Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, Ph.D.

Chief Economist, Ford Motor Company
and
President, National Association
for Business Economics (NABE)

     Ellen Hughes-Cromwick joined Ford Motor Company in 1996. Ellen leads the corporate economics group with major responsibility for the company's global economic and automotive industry analysis and forecasts used to support business planning.  Ellen is also responsible for policy analysis, exchange rates, and other factors important to the automotive and financial sectors.  Prior to joining Ford, Ellen was a senior economist at Mellon Bank from 1990 to 1996, and assistant professor of economics at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut during the late 1980s.  She also served for two years as a staff economist on the President's Council of Economic Advisers.  Ellen received her Bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Master's degree in International Development and a Ph.D. in Economics at Clark University in Massachusetts.

     Ellen is currently serving a one-year term as president of the National Association for Business Economics.  She was a member of the Congressional Budget Office Panel of Economic Advisers in 2004-2006, and is currently affiliated with several professional groups, including the Conference of Business Economists and the Harvard Industrial Economics Group.  Ellen was appointed to the Michigan Governor's Council of Economic Advisors in 2003 and chaired their health care task force.  Ellen stays active in her local community, and serves as vice chair of the Board of Directors for the nonprofit organization called Operation ABLE that helps unemployed workers in Detroit obtain training and job placement assistance.

  Source:  Ford Motor Company, 10/07