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The Obama Foundation welcomed Ford Foundation president Darren Walker to its board of directors on Monday, where he will ...
Darren Walker, outgoing president of the Ford Foundation, will join The Obama Foundation's board of directors on Nov. 1.
The Ford Foundation pledged $100 million Wednesday to “transform” urban high schools in the United States, focusing on seven cities, including Los Angeles. The seven-year initiative is among ...
Ford Foundation Rebecca Cokley, a disability-rights advocate who has worked in President Obama’s White House, will lead the new program. Chastened after failing to include disabilities work when it ...
As Ford Foundation president, Darren Walker oversees a $14 billion endowment and a landmark headquarters building in Manhattan where more than 1,500 grants are made each year to non-profit ...
Former President Barack Obama told the New York Times, which ... Walker has spoken of growing up in poverty in rural Texas and of the particular perspective he brings to leading the Ford Foundation.
FILE - Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, participates in the Global Citizen NOW conference in New York, April 28, 2023. The foundation announced Monday, July 22, 2024, that Walker ...
Gerken has been the dean of the Yale Law School since 2017, and is currently serving her second term, which was scheduled to conclude in 2027. She was the first woman to serve as the law school's dean ...
Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, participates in the Global Citizen NOW conference in New York, April 28, 2023. The foundation announced Monday, July 22, 2024, that Walker, who has ...
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. Walker, 64, has been named one of ...
FILE - Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, participates in the Global Citizen NOW conference in New York, April 28, 2023. The foundation announced Monday, July 22, 2024, that Walker ...