Where the Board takes jurisdiction and decides the case, Ford or the dealer retain the option to decline to implement a decision if they are convinced the Board exceeded its jurisdiction. See, The Dispute Dispatch, Vol 7, No. 4, October, 1998. Absent either a challenge to jurisdiction from either Ford or the dealership, or to a relatively clear instance where the primary uses for the vehicle are such as to create these differing expectations, Boards should be generally reluctant to disqualify a case from eligibility. Alyce is patient advocate of the University of Kansas Medical Center. She has previously served as an investigating commissioner for the Kansas Human Rights Commission.
Chip is an attorney in private practice, with a focus or mediation and arbitration.
He has extensive arbitration experience, including securities matters. He serves on the development board of Children s Hospital in Columbus, and previously chaired a community coalition charged with making zoning recommendations to the Columbus City Council. Barbara is retired from a career involving various professional and management positions within the printing industry. She served on a long-running grand jury in Sacramento, and has worked extensively with the Shriners program raising funding for local hospitals. Frank is retired from twin careers, first, as an engineer specializing in construction, researhc, design, and manufacturing, and, second, as an attorney specializing in construction and contract law.