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Susan Berresford was president of the Ford Foundation from 1996 to 2008. She has since worked as a philanthropy consultant and has served on multiple nonprofit boards.

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Franklin Thomas’s Legacy at the Ford Foundation Permeates Philanthropy Today

Franklin Thomas’s Legacy at the Ford Foundation Permeates Philanthropy Today

As the first leader of color to head a major philanthropy, Thomas averted the foundation’s financial dissolution, looked out for grantees, and made diversity a core part of the institution’s work, writes Susan Berresford, who succeeded him as president.