ...

    Dr. Catherine Mah is the Canada Research Chair in Promoting Healthy Populations and Full Professor in the School of Health Administration. Her recent research focuses on the role of the consumer food environment in food availability and affordability, social equity, and population diet. She teaches fifth and sixth year classes on epidemiology and health policy in the School. [...] She received her MD from the University of Calgary in 1998, became a pediatric Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada in 2002, and received her PhD in Health Services Research and Health Policy from the University of Toronto in 2009. Throughout her career, she has devoted herself to advancing our understanding of social and economic relations, how they shape the health and diet of the population, and how this knowledge might support public policy design. [...] ## Dalhousie University ## Faculty of Health ### News Archive # News ## Dr. Catherine Mah is taking aim at social impacts on food purchasing and diet Dr. Mah's work examines how social and economic influences shape our health and what we choose to eat.

  • Mah, Catherine L. - Dalla Lana School of Public Health

    Catherine L. Mah MD FRCPC PhD is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health at Dalhousie University. She directs the Food Policy Lab, a multidisciplinary program of research in the policy and practice of public health, with a focus on health-promoting innovations in the food system. Her work integrates population health intervention research, policy science, and community action on environmental contexts for consumption. She has led food and nutrition issue analyses in four provinces and [...] ## Catherine L. Mah MD (University of Calgary) FRCPC PhD (University of Toronto) Email Address(es) : catherine.mah(at)dal.ca, catherine.mah(at)utoronto.ca Office Phone : +1-902-494-1110 Office Address : FACULTY OF HEALTH DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building 5850 College Street, Second Floor, 2A03 PO Box 15000 | Halifax, NS B3H 4R2 Canada Website(s) : Dalhousie Faculty Profile

  • Catherine L. Mah

    ## Catherine L. Mah MD PhD is Professor and Canada Research Chair at Dalhousie University, recipient of a Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal for public service. [...] I am a professor at Dalhousie University, most widely known for my scientific work in nutrition and food insecurity policy. My lab has been recently occupied with questions about food affordability: inequities in food pricing, drivers of purchasing substitutions, cost of a healthy diet. We published Canada’s first national estimates of the population distribution of diet costs. My goal is to inform the design of policies comprising stronger social protection for Canada, as well as indicators [...] Applied Physiology, Nutrition & Metabolism DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0260 Critical Policy Studies DOI: 10.1080/19460171.2016.1253491 Current Nutrition Reports DOI: 10.1007/s13668-019-00295-z Current Obesity Reports DOI: 10.1007/s13679-020-00399-6 Gastronomica DOI: 10.1525/gfc.2023.23.4.76 Health Promotion International DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dax049; DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daw019

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Katherine Avenue, Scienceville, Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, 44505, United States of America

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Coordinates: 41.1143830, -80.6204807

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