Mycal Ford

Mycal Ford is a sanctions and financial crimes professional at a global consulting firm, where he provides regulatory advice and analysis on economic and financial sanctions. Previously, Ford worked in the U.S. Department of the Treasury where he used his fluency in Mandarin and expertise of the Indo-Pacific region to help combat transnational illicit finance threats and address other international economic challenges.

Recently, Ford was selected by the Aspen Institute as an Aspen Ideas Fellow. In 2022, Ford was selected as the Best in Show Winner in the Center of a New America Security (CNAS) Pitch Competition. In 2021, he was selected as a Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Fellow. In 2018, he was named as one among several Black American National Security Next Generation Leaders by the New America Foundation.

Ford earned a Master of Arts in International Affairs from American University and a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Studies and Political Science from Pacific Lutheran University. During his studies, he received the Department of Defense David L. Boren Fellowship (China) and both the U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (China) and Fulbright (Taiwan).

Ford currently serves on the board of directors for several nonprofits, including American Councils for International Education, a D.C.-based international education nonprofit that encourages bilingual education; the Risk Management and Insurance Center at the Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University in Chicago. Ford is also a founding member of a nonprofit called the Black China Caucus Association, which aims to elevate the voices of Black China professionals in the hopes to ultimately diversify discourse on China. Finally, he is a member of the Capital Campaign Committee for Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School.