Subject: Tisch Award in Civic Leadership honors Darren Walker - Dec. 8 at 6:30 pm
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Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:44:03 -0500

You are cordially invited to the sixth annual

Preston Robert Tisch Award in Civic Leadership

Honoring

Darren Walker
President, Ford Foundation

In conversation with

Walter Isaacson
President and CEO, The Aspen Institute

Tuesday, December 8^th, 2015
6:30 - 7:30 pm
Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53^rd Street
New York, NY

Darren Walker is president of the Ford Foundation, the nation’s second
largest philanthropy. For more than two decades he has been a leader in the
nonprofit and philanthropic sectors, working on an array of social justice
issues, including education, human rights, urban development, and free
expression. Before joining Ford, he was vice president at the Rockefeller
Foundation. Following a decade-long career in international law and finance
at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and UBS, he served as COO of Harlem’s
leading community development organization, the Abyssinian Development
Corporation, where he oversaw development of more than 1,000 new units of
low-income housing, among other achievements. He is a member of the boards
of the Arcus Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, the High Line,
the New York City Ballet, and the Foundation for Art and Preservation in
Embassies. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2009, Darren received the
“Distinguished Alumnus Award,” the highest honor given by his alma mater,
the University of Texas at Austin.

Walter Isaacson has been the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute since
2003. Previously, he was the chairman and CEO of CNN and the editor of TIME
magazine. He is the author of several books including The Innovators, Steve
Jobs and Einstein: His Life and Universe. He was appointed by President
Barack Obama to serve as the chairman of the Broadcasting Board of
Governors, which oversees Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and other
international broadcasts of the United States, a position he held until
2012. He is chair emeritus of Teach for America, vice-chair of Partners for
a New Beginning, and from 2005-2007 served as vice-chair of the Louisiana
Recovery Authority. He is on the board of United Airlines, Tulane
University, and the Overseers of Harvard University.

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