Bob Evans CEO to speak at Farmer School of Business

Steven Davis, Chairman and CEO
Bob Evans Farms, Inc

Steven Davis, who as Chairman and CEO has helped boost sales at Bob Evans Farms, Inc., will talk about leadership and innovation in a Jan. 30 lecture at Miami University. His appearance is part of the Executive Speaker Series presented by the Farmer School of Business.

The talk, which is free of charge and open to the public, will begin at 4 p.m. at Hall Auditorium on the Miami University campus in Oxford.

Davis joined Bob Evans Farms in 2006, at a time when the iconic Columbus-based restaurant chain’s market share was under pressure. Under his leadership, the company has increased its revenues and diversified its product line.

Formerly, Davis was at Yum! Brands, where most recently he was president of Long John Silver’s and A&W All American Food Restaurants. He came to Yum! in 1993 and worked in marketing and concept development for its Pizza Hut division.

From the mid-1980s until 1993, Davis was with Kraft General Foods, beginning as a brand manager in Kraft’s cheese business. He developed several successful new products and marketing campaigns and ultimately became director of marketing for Kraft’s All American Gourmet unit.

In 2005, Black Enterprise magazine named Steven Davis one of the 75 Most Powerful Black Men in American Business.

For information about this event or the Executive Speaker Series, please contact Mary Cooper at 513-529-6114 or at coopermt@muohio.edu

The Farmer School of Business offers undergraduate programs in six academic departments as well as three small, selective graduate programs. In March, 2007, Business Week ranked the Farmer School 35th among the nation’s undergraduate business schools, 13th among public institutions, and the highest among Ohio universities. It is fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International).

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