ULI Trustee Profile

I am: David V. Johnson, chairman of Victor International Corporation Bay Harbor Company. 

ULI Member since: 1984.

Where I live: Clarkston (a suburb of Detroit) and Bay Harbor, Michigan.

Favorite part of my home setting: Horse stables.

Favorite way to spend time with family: On South Fox Island in northern Michigan, and on boating adventures in the Great Lakes and the Caribbean.

How I unwind: Horseback riding, boating, and listening to music.

What makes me laugh: My daughter; she keeps me young.

What makes me angry: Negative emotions.

Last book I read: Good to Great, by Jim Collins.

Persons I admire most: God, Samara (my daughter), Pam (my significant other), and my dearest friends, as they represent unwavering support and love.

Persons I rely on most: My gifted and dedicated executive team at Victor International and Bay Harbor.

First (salaried) job: By age 12, I was self-employed in the lawn-mowing business!

What I do for a living now: Am creating legacy lifestyle communities while balancing the art and science of development; I am also continuously looking for new opportunities.

Project I’m working on now: Turtle Lake, in Bloomfield Hills and Bay Harbor, in northern Michigan.

Project that makes me proudest: Bay Harbor. I have never been more proud of a professional accomplishment, as it represented a strategic alliance of the private and public sectors in the realization of a Herculean achievement.

Professional goal yet to achieve: To continue the journey of always giving back.

Why I would tell someone to join ULI: Being part of ULI represents the greatest professional learning experience; it provides a real estate insider’s perspective, both locally and globally. It is an invaluable network and resource base.