Sarah Fortt has spent her nearly two decades of practice working with organizations, small and large, public and private, to navigate their relationships and communications with key stakeholders, including their investors, regulators, employees, and communities. She has regularly worked with boards of directors and senior management on their approaches to corporate governance, oversight and disclosure, crisis management, succession planning, and board education.

Fortt is the deputy general counsel, corporate secretary, and chief compliance officer of Ford Motor Co. Prior to joining Ford, she was a partner and globalco-chair of the sustainability practice at Latham & Watkins. Before joining Latham, she was the mind behind the creation of one of the first cross-functional governance and sustainability groups at a U.S.-based global law firm, where she also served as the firm’s dedicated corporate governance
expert.

Fortt is a key thought leader in U.S. corporate governance and on matters regarding environmental and social corporate risks and opportunities, including those relating to governance, corporate culture, climate change, and human rights. She has helped clients create consistent, effective, and meaningful stakeholder communications, both required and voluntary,
and has worked with companies across multiple industries in times of calm and in times of crisis, as well as during key strategic transactions.

Fortt has developed a unique perspective on and approach to corporate cultural wellness that connects an in-depth understanding of leadership, governance, the ethics and compliance functions, employee incentives and initiatives, and corporate risk and crisis management. She has a sophisticated understanding of incentive structures and how they function across various levels of an organization given an organization’s strategies, goals, and values.