Background

Barefoot, Donald L. was born on July 21, 1954 in Pontiac, Michigan, United States. Son of Mordica T. and Pearl M. (Boghosian) Barefoot.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Administration, General Motors Institute, Flint, Michigan, 1976. Master of Science in Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978.

Career

Product and business planner, General Motors Headquarters and Oldsmobile division, Detroit, Lansing, Michigan, 1978-1980; assistant superintendent manufacturing engineering, Oldsmobile division General Motors, Lansing, 1981-1982; vice president operations Camco division, Emerson Electric Company, Chicago, 1982-1986; president Camco division, Emerson Electric Company, Chicago, 1987-1988; senior vice president operations Skil Corporation, Emerson Electric Company, Chicago, 1988-1991; president Wiegand Industrial division, Emerson Electric Company, Pittsburgh, 1992-1994; president, Chief Executive Officer, ASC Inc., Southgate, Michigan, 1994-1997; executive vice president, Lifestyle Furnishings International, High Point, North Carolina, since 1997.

Achievements

• Donald L. Barefoot has been listed as a noteworthy Manufacturing company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Kettering University, Sedgefield Community College. Member Phi Gamma Delta.

Interests

• Golf, travel, arts.

Connections

Married Karen K. Longair, July 31, 1977. 1 child, Brandon D.