Darren Walker

Biography

 DARREN WALKER has served since 2013 as President of the Ford Foundation, a philanthropic organization, and as its Vice President for Education, Creativity and Free Expression from 2010 to 2013. Prior to the Ford Foundation, Mr. Walker joined the Rockefeller Foundation, a philanthropic organization, in 2002 and served as a Vice President responsible for foundation initiatives from 2005 to 2010. From 1995 to 2002, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Abyssinian Development Corporation, a community development organization in Harlem in New York City. Prior to that, Mr. Walker held various positions in finance and banking at UBS AG. Mr. Walker currently serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations, including Arcus Foundation, Friends of the High Line and Carnegie Hall, and as a Vice Chairman of the New York City Ballet and Vice President of Foundation for Art and Preservation of Embassies. 

Research Interest

 Mr. Walker also currently chairs the United States National Advisory Board on Impact Investing and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.