Victoria Ford
Minnesota, USA
Citizens League

Biography:

Victoria Ford joined the Citizens League staff as a Program Associate in the fall of 2004. Ford, a native of Minneapolis, came to the League after returning to Minnesota following a stint in Washington, D.C. In addition to her responsibilities as a member of the League's research staff, Ford manages the Community Connections Calendar (www.localevent.net) and is currently coordinating a top-to-bottom redesign of the Citizens League website (www.citizensleague.net).

In D.C., Ford held a fellowship at the Center for Democracy and the Third Sector at Georgetown University. Her research was on the relationships between civic participation and democracy; sadly, her findings were inconclusive. Previously, Ford worked honed her chops at the Urban Institute's Justice Policy Center and the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

Ford has also worked extensively with neighborhood organizations, through the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota.

Ford holds a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Arts in Geography from the University of Minnesota.