A Knox College alum has been appointed to The President’s Export Council — the President of the United States.
John Lawler, a 1988 graduate of Knox College, recently was appointed to The President’s Export Council by President Joe Biden. The President’s Export Council serves as the principal national advisory committee on international trade. The Council advises the President of government policies and programs that affect U.S. trade performance; promotes export expansion; and provides a forum for discussing and resolving trade-related problems among the business, industrial, agricultural, labor, and government sectors.
Lawler is chief financial officer at Ford Motor Company and has overall responsibility for Ford’s finance functions. As CFO, Lawler has overall responsibility for Ford’s Finance functions, including Accounting, Financial Planning and Analysis, Treasury, Tax, Investor Relations, Economics, and Audit, as well as the Ford Credit business. Separately, on an interim basis starting in September 2022, Lawler is leading Ford’s global supply chain organization.
He joined Ford in 1990 and subsequently served in a variety of roles in North America, Europe and Asia.
Lawler earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Knox College in 1988 and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Iowa in 1990.
He and his wife, Inga, have three children.
