David Goudreau

President / Northern Wings

David Goudreau is a native of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula; born and raised in St. Ignace Michigan. Immediately following high school he entered the U.S. Navy and served three years on active duty. Upon completion of his enlistment he enrolled at Lake Superior State University and graduated in 1984. Mr. Goudreau was then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He completed his military career in 2001 with total service spanning a 24 year period, two services and time spent as a sailor, infantryman and helicopter aviator. Career highlights included combat operations in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Peace Keeping Operations in Kosovo, multiple Humanitarian Relief Operations and a tour as a White House Helicopter Pilot during the Clinton Administration.

With his military career behind him, he returned to the Upper Peninsula and established Northern Wings. What began in a pole barn in Engadine, MI with two employees is now a modern manufacturing, commodity management and distribution operation located in a purpose-built 21,000 square foot facility in Newberry, MI. Northern Wings has grown to be an award winning AS9100 certified aerospace and military support entity and provider of certified material and parts for commercial, military and space vehicles and aircraft with established satellite offices in Brookfield, WI and Raleigh, NC. A proud member of the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians and active proponent for economic development in the Upper Peninsula,

Dave serves as a member of the UP Michigan Works Workforce Development Board, and as a member of Michigan Works! State Board of Directors and is also engaged in the Eastern Upper Peninsula Regional Economic Development Advisory Committee. Dave is a recognized proponent of local military veterans and an active member of the American Legion Riders Veterans’ motorcycle group, the Marine Corp League and spends his free time motorcycling, or on the water and in the woods of the beautiful UP.