Ford Names Jon Huntsman to Board of Directors

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) announced today the election of Jon M. Huntsman Jr. to the company's Board of Directors effective immediately.

Huntsman, 51, is chairman of the Huntsman Cancer Foundation, a Utah-based cancer charity. The former Republican candidate for president of the United States has served in numerous public and private positions around the world, most recently as the United States Ambassador to China.