W. Frank Fountain
Senior Vice President – External Affairs and Public Policy (Auburn Hills) DaimlerChrysler Corporation
W. Frank Fountain was appointed Senior Vice President, External Affairs and Public Policy (Auburn Hills) of the Chrysler Group on January 1, 2004. Prior to this position, he was Senior Vice President, Government Affairs since 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 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 which include:
Detroit Public Schools Board of Education (4/99-2/03)
Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce – Vice Chair
Museum of African American History
Hudson-Webber Foundation
Michigan Manufacturers Association - Chair
Community Foundation of SE Michigan
Boy Scouts – Detroit Area Council
The Wharton School Board of Overseers
Hampton University Board of Trustees - Chair
Metro Detroit Convention & Visitors Bureau
Citizens Research Council of Michigan – Past Chair
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The Detroit Investment Fund
New Detroit, Inc. – Vice Chair
Dennis W. Archer Foundation
Economic Club of Detroit
Corporate Council on Africa – Chair
Detroit Metro Sports Commission
Africare -Chair
Focus Hope Advisory Board
Metropolitan Affairs Coalition (MAC) – Past Chair
Mackinac Center for Public Policy Advisory Board
Joint Ctr. for Political & Econ. Studies – Vice Chair
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Fountain 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. In addition, Fountain holds an honorary doctorate of public service degree from Central Michigan University.
