Dr. Donald R. Leavitt

Professor of Business

503-589-8169

dleavitt@corban.edu

Education

  • B.S. Biola University
  • M.B.A. University of Portland
  • Ph.D. Northcentral University

Professional

Dr. Leavitt’s professional business experience includes 19 years in management positions in the financial lending industry. Most of that time was with HSBC.

Dr. Leavitt started at Corban in 2001 as a full-time faculty in the School of Business, and his undergraduate teaching responsibilities include personal finance, management, and economics. In addition, he teaches Leadership and Organizational Behavior for Corban’s online MBA. Dr. Leavitt also helps oversee the business capstone project, Corban Consulting Partners, which gives students valuable experience working with real business clients in the Salem community.

Personal

Don married Joanne in 1981, and they have three children: Don (’09), Michael (’12) and Tina. He enjoys basketball, dirt bike riding, and golf.

Why Corban

“I had an opportunity to change my career from serving customers to molding students. Corban has given me a platform to pass on my years of practical experience in business to the next generation of Christian business leaders. I am grateful for the chance to be involved with the Christian young people attending this university.”

NWCCU ACCREDITATION

Corban University is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) and completed a Year-Seven Comprehensive (Evaluation of Institutional Effectiveness (EIE)) in 2022 for continued accreditation. The comprehensive self-study was followed by an onsite evaluation in October 2022. In February 2023, Corban received reaffirmation of its accreditation for 7 years. Corban University’s last Mid-Cycle Evaluation was fall 2018, and its Policies, Regulations and Financial Review (PRFR) was completed in fall 2021. As of our most recent evaluation, Corban University is compliant with the Standards, Policies, and Eligibility Requirements of the NWCCU.