Square, Inc. announced that Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, has joined its Board of Directors.
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“Over several months of discussing this opportunity with Darren, it became obvious how much we would benefit from his compassion and leadership experience. I’m thrilled he agreed to join our board.”
“Social justice is synonymous with economic opportunity,” said Mr. Walker. “I’ve spent my entire career developing new ways to conduct philanthropy and address structural inequality. I can think of no company that is better suited to continue building on this mission than Square.”
“Darren’s life-long work around economic empowerment and social justice is deeply aligned with Square’s purpose,” said Jack Dorsey, CEO and Chairman of Square. “Over several months of discussing this opportunity with Darren, it became obvious how much we would benefit from his compassion and leadership experience. I’m thrilled he agreed to join our board.”
Darren Walker is president of the Ford Foundation, an international social justice philanthropy with an endowment of approximately $13 billion as of December 31, 2019. He is a member of Governor Cuomo’s Reimagining New York Commission and co-chair of NYC Census 2020. He also chaired the philanthropy committee that brought a resolution to the city of Detroit’s historic bankruptcy.
Before joining Ford, Darren was vice president at Rockefeller Foundation, overseeing global and domestic programs. In the 1990s, he was COO of the Abyssinian Development Corporation, Harlem’s largest community development organization.
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