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

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

Heather K. Gerken, the dean of the law school, will run the powerful philanthropy, known for pushing for social justice.

Students and faculty praised the Yale Law School dean’s responses to challenges and controversies and reflected on her ...

During her tenure as dean, Gerken has focused on increasing the diversity within the law school. She launched two pipeline–to ...

Heather Gerken, dean of the Yale University Law and former Obama advisor, is expected to focus on democracy, the rule of law, ...

Heather Gerken, Yale Law School’s first woman dean, is stepping down after serving as dean for eight years to become president of the Ford Foundation.

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

When the clock struck midnight on July 1, 2017, Heather Gerken became the first female dean of Yale Law School. In that moment, then-Harvard Dean Martha Minow effectively passed the baton to ...