Fleming Ford is a leadership and executive coach and manager of the Center for Automotive Diversity, Inclusion & Advancement DEI Champions for Retail Council.
First car: Datsun 210 Hatchback, which was handed down to all 3 of my younger brothers!
First concert you attended: U2 Joshua Tree Tour in the Old Tampa Sombrero Stadium
Name a pet peeve: Florida tourists … I live on Clearwater Beach, and you won't believe the crazy.
Most thrilling/adventurous thing you've done: Studied abroad in Italy my junior year at Florida State University and traveled around Europe
First job: Camp counselor
Something on your bucket list: Going to the Super Bowl (the Buccaneers finally made it but it was during COVID so we couldn't attend.)
If you could pick up a new skill, what would it be? I'm tackling pickleball this year.
3 people you'd invite to dinner, living or dead: Former FSU football coach Bobby Bowden, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, author Adam Grant
What did you want to be when you were a kid? An orthodontist. I started pre-med at FSU and realized I was in way over my head, especially with sorority life, which at the time was much more exciting than inorganic chemistry.
Do you collect anything? I collect Christmas ornaments from every vacation place. We call it our memory tree.
You're queen for a day. What's your first order? 4-day workweek
First album/CD you bought: Garth Brooks' self-titled first album (I still absolutely melt over "The Dance.")
The most important room in your house: The patio where we have sunsets and vino at the end of the day
Favorite line from a movie: "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And, as we let our own light shine, we consciously give other people permission to do the same." — Timo in the movie "Coach Carter."
