Daphne Davis Moore leads all external communications for the Walton Family Foundation. She directs institutional foundation communications and branding, and oversees media relations and messaging to advance the foundation’s K-12 Education, Environment and Home Region Programs.

Before joining the foundation, Daphne spent 13 years at Walmart, holding senior positions in public affairs, government relations and corporate communications. She managed a 16-person government relations team working nationwide to secure store approvals and also served as regional director of government relations for the Northeast.

Daphne began her career in journalism, working as a reporter at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the Northwest Arkansas Times and the Log Cabin Democrat, in Conway, Ark.

She serves as a board member and development committee chair with The Communications Network and is a member of the Arthur M. Page Society.

Daphne holds a B.A. in English and mass communications from Ouachita Baptist University, where she was editor of the college newspaper.