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Sue Gardner
Sue Gardner is a Canadian journalist, not-for-profit executive and business executive. She was the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation from December 2007 until May 2014, and before that was the director of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's website and online news outlets.
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Born 11 May 1967 · Q7524
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2014· 1 entry
That Lila Tretikov would be replacing Gardner, and would take over as executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation on June 1, 2014
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2013· 4 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of Ryerson University (2013).
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Awarded Knight Innovation Award (2013).
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Gardner announced she would be leaving the Wikimedia Foundation
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Gardner received an honorary doctorate from Ryerson University, her alma mater
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2012· 1 entry
Gardner was ranked as the 70th-most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine
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2007· 1 entry
Career landmark: Chief Executive Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation (2007–2014).
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1990· 1 entry
On the program As It Happens, and worked for more than a decade as a producer, reporter and documentary maker for CBC Radio current affairs and for Newsworld International, focusing on pop culture and social issues
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1967· 1 entry
Born 1967-05-11.
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