The foundation announced Monday, July 22, 2024, that Walker, who has led the foundation since 2013, will step down from his role by the end of 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) ...

The New York-based Ford Foundation, a significant funder in Detroit, has named Heather Gerken, dean of Yale Law School, as its next president. Gerken brings a strong legal background, focused on ...

Yale Law Dean Heather Gerken is leaving that post to become the president of the Ford Foundation in November, the foundation announced Tuesday.

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 ...

In the classic Schoolhouse Rock song “I’m Just a Bill,” the bill laments the prospect of waiting with other bills, hoping to ...

Ford shut down U.S. production in May 2025 due to President Donald Trump's tariffs and relocated manufacturing operations overseas.

In the early months of the pandemic, Ford Foundation president Darren Walker came up with an idea so radical that, he recalls, “everyone asked me, ‘You can really do that?!’ Everyone.” His ...

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 of the ...

"I extend my warmest congratulations to Heather Gerken as she prepares to lead the Ford Foundation into its next chapter," said Darren Walker, outgoing president of the Ford Foundation .