[Why is NPR taking such an agressive position against the Trump Admin use of Signal? Maybe it is Katherine Maher and the fact that NPR may be defunded any minute.]
Katherine Roberts Maher is an American non-profit executive.
She has been the chief executive officer (CEO) and president ofNPRsince March 2024. Prior to NPR, she was the CEO ofWeb Summitand chair of the board of directors at theSignal Foundation. She is a former chief executive officer and executive director of theWikimedia Foundation.
A member of theCouncil on Foreign Relations,Maher worked forUNICEF, theNational Democratic Institute, theWorld BankandAccess Now before joining theWikimedia Foundation.She subsequently joined theAtlantic Counciland theUS Department of State's Foreign Affairs Policy Board.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Maher