WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION
The Walton Family Foundation (WFF) recently named Romy Drucker director of its K-12 education program.
Drucker is a promotion from within, having served as WFF’s deputy director for nearly three years. Her naming comes as no surprise within the organization as she recently headed the development of its new five-year education strategy.
She first came to WFF from The 74, an award-winning nonprofit education news organization which she co-founded in 2014.
Prior to her entrepreneurial venture, Drucker’s career was firmly within the New York City Department of Education. She began there in 2007 as special assistant for the Fund for Public Schools and became the special assistant to the chancellor about two years later.
Continuing to climb through the ranks, Drucker then got the job as director of strategy & internal communications in the office of the chief operating officer. Only five months later she found herself accepting the position to be chief of staff in the division of portfolio planning. She was instrumental in the planning and implementation of Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Klein’s landmark Children First reforms
“Romy’s deep support for community-driven change and a strong commitment to bringing diverse perspectives together to build solutions for children makes her the right leader for our K-12 Education Program at this critical moment,” said Caryl M. Stern, executive director of the WFF in a press release about the appointment. “She brings the kind of hope and pragmatism that our efforts will require in the months and years ahead. Romy is part of a new generation of leaders we are excited to have lead our work.”
Drucker’s own education background includes a bachelor’s degree in Spanish language and literature from Yale University and a master of business administration from Harvard Business School.
Romy Drucker begins work leading the Walton Family Foundation’s K-12 education program immediately.
