Wal-Mart Names New Foundation President

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville on Sept. 4 announced that Margaret A. McKenna has been named the new president of the nonprofit Wal-Mart Foundation. 

McKenna recently resigned as the president of Lesley University after more than two decades there.

“Margaret McKenna has a proven track record in leading organizations to achieve their goals and managing programs that have a positive impact on communities,” said Leslie Dach, executive vice president of corporate affairs and government relations for Wal-Mart. “We are proud of our many accomplishments in the area of corporate giving, and we’re ready to take the Wal-Mart Foundation to the next level of effectiveness by strengthening our strategic focus and the impact of our giving.”

Before being president at Lesley, McKennna was vice president of Radcliffe, deputy counsel in the White House and a civil rights lawyer in the U.S. Department of Justice.