Kevin Walker

Kevin Walker spearheads the Northwest Area Foundation’s efforts to stand alongside changemakers in its region of eight states and 76 Native nations and fund work that leads to racial, social, and economic justice. At the heart of this approach is NWAF’s commitment, honored every year since 2012, to target 40 percent of its giving to Native-led organizations. Another signature aspect of the Foundation’s work during his tenure is an organization-wide drive to advance justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI). 

Prior to joining the Foundation, Kevin spent 13 years with the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation in Flint, MI. His career in the nonprofit sector began in the early 1990s with Food Gatherers, a community-based anti-hunger organization in Ann Arbor, MI. Kevin is vice chair of the board of BoardSource. He previously chaired the boards of Philanthropy Northwest and the Minnesota Council on Foundations. He lives in St. Paul, MN.