Ford worked for Strategic Planning Associates as a management consultant and TeleRep as a television sales representative.
Ford is active in the fight against human trafficking,[3] and she is CEO of a nonprofit organization, Freedom For All.
In early March 2026, a release of files relating to sex traffickerJeffrey Epstein indicated links between Katie Ford and her agency and the late sex trafficker, who died by suicide in a New York City jail cell on August 10, 2019.[4][5][6] (see: Epstein files)
Ford joined her parents' company in 1980. She took over as head in 1995 and moved operations from the Upper East Side to SoHo. She also expanded the company's reach by setting up offices in 10 other cities, including Chicago, Cleveland, Paris, and in Brazil and Argentina.