David M. Ford
- Specialty Areas:
- Entrepreneurship education, practice and consulting; Sam Walton Fellow and Advisor to SIFE [Students in Free Enterprise}; Director, AlabamaREAL [Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning]; Associate Director, Alabama Entrepreneurship Institute [AEI]
- Education:
- East Central Oklahoma University (B.S. [Marketing], Louisiana State University (MBA [Accounting emphasis]).
- Honors, Achievements and Affiliations:
The Steve Woodfuff "Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award", The Jake Leigeber "Theatre Volunteer of the Year Award", The Tuscaloosa Arts Council "Volunteer of the Year Award", COE "Boss of the Year", Cintas Outstanding Achievement Award [6 times], Cintas "Roundtable" award [3 times], Jaycees "Outstanding Young Man of the Year".
Academic: Academy of Management [AOM], Southern Management Association [SMA], and USASBE [United States Assn. for Small Business and Entrepreneurship]. Civic: Tuscaloosa Sister Cities Commission [16 years], Theatre Tuscaloosa [twice past president] Tuscaloosa Personnel Assn. [TPA], Leadership Tuscaloosa [17 years], retired Cintas Corp. Executive.