Determining when to step down and move on to a new role can be just as challenging for C-suite executives as for employees. Earlier this month, Ford Foundation president Darren Walker spoke to ...

Ford Foundation, one of the nation's largest philanthropies, names dean of Yale Law School to head it. Here's why.

The New York-based Ford Foundation, a significant funder in Detroit, has named Heather Gerken, dean of Yale Law School, as ...

Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, participates in the Gobal Citizen NOW conference in New York, Friday, April 28, 2023. Credit: AP. By The Associated PressUpdated July 2, 2025 12:54 pm.

NEW YORK -- The Ford Foundation has settled on its next leader.

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 ...

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

Darren Walker will step down as president of the $16 billion Ford Foundation by the end of 2025. Walker has served as president for the past 11 years, said a July 22 release.

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.

NEW YORK — (AP) — The Ford Foundation has settled on its next leader. Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken will succeed Darren Walker as the president of one of the largest U.S. charitable ...