Scott T. Ford was president and chief executive officer of

Alltel Alltel Wireless was a wireless service provider, primarily based in the United States. Before acquisitions by Verizon Wireless and AT&T, it served 34 states and had approximately 13 million subscribers. As a regulatory condition of the acquisition ...

from 2002 to 2009.

Life

A graduate of the

University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas (U of A, UArk, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and the largest university in the state. Founded as Arkans ...

, Ford worked for

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and

Stephens Inc. Stephens Inc. is a privately held, independent financial services firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. As one of the largest privately owned investment banks in the United States, Stephens has 28 offices worldwide and employs more than 1, ...

In 1996 he joined Alltel as executive vice president with responsibility for Alltel's communications businesses and the corporate staff. He was named president in 1997, assumed the additional duties of

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in 1998, and was named

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in 2002. After selling Alltel to Verizon for $28 billion in 2007, Ford joined the advisory council of

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n President

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. Alltel was the fifth largest U.S. wireless provider. Ford was a director of the Little Rock Branch of the

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and on the board of directors for

Tyson Foods Tyson Foods, Inc. is an American multinational corporation, based in Springdale, Arkansas, that operates in the food industry. The company is the world's second-largest processor and marketer of chicken, beef, and pork after JBS S.A. It annually ...

, Inc., and the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA). In 2007, he received an honorary doctorate from The King's College. In 2009, he was named to The King's College's board of trustees. In June, 2012 Ford joined

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's board of directors.Scott T. Ford Joins AT&T Board of Directors – Bloomberg
/ref> Scott and his father Joe T. Ford formed Westrock Group, which maintains and operates businesses in alternative investment management and coffee, including exporting, trading, roasting, and hospitality.

References

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