FordDirect, a joint venture between Ford Motor Company and its franchise dealers, has named Meri Glade general counsel and chief compliance officer. Glade joins FordDirect to oversee all legal affairs of the organization and provide counsel to the executive management team and the board of directors.

Glade joins FordDirect with more than 22 years of experience, primarily in the areas of corporate, securities, intellectual property, privacy and data-use law. She most recently was general counsel to Pacific Ventures Law Group, providing corporate counsel services to companies in the digital, technology, and manufacturing verticals.

Glade served as policy counsel to the Judicial Council, the administrative arm of the California Supreme Court. She began her legal career at law firm Brobeck, Phleger & Harrision, where her practice focused on complex litigation, corporate, and securities matters.