Dean's Advisory Board

John  Davis                                            

CEO
Great Northern Corporation

John Davis is CEO of Great Northern Corporation, a privately held company and one of the nation's largest independent producers of corrugated packaging, producing over 1 billion square feet of combined corrugated board annually.

Davis earned a degree from Dartmouth College before working for a packaging competitor for three years after college. He then attained his MBA from the Wisconsin School of Business in 1986, after which he joined Great Northern as administrative sales manager. Since then, he has held a variety of positions within the company, learning firsthand the importance of good customer relationships.