Deborah A. Ford, Ph.D.
professor of finance ; chair, department of economics, finance and management science
Contact Information:
Office: BC 488
Phone: 410.837.4997
Email: dford@ubalt.edu
Curriculum Vita of Deborah Ann Ford, Ph.D.
Education Background:
Wharton Graduate School , University of Pennsylvania
- Ph.D. in Finance
- M.B.A. Major: Finance
University Of Florida
- M.A. Major: Economics
- B.A. with honors, Major: Economics
Experience
University Of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
Faculty
- Professor of Finance, 1995 – present.
- Associate Professor of Finance, 1987 - 1995.
- Assistant Professor of Finance, 1981 - 1987.
Administrative
- Chair, Department of Economics, Finance & Management Science, 2005-present.
- Provostal Fellow, 2004-2005.
- Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, 1995 - 1998.
- Graduate Program Director, 1994 - 1995.
- PEAT, MARWICK, MITCHELL, Department of Management Consulting Senior Consultant, 1979 – 1981.
Professional Memberships
- Urban Land Institute, Board of Directors Baltimore Chapter, 2007-present, Member Programs Committee, 2009-present
- American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association
- American Real Estate Society
- Financial Management Association
- Commerical Real Estate Women (CREW)
- Lambda Alpha International, a land use and planning fraternity.
- Baltimore Chapter, 2007-present, Board of Directors Urban Land Institute.
Community Activities
- Member, Task Force on Zoning Ordinance Review, Anne Arundel County Council.
- Member, City of Baltimore Lead Poisoning Prevention Task Force.
- Study on Mutual Housing for Neighborhood Housing Services and First National Bank.
- Organized seminar on "Financial Planning for Women," Co-sponsored by the University of Baltimore and the Executive Women's Network, 7.
- Prepared testimony in numerous court cases on the valuation of benefits.
- Maryland Chapter of the National Association of Industrial & Office Properties, Real Estate Education Seminar Series, presentation on "Real Estate Financial Analysis", January, 2007.