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John Mesher  

Mr. Mesher is currently an Adjunct Professor at Philadelphia Biblical University in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.

Mr. Mesher is currently an Adjunct Professor at Philadelphia Biblical University in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. He teaches business law and corporate transactions in the undergraduate and graduate programs of the University’s School of Business and Leadership.

Mr. Mesher retired in 2009 as the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Saint-Gobain Corporation, a $7 billion company with 19,000 employees at over 350 locations in the U.S. and Canada. Headquartered in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, Saint-Gobain Corporation is the holding company for the North American activities of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, the world leader in the habitat and construction markets, with annual sales of $40 billion and 190,000 employees in 65 countries. At Saint-Gobain, Mr. Mesher was responsible for the legal affairs, government relations, business ethics and corporate governance of Saint-Gobain Corporation, heading a staff of 23 in-house lawyers and four paralegals in four locations. He was also the Corporate Secretary for a multi-national Board of Directors, and was the company’s chief compliance officer.

Mr. Mesher serves on the Board of Directors of Good Works, Inc., a nonprofit home repair agency for low income residents in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He is also a Quality Control Examiner for the IRS’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program. Mr. Mesher has been a panel member for various Philadelphia Bar Association programs, as well as the Argyle Executive Forum in New York City. He was the featured in-house counsel in the May 2006 edition of the National Law Journal.

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