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Ulysses Grant Ford IIICorporate Executive
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Ulysses Grant Ford III
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Ulysses Grant Ford III was born on September 28, 1943, in Charlotte, North Carolina, to Roberta and Ulysses Ford, Jr. Ford graduated from West Charlotte High School in 1961.Moving to Alabama to attend Talladega College, Ford pursued his interest in mathematics and received a B.A. in 1965.That year, he married Beverly Odom Ford, who owns the consulting firm ASM & Associates.They have three sons.
From 1965 until 1968, Ford worked as a math teacher and basketball coach at Charlotte Catholic High School.In 1968, Ford became an accountant and worked for Allstate Insurance and Equitable Life Insurance.In 1972, he began his career in civil service as an administrative assistant for Charlotte's Public Works Department.In 1978, Ford left Charlotte to become the director of solid waste management for Ann Arbor, Michigan.Ford went on to hold the title of director of city services for seven years in Fort Worth, Texas.Then he moved to Houston and served as director of public works until 1992.
At this point in his career, Ford moved from government service to business and became responsible for marketing as the vice president of Waste Management, Inc., a post he held for six years.In 1998, Ford founded SDC Consulting in Macon, Georgia.SDC represents private companies, helping them increase their access to local governments across the country and thus combines the two main areas of his life's work.
Ford has been a member of 100 Black Men of America since 1998 and served as president of the Municipal Waste Management Association of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
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Ulysses Grant Ford IIICorporate Executive