John F. Popp

Board Member

John graduated from the University of Michigan in 1954 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, and after graduation served in the U.S. Army (1954-1956) as Chief of Review and Analysis Division for Ordnance Training Command at Aberdeen, Maryland.

John has had two careers; the first as a realtor and real estate developer. He developed several large subdivisions in southwestern Fort Wayne.

Then he was asked to take over the reins of the family business. From 1980 to present John has served as President and CEO of Aunt Millie’s Bakeries, Inc.; a regional commercial bakery serving the six-state Great Lakes Region. John is the third generation to lead Aunt Millie’s Bakeries which was founded in Fort Wayne by John’s maternal grandfather, J.B. Franke, in 1901.