GEORGE B. WALKER, JR.
Manager, Diversity and Inclusion, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centers
Rev. George B. Walker, Jr. is the manager of diversity and inclusion at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centers. Prior to this appointment, he served as vice president of strategic partnerships at the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and Victory Institute (“Victory”), a position he has held since October 2011. From 2008 to 2011, he was the Vice President of Leadership Initiatives at Victory. Before joining Victory, Mr. Walker worked at the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy as the Development Director from 2006 to 2008; the Human Rights Campaign as Major Gifts Officer from 2004 to 2006; and the Center for Community Change, where he was Deputy Operations Director from 2003 to 2004 and Director of Evaluation from 2001 to 2003. From 1994 to 1996, he worked as a volunteer for the U.S. Peace Corps and later served as Associate Director of the Peace Development Fund from 1998 to 2001. George Walker is the recipient of the U.S. Peace Corps’ Franklin H. Williams Award, the German Marshall Memorial Fellowship, and the Pipeline Project’s 21st Century Leadership Fellowship. He holds a B.A. from Morehouse College and an M.Div. from the Divinity School at Duke University.