Gregory F. Ford

Gregory Ford is a Vice President of The PAR Group, working on both executive search and general management consulting assignments. He has thirty-six years of experience in local government administration and public sector human resources, including service with the City of Dearborn, Michigan as well as Skokie and Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Mr. Ford has extensive experience in the development of administrative policies, labor negotiations, and the administration of a wide variety of operating departments. He has administered municipal staff and negotiated with developers in the redevelopment of an aging central business district. He has also been involved in recruitment and selection of top management personnel in numerous jurisdictions and has conducted various management and supervisory training programs for professional associations such as the International Personnel Management Association and the American Public Works Association.

Mr. Ford currently serves as Commissioner/Treasurer for the Northwest Water Commission, and is a Past-President and member of the Board of Directors of the Northeastern Illinois Public Safety Training Academy.
He has also served as an adjunct faculty member at Harper College and Oakton Community College.

He has been a frequent presenter before local, state and international professional groups and associations. His professional memberships have included the International Personnel Management Association, International (and Illinois) City and County Management Association, National (and Illinois) Public Employer Labor Relations Association (Past-President), American Public Works Association (Chairman, National Committee on Professional Certification), American Water Works Association, and the Chicago Metropolitan Managers’ Association.