John Gardner Ford

John "Jack" Gardner Ford is the second child and second son of U.S. President Gerald Ford and Betty Ford. He is a 1970 graduate of T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, VA. He attended Utah State University, studying Forestry.

In 1977, with William Randolph Hearst III and Jann Wenner, he was part of the founding staff of the magazine Outside. Ford later cofounded a successful business called California Infoplace, which staffs shopping center customer service programs throughout the United States. In 1996, as a veteran of six Republican conventions, he was asked to serve as executive director of the host committee for the Republican National Convention in San Diego, California.