Carla Ford
General Counsel
U.S.VETS
Carla A. Ford is the general counsel for U.S.VETS. She is responsible for providing legal advice to officers and directors in the organization, assisting in the management of company risks, and overseeing the company’s legal matters, including contract formation, litigation, dispute resolution, and protection of the company’s property rights. Ford served for 16 years as an assistant United States (AUSA) in the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) in Los Angeles, where she represented the government in a varied civil litigation practice. In 2010, Ford left the USAO to join Walmart Stores, Inc. as a senior member of their field-based Environmental Compliance & Ethics Team, which helped Fortune One’s 300+ California facilities stay in compliance with State and Federal environmental laws. During her legal career in Atlanta, she served as an AUSA and, later, she was appointed chief executive officer of Georgia’s Commission on Equal Opportunity, the agency that investigated claims of discrimination in housing and in state employment.
Involved in her community, Ford serves on the board of Being Alive!, a nonprofit organization that helps those affected by HIV/AIDS and she is a life member of the Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles. She is a mentor to many through her work at U.S.VETS as well as in her personal life as she believes in reaching a hand down the ladder.
Ford has worked tirelessly throughout her career to ensure the mission of U.S.VETS – to serve those who have served – is well represented.
