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Nelson M. Ford Becomes President and CEO of LMI

McLean, VA., January 13, 2009—Nelson M. Ford, who most recently served as the Under Secretary of the Army, has become President and CEO of LMI, a not-for-profit strategic consultancy supporting the federal government.  

Mr. Ford has an extensive government, business, and consulting background that will prove invaluable in helping LMI continue to provide timely, high-level, strategic support to its numerous defense, homeland security, and civil agency clients.

Before becoming the Under Secretary of the Army, Mr. Ford served as the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller, and the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller. Previously, he was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Budgets and Financial Policy, where he was responsible for financial management, policy development, and program evaluation for the Defense Health Program.

Prior to returning to federal service, Mr. Ford held senior management positions in academic medicine, medical manufacturing, and health insurance, including COO of Georgetown University Medical Center, where his responsibilities encompassed financial oversight of faculty practice plans, research activities, and the medical and nursing schools.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Ford was a partner with Coopers & Lybrand, where he provided strategic and financial consulting services to a wide range of healthcare clients. During the 1970s, he was the Executive Secretary of the Health Care Financing Administration and worked on health policy matters in the Office of Management and Budget.

Mr. Ford holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Duke University and a graduate degree in education from the University of Delaware and has completed additional professional training at the University of Pennsylvania.

For more information, please contact Gene Narragon, Acting Director of Communications, at (703) 917-7428.

LMI is a not-for-profit strategic consultancy committed to helping government leaders and managers reach decisions that make a difference. As a not-for-profit organization founded in 1961, LMI is a trusted advisor to the government—free of commercial or political bias and dedicated to the mission of advancing government management. LMI offers government managers capabilities in seven mission areas: acquisition; facilities environment and asset management;, financial management; information technology; intelligence programs;, logistics; and organizations and human capital.  LMI also has extensive expertise in energy and healthcare. LMI numbers among its clients all federal, civil, defense, and homeland security agencies, as well as state and local governments.