Joel Piaskowski
global design director
Ford Motor Company

With more than 33 years of internationally acclaimed automotive design experience, Joel Piaskowski oversees the design of several Ford production vehicles and advanced concepts in Dearborn, Michigan. He was appointed to this role in March 2022 and reports directly to Doug Field, Ford’s Chief of Electric Vehicles, Digital & Design. Piaskowski is most recently responsible for designs of the seventh generation 2024+ Ford Mustangs, 2021 Ford Mustang Mach 1 and the award-winning battery-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E. He spent three-years on assignment heading Ford of Europe Design in Cologne, Germany, where he led the design teams of the highly acclaimed 2019 Ford Puma, 2018 Focus and Fiesta family of vehicles. Piaskowski joined Ford in 2010 as Exterior Design Director, The Americas. There he led several vehicles, including the best-selling full size pickup truck 2015 Ford F150 and the world’s bestselling sports car, the sixth generation 2015 Ford Mustang. Born and raised in Michigan, Piaskowski graduated from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts, in Transportation Design.