Business Disruption and the Effective Private and Family Company Board
How private and family businesses build an engaged and effective board of directors to copilot through today’s turbulence, including blockchain, sexual harassment, cybersecurity, the ‘Amazon’ effect, and more.
Learn from directors, business owners, investors and experts who have been there and can guide you on the governance path to success.
Reserve your seat at the governance conference for directors, owners, and advisors of family-owned, closely-held and private-equity owned businesses of all sizes.
Featured Speakers
Eric L. Motley, PhD
Executive Vice President, The Aspen Institute; Board Member, Barry-Wehmiller Companies
Timothy E. Ellsworth
Director, Chair, Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc.
Robert E. Chappell
Former Chairman and CEO, Penn Mutual; Director, Quaker Chemical, The South Chester Tube Company, CSS Industries
Deborah L. DeHaas
Vice Chairman, Chief Inclusion Officer, and National Managing Partner, Center for Corporate Governance, Deloitte LLP
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Standard Pricing
Private company owners, shareholders, managers and investors, and public and private company board members:
$1,895—First attendee
$1,395—Additional attendees from the same company/board
Past attendees of the Private Company Governance Summit or the Transitions Conferences qualify for an additional discount on their registration fees:
$1,705.50—First Attendee
$1,255.50—Additional attendees from the same company/board
All other attendees: advisers, consultants, others allied to the field:
$2,350—Each attendee
Wednesday May 16
4-5:00 PM Session
Starting and building the private company board: Getting ahead of business disruption
Business disruption is fast and furious today, and boards can play a key role to help private companies manage and capitalize on the turbulence. Get practical and actionable advice from those who know this first hand.
This session spotlights private companies whose boards bolstered their success. They will also offer practical steps they took to build their boards and how they managed the transition from a family/insider board to a professional board. Learn the nuts and bolts of their board journeys, including:
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what board structures they choose (advisory or fiduciary, fully or partially independent);
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how they find and compensate directors,
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lessons they learned and how they adjusted to create high-functioning, strategic boards?
Speakers: David W. Henderson, President and CEO, Samaritan Medical Center; Roger Koch, Principal and Co-Chairman, Koch Development Company; Jon Peterson, CEO, The Peterson Companies
Moderator: Rob Sligh, Affiliate Consultant, The Family Business Consulting Group
5:30-6:30 PM Opening Session
Board Dynamics in Private Company Governance: Moving beyond “yes men”
Private company boards are only as effective as company owners and shareholders allow them, and support them, to be.
This session offers practical advice and real examples of how to build collegiality and effectiveness without “yes men” or disengaged directors. It will answer a host of board dynamic questions:
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How do you create the best ABCs—attitude, behavior and candor—within your board?
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How to teach directors about family/private company history, and dynamics to build understanding?
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How do you manage that board most effectively?
Speakers: Julia Klein, Chair and CEO, C.H. Briggs Co., Director, Eastern States Group; Robert E. Chappell, Former Chairman and CEO, Penn Mutual; Director, Quaker Chemical, The South Chester Tube Company, CSS Industries; Chris Herschend, Vice Chairman, Herschend Entertainment
Moderator: Dottie Schindlinger, Vice President and Governance Technology Evangelist, Diligent Corporation
6:30 pm-7:15 PM Keynote Interview
Speaker: Eric L. Motley, Executive Vice President, The Aspen Institute; Board member, Barry-Wehmiller Companies
Lessons from Government Service and Private Company Board Membership
Interviewed by: Eve Tahmincioglu, Executive Editor and Digital Director, Directors & Boards magazine
7:15-9:00 PM Networking reception and dinner
Thursday, May 17
7:30-8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30-8:45 AM Conference Introduction
Business Disruption Shaping Private Company Governance for the Next Five Years
Speaker: Deborah DeHaas, Vice Chairmanand National Managing Partner, Center for Board Effectiveness, Deloitte LLP
8:45-9:15 AM Keynote Interview
Speakers: Craig J. Duchossois, Charman and CEO, the Duchossois Group; Ashley D. Joyce, President, the Duchossois Foundation
Interviewed by: D. Roger Nanney, Vice Chairman, Deloitte LLP, National Leader, Deloitte Enterprise Growth Services
Succession Strategies and Goverance of a 102 year old Business
9:15-9:30 AM Networking Break
9:30-10:30 AM Session
Best Practices in Private Company Governance
What makes a successful private company board? There’s no one answer, and one approach doesn’t work for everyone. That creates complexity as owners and directors strive for the best possible governance that meets the needs of the company. This session will look at three different board structures that work for their private companies, and explore how those board structures serve their governance and growth needs.
Speakers: Timothy E. Ellsworth, Director, Chair, Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc.; Manuel Diez, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, Diesco Ltd.; Roberta Sydney, President, CEO and Board Chair, Sydney Associates, Inc.
