▁meas uring ▁the ▁digital ▁economy . ▁She ▁worked ▁with ▁the ▁Secretary ▁of ▁Com merce ▁to ▁support ▁foreign ▁direct ▁invest ment ▁initi atives . ▁Her ▁appointment ▁as ▁Chief ▁Econom ist ▁ended ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁ ▁Ad j unct ▁professor , ▁University ▁of ▁Michigan ▁Ross ▁School ▁of ▁Business ▁ ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Hugh es - C rom wick ▁began ▁teaching ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Michigan ▁Ross ▁School ▁of ▁Business . ▁Hugh es - C rom wick ▁spent ▁her ▁ten ure ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Michigan ▁teaching ▁gradu ate ▁level ▁econom ics ▁courses ▁and ▁further ing ▁her ▁own ▁research . ▁ ▁Chief ▁Econom ist , ▁Ford ▁Motor ▁Company ▁ ▁Hugh es - C rom wick ▁started ▁as ▁a ▁senior ▁econom ist ▁at ▁the ▁Ford ▁Motor ▁Company ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁she ▁became ▁a ▁corpor ate ▁econom ics ▁manager ▁and ▁was ▁soon ▁promoted ▁to ▁director ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁she ▁was ▁appointed ▁chief ▁econom ist ▁of ▁Ford . ▁She ▁was ▁at ▁the ▁hel m ▁of ▁seeing ▁the ▁company ▁through ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁economic ▁re cess ion . ▁During ▁her ▁time ▁as ▁Chief ▁Econom ist , ▁Ford ▁Motor ▁Company ▁employed ▁over ▁ 1 6 6 , 0 0 0 ▁employees ▁in ▁ 7 0 ▁plants ▁across ▁the ▁glo be . ▁ ▁Much ▁of ▁the ▁work ▁Hugh es - C rom wick ▁did ▁for ▁the ▁Ford ▁Motor