New York — If there are rock stars in philanthropy, Darren Walker, the president of the Ford Foundation, is one of them. And he's about to exit the stage. The man who helped engineer the ...

Gerken will succeed outgoing Ford Foundation President Darren Walker, who said in July 2024 that he would step down in 2025 after more than a decade leading the organization, which was founded by ...

NEW YORK, July 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Dr. Francisco Cigarroa, chair of the board of trustees of the Ford Foundation, announced that Heather Gerken will become the 11th president ...

Heather Gerken, current dean of Yale Law School, will be the Ford Foundation's next president. Gerken, a constitutional law and democracy expert, succeeds Darren Walker after his 12-year tenure.

Ford Foundation president who helped lead 'Grand Bargain' for Detroit to step down Ford Foundation's Kevin Ryan on making sure Detroiters have a voice Ford Foundation to open Detroit office after ...

It's one of the reasons he decided to step down—so a new leader can look at the Ford Foundation’s mission with new eyes. But Walker, whose longtime partner died of heart failure in 2019, also ...