June 24, 2012

Fair-Housing Advocate Hired to Head U.S. Unit of Open Society Foundations

Civil-Rights Lawyer Will Oversee Soros Philanthropy’s U.S. Grants 1

Ed Kashi

Kenneth H. Zimmerman, a lawyer, has served in the Obama administration.

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Ed Kashi

Kenneth H. Zimmerman, a lawyer, has served in the Obama administration.

By Caroline Preston

New job: Kenneth H. Zimmerman, 52, will join the Open Society Foundations in July as head of U.S. programs.

Background: Mr. Zimmerman is a lawyer and former Obama administration official whose work has focused on preventing discriminatory housing practices. He was the first executive director of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, a nonprofit research and advocacy group.

Education: He is a graduate of Yale University