As only the second woman to lead the Ford Foundation, Heather will drive bold innovation and inspire transformative systemic change with urgency and vision.”Gerken’s appointment follows an extensive ...

Dr Francisco Cigarroa, chair of the Board of Trustees of the Ford Foundation, announced that Heather Gerken will become the 11th president of the Ford Foundation in November of 2025, succeeding Darren ...

NEW YORK — 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 organizations ...

A search committee of seven YLS professors has been formed to review potential candidates to assume the Law School deanship long term.

Heather Gerken, the dean of Yale Law School, will leave the University in August to lead one of the wealthiest charitable foundations in the world. After eight years as the Law School’s dean and ...

“Heather Gerken brings a wealth of experience working across the philanthropic and legal sectors that will only help sharpen the Ford Foundation’s operations and grantmaking,” the ...

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 ...

The Ford Foundation has announced Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken as its next president. Gerken, a leading expert on constitutional law and democracy, will succeed Darren Walker, who has led ...

Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken will succeed Darren Walker as the president of one of the largest U.S. charitable organizations, the Ford Foundation announced Monday.