Kevin F. Walker

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Kevin F. Walker became the president and CEO of the Northwest Area Foundation in March 2007, replacing Karl Stauber, who resigned in June 2007.

"Walker brings extensive nonprofit and philanthropic experience to his new post. With the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Flint, Michigan, for 13 years, he led that organization’s Pathways Out of Poverty Program since 1999. That national anti-poverty initiative focused on improving education, expanding economic opportunity, and building organized communities. Most recently, he served as Mott’s associate vice president of programs where he conducted strategic planning, guided grantmaking and oversaw evaluation in the national anti-poverty program and the foundation’s efforts to enhance the quality of life in its home community of Flint, Michigan...

"Walker has served on numerous nonprofit boards and committees, and has provided leadership on many, including: Afterschool Alliance, a national advocacy organization dedicated to the vision of after school programs for all; Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families; Hispanics in Philanthropy; Voices for Michigan’s Children; and the Flint Institute of Music. He has also served on several committees for the Council of Michigan Foundations." [1]

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  1. KEVIN F. WALKER IS NAMED NEW PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE NORTHWEST AREA FOUNDATION, Northwest Area Foundation, accessed April 18, 2008.