Ford today appoints data science and analytics expert Paul Ballew as executive director and chief data and analytics officer, further building its team of experts to help better understand consumer behavior and help speed development of the mobility, connectivity and autonomous driving innovations that will improve people’s lives.

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) announced today the election of William E. Kennard to the company’s board of directors. Kennard’s appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2015.

Collecting food, stocking shelves, and serving meals are all in a day’s work for Ford volunteers on a Ford Accelerated Action Day. Today, more than 700 Ford employees are on the job in soup kitchens, food banks, shelters and care centers across the U.S., teaming up with nonprofit partners to assist the needy during this holiday season.

Ford will deliver more than 12 new performance vehicles for global enthusiasts through 2020, as the company announced today its new global Ford Performance team.

Ford Motor Company has been honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, recognizing the 50 Best Places to Work for 2015. The Glassdoor award program aims to recognize the best places to work in the United States based entirely on employee feedback, providing a transparent look at companies.

Ford Motor Company, marking the company’s Australian transformation and wave of stylish, innovative new products, will place its globally iconic Mustang centre stage at the world’s most spectacular New Year’s Eve event to punctuate a history-making year for the Blue Oval.

Rutgers University Scarlet Knights and University of North Carolina Tar Heels will play in the inaugural 2014 Quick Lane Bowl at Ford Field in Detroit. The game will air nationally on ESPN on Friday, Dec. 26 at 4:30 p.m.

As part of Ford Motor Company’s expanded hunger relief efforts this year, the company announced the donation of a new truck to The Salvation Army’s Bed & Bread Club that will help serve 5,000 meals a day to needy people in Detroit.

Ford Motor Company, underscoring its growing ambitions in the Middle East and Africa, today introduced the all-new Mustang on the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building.

The Sierra Club is joining Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) and SunPower’s (NASDAQ: SPWR) Drive Green for Life program to help more Americans move toward emissions-free driving.