W. Frank Fountain, Chairman of the Board
W. Frank Fountain was appointed Senior Vice President, Government Affairs for DaimlerChrysler Corporation in November 1998. Prior to the merger, he was Vice President, Government Affairs for Chrysler Corporation from 1995.
Fountain is responsible for maintaining and coordinating DaimlerChrysler’s interface with state and local governments across the country. He directs a staff of government affairs specialists who are responsible for analyzing, developing and presenting to these units of government on all issues that are important to DaimlerChrysler and the auto industry. He is also responsible for coordinating strategy on issues of interest to other domestic auto industry manufacturers.
Fountain has three additional areas of responsibility at DaimlerChrysler: Community Relations, National Education Programs, and the DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund, which is the company’s philanthropic organization. He serves as the president of the Fund.
Since joining Chrysler Corporation in 1973 as an Investment Analyst, Fountain has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility in Chrysler’s Corporate Controller’s Office, the Treasurer’s Office and Chrysler’s Government Affairs office in Washington, D.C.
Today, he is a member of many business and professional organizations and serves on numerous Boards of Directors, including:
| Detroit Public Schools Board of Education, Chair |
The Detroit Investment Fund |
| Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce, Vice Chair |
New Detroit, Inc., Vice Chair |
| Museum of African American History |
Dennis W. Archer Foundation |
| Hudson-Webber Foundation |
Economic Club of Detroit |
| Michigan Manufacturers Association |
Corporate Council on Africa |
| Community Foundation of SE Michigan |
Detroit Metro Sports Commission |
| WTVS- Channel 56 (Public Television) |
Africare |
| Music Hall |
Focus Hope Advisory Board |
| The Wharton School Board of Overseers |
Metropolitan Affairs Coalition (MAC), Past Chair |
| Hampton University, Chair |
Mackinac Center for Public Policy Advisory Board |
| Metro Detroit Convention & Visitors Bureau |
Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies, Vice Chair |
| International Visitors Council of Metro Detroit |
Business Council of Alabama |
Foutain holds a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Hampton University and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School. He also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in West Bengal, India. Fountain holds an honorary doctorate of public service degree from Central Michigan University.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2004
Larry Bailey*, LDB Consulting
Tony Barclay, Development Alternatives, Inc.
Stephen Cashin, Modern Africa Fund Managers, LLC
Marjorie Chorlins, Motorola
Robert Dintruff, Abbott Laboratories
Jack Edlow, Edlow Resources Limited
Ken Evans, Exxon Mobil Corporation
Frank Fountain, DaimlerChrysler
William Guyton, World Cocoa Foundation
Peter Hayes, Microsoft
Stephen Hayes*, Corporate Council on Africa
Walter Kansteiner, The Scowcroft Group
Frank Kennedy, HSBC Equator
George Kirkland, ChevronTexaco
Carlton Masters, GoodWorks International
Henry McGee, ConocoPhillips
John Noel, The Noel Group
George Otchere, Science Applications International Corporation
Gregory Pensabene, Anadarko Petroleum
Sharon Pratt, Pratt Consulting, LLC
Earl Reynolds, Devon Energy
Phillip de St. Aubin, The Boeing Company
Maurice Tempelsman*, Lazare Kaplan International Inc.
Kadita Tshibaka, Citigroup
JC Watts, J.C. Watts Companies
Stephen Witort, 3M
Van Yeutter, Cargill Inc.
Earl Young, Jean-Raymond Boulle Corporations
*Ex Officio
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