Founder and Chairman Emeritus of The Bartech Group

John W. Barfield is the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of The Bartech Group. Mr. Barfield incorporated John Barfield & Associates, later renamed The Bartech Group, in 1977. Although retired, he continues to contribute to the rich legacy of Bartech.

Mr. Barfield is active in many business and community organizations. Currently, he is a member of the board of directors of Spaulding for Children and Parkridge Community Center, and is a member of the Advisory Board for the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, University of Michigan. He supports many humanitarian causes from eradicating polio in the third worlds, to saving a youth community center locally, to building wells that provide safe drinking water in developing countries such as Haiti and in Africa.

Mr. Barfield has received numerous honors and awards including the Tree of Life Award, the highest honor of the Jewish National Fund in America. Most recently he received the 2007 Humanitarian of the Year Award from the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion, recognizing his lifelong contributions to improving the human condition.

Mr. Barfield holds honorary doctorate degrees from Grand Valley State University and Cleary College. He and his wife, Betty, have six adult children and reside in Ann Arbor, Michigan.