Nelson McCain Ford (born June 3, 1947, in Wilmington, Delaware)[1] was United States Under Secretary of the Army from 2007 to 2009.

In the 1990s, he became Chief Operating Officer of the Georgetown University Medical Center.

In 2005, he became Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller), and the next year President of the United States George W. Bush named Ford full Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller).

In 2007, President Bush nominated Ford as United States Under Secretary of the Army.

Ford worked as President & CEO of LMI, a not-for-profit government consulting firm based in McLean, Va, from 2009 until he retired in June 2017.