Announcement
Boston, MA —
Ronald L. Walker II, president and founding partner of Next Street, has been elected to the Emerson College Board of Trustees.
Walker has more than 17 years of experience in a wide variety of settings, including commercial and retail banking, as well as business development and stakeholder management in Boston and nationally. His current focus is on corporate finance, including debt and equity financing, investment strategy, investment management, and customer acquisition for Next Street.
Before co-founding Next Street, Walker was executive vice president for Sovereign Bank, managing more than 200 employees in the bank’s 38 Business Banking Centers throughout greater Boston. With more than $1 billion in commercial and core deposits and loans, his region was the bank’s largest in size and scope.
“Emerson College enthusiastically welcomes Ron to the College’s Board of Trustees,” said President Jacqueline Liebergott. “His deep management experience and his tireless commitment to helping Boston’s residents will make him an important asset to Emerson’s senior management team.”
Walker is very active in community service, engaging in a range of civic and professional organizations. He serves as chair of the board of the Roxbury Comprehensive Health Center and as vice chair of the Crispus Attucks Children’s Center in Roxbury. He is the recipient of the Boston Chamber of Commerce’s Top Young Leaders Award, director Spike Lee’s “Mo’ Better Award” for leadership, and the YMCA Black Achievers Award.
A graduate of Prairie View A&M University of Texas with a BBA in marketing and finance, he completed Harvard Business School’s executive program in finance.
About the College
Based in Boston, Massachusetts, opposite the historic Boston Common and in the heart of the city’s Theatre District, Emerson College educates individuals who will solve problems and change the world through engaged leadership in communication and the arts, a mission informed by liberal learning. The College has 3,780 undergraduates and 670 graduate students from across the United States and 50 countries. Supported by state-of-the-art facilities and a renowned faculty, students participate in more than 90 student organizations and performance groups. Emerson is known for its experiential learning programs in Los Angeles, Washington, DC, the Netherlands, London, China, and the Czech Republic as well as its new Global Portals, with the first opening last fall in Paris. The College has an active network of 51,000 alumni who hold leadership positions in communication and the arts. For more information, visit Emerson.edu.