A descendant of both the Ford and Firestone families, she is the principal owner and chairwoman of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL).
[3] Hamp had served as vice chairwoman of the Lions since 2014, and succeeded her mother Martha Firestone Ford on June 23, 2020.
[2] Ford competed in tennis while at Yale and won a Michigan state championship in high school.
[8] Her first major move after taking over as principal owner of the Lions was to fire Quinn and Patricia on November 28, 2020, after a 4–7 start to the 2020 season.
[12][13] She voiced her support for both Holmes and Campbell on October 26, 2022 despite the Lions' record being 4–18–1 since the dual appointments, stating, "I think we’ve got the right people in place to pull this off.