Lordstown Motors' Edward Hightower emerges as first Black CEO of a U.S. automaker in more than 100 years Lordstown Motors' Edward Hightower emerges as first Black CEO of a U.S. automaker in more than 100 years July 13, 2022 dzadmin Comments 0 Comment Edward Hightower was promoted to CEO at Lordstown Motors in Ohio after being president of the company. He has held several engineering, strategy, brand marketing and senior executive roles for GM, Ford and BMW.