Career
Retired since 2019,Ford was the president of CAF International from 2013-2019,an international market development,and strategic communication,and change management consultancy firm.
Previously,Ford was acting assistant secretary of the United States Commercial Service at the United States Department of Commerce. In this role,he managed a $270 million budget and 1400 employees located in more than 70 countries. From 2008 to 2009,he was the advisor on public-private partnerships to the Commander of United States Southern Command. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Honduras from 2005 to 2008. [2]
As a member of the United States Foreign Commercial Service since 1982,Ford worked in Europe and Latin America. He was a commercial minister at the U.S. Mission to the European Union in Brussels,Belgium,commercial counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas,Venezuela,commercial minister at the U.S. Embassy in London,United Kingdom,commercial attachéat the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala,commercial consul at the U.S. Consulate in Barcelona,Spain,and commercial attachéat the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires,Argentina. [3]
From 1992 to 1994,he was the deputy assistant secretary for International Operations of the Commerce Department's US and Foreign Commercial Service. Previously he was director of Latin American Trade Policy in the Commerce Department's International Trade Administration.
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