Ford Foundation President Darren Walker Announces Departure in 2025

Francisco Cigarroa, chair of the Board of Trustees of the Ford Foundation, announced that president Darren Walker has shared his plans to step down from the foundation by the end of 2025. The Ford Foundation Board of Trustees will oversee the presidential leadership transition process. A search committee composed of trustees Francisco Cigarroa, Ursula Burns, Laurene Powell Jobs, Tom Kempner, Lourdes Lopez, Paula Moreno, and Ai-jen Poo will assist the board with the search process. For over a decade, Walker oversaw some of the foundation’s most influential work, from the evolution of its mission to focus squarely on inequality and social justice to changing how Ford and many of its peer foundations conduct funding. For more information on the executive search process, visit the Ford Foundation website.