FREE Meeting, Liz Door Speaker

FREE Luncheon: Friday, 27 September 2024

10:45 AM: Registration begins at Park Place

11:30 AM: Lunch – $30.00 – Buffet Lunch

12:15 PM: Gene Nelson – Opening remarks and speaker introduction

Liz Door, Chief Supply Chain Officer

The Zoom session will start earlier and will go live at 12:15.

Introductory remarks will be followed by a question & answer discussion. Only in-person members will participate in the interactive Q & A. Zoom participants must submit questions in advance by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. They will be consolidated and integrated into the Q & A by the moderator. The deadline for questions is 25 September 2024.

Please register by Tuesday, 24 September as meal counts must be provided for the kitchen. To register, login, click on the event and navigate to the bottom of the page. Click on Register, go to Menu Choice and check the meal selection or Zoom only).

Next, check the “I will attend this event” box and be sure to click the “Process Registration” button.  A confirmation message will appear at the top of the page when it refreshes.

If you have any problems trying to register, phone or text 248-767-6658 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; please don’t wait until the last minute. If you don’t register, we may not be able to serve you.

The Zoom invitation will be emailed to those who register for Zoom only. It will also be available at the Ford Retiree Clubwebsite after login under “Latest News” for those who are late in registering.

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LIZ DOOR

Chief Supply Chain Officer

Liz Door is chief supply chain officer for Ford. In this role, Door is responsible for leveraging the supply chain to improve quality, reduce costs and help realize the full potential of the Ford+ plan. She reports to Kumar Galhotra, chief operating officer.

Prior to joining Ford, Door was executive vice president of global strategic sourcing at home-appliance maker Whirlpool Corp., where she was also a member of the company’s executive committee. Before that, she led North America procurement for the company.  Both roles placed her in the middle of Whirlpool reimagining and developing smart, networked kitchen and laundry products that made the lives of customers easier.

Door spent more than 15 years prior to Whirlpool advancing through a series of strategic purchasing and supply chain roles at General Motors, where she ultimately became an executive in the global purchasing and supply chain organization.

Door began her career with Prince Corp. (now part of Johnson Controls), as a resident quality engineer at a Chrysler assembly plant in St. Louis.  A Michigan native, she holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from Michigan State University.