Moderator: Theo Sharpe, Senior Client Partner, Korn Ferry Hay Group
10:30-11:00 AM Networking Break
11:00-12:00 PM Workshop
The Private Board’s Role in Shaping Corporate Culture
Tone at the top, the culture of management and the culture of the company are all areas where the private company board can and should have significant impact. Successful private boards establish a culture that allows the company to deal successfully with reputational risk, the impact of key social issues, and crises.
• The culture spectrum, from good to toxic, including understanding red flags and warning signs of cultures at risk.
• Organizational metrics and information sources that create a tangible view of corporate culture.
• Leading practices for effective director oversight and committee responsibilities, including supporting tone at the top, establishing clear governance channels and reporting requirements, and guiding the organization’s culture.
Host: Bob Rosone, Managing Director, Deloitte LLP
Presenters: Maureen Bujno, Managing Director, Center for Board Effectiveness, Deloitte LLP and Carrie L Oven, Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP, National Managing Partner, Modernizing Compliance and Culture Risk
12:00-12:15 PM Networking Break
12:15-1:30 PM Lunch
1:30-3:00 PM Expert Briefings (repeated twice)
Defining board roles: chairman, corporate secretary, lead director, committee chairs: Doug Baumoel, Founder, Continuity LLC
Who does and should do what on the private company board?
Private board compensation: Theo Sharpe, Senior Client Partner, Korn Ferry Hay Group
How do you adequately compensate private company directors for their service?
Engaging private equity and other outside investments: Jamie Lewin, Principal, Deloitte Corporate Finance LLC
When and how to sell all or part of the business to build shareholder and corporate liquidity.
What private company directors need to know about cybersecurity
How do private company directors protect themselves, and the shareholders they serve, in case of cyberbreach?
The Mechanics and Dynamics of the Effective Board Meeting: Dottie Schindlinger, Diligent Corporation
Create a successful meeting structure that gets at the real issues facing the company
The Board and Succession Planning: Caleb White, Senior Consultant and Nancy Drozdow, Founder/Principal, CFAR
The board's role in building a solid CEO and senior executive succession plan.
3:00-3:15 PM Networking Break
3:15-4:15 PM Session
The Owner-Board Relationship: Creating Effective Shareholder/Family, Management and Board Interaction
A private company board can only be effective with trusted and solid relationships between company management/owners, family members and directors.
This session will offer real-world best practices on how to create effective family or owner governance (through family and owners’ councils) and develop systems for effective communication between shareholders and the board. Solid business governance needs solid ownership governance.
Speakers: Ronda Ritter Ray, Lead Family Director, E. Ritter & Company; Andrew D. Pitcairn, Chair, Pitcairn Family Council, Board Member, Pitcairn; Rebecca Peterson, Board Member and Family Council Member, Sasser Family Holdings
Moderator: Doug Baumoel, Founder, Continuity, LLC
4:15-5:15 PM Concurrent Workshops
Preparing the Next Generation for Board Service
Identifying, developing and training management and family members for board roles.
Session Leaders: Caleb White, Senior Consultant and Nancy Drozdow, Founder/Principal, CFAR
The Evolution of Ownership and Governance in a Family Enterprise
When a successful family business evolves into a sophisticated family enterprise, the complexity of what the family owns increases as the family grows or the entities expand. Family decisions about complexity and about ownership will impact how you structure the governance process and how decisions get made that are trusted by the family. Board members need to understand these ownership structures when making board decisions, since the shareholders could be individuals, family trusts, holding companies, investment partnerships, or philanthropic entities with future rights to ownership. This session will show you how governance evolves through the generations for complex families, and why a variety of governance structures are used by sophisticated families who have different goals and financial commitments. This session helps family members look into the future so they can understand better where their family enterprise may be heading.
Session Leader: Sara Hamilton, Founder and CEO, Family Office Exchange
Board Performance, Evaluation and Re-nomination
How to evaluate your board's performance, refresh your board and build the most effective diversity of experiences and background. What should your board look like? What skills do you need--M&A experience, technology, strategy or more? How diverse should your board be in terms of gender and ethnicity?
Session Leader: Peter Gleason, CEO and President, The National Association of Corporate Directors
6:30-9:00 PM Group Dinner and Private Boards of the Year Awards
National Press Club (transportation provided)
Host: Robert L. Rock, Chairman, MLR Holdings LLC
Friday, May 18
7:30-8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30-9:15 AM Keynote Address
Speaker: McKeel Hagerty, Chief Executive Officer, Hagerty
Our Board Journey, and Why I Hired My Own "Boss"
Moderator: Bill Rock, President, MLR Holdings LLC
9:15-9:30 AM Networking Break
9:30-10:30 AM Workshop
Setting Your Private Board's Priorities
Presenters: Rob Sligh, Affiliate Consultant, The Family Business Consulting Group, and Peter Begalla, Conference and Education Director, Family Busines Magazine
10:30-10:45 AM Networking Break
10:45-11:45 AM Session
The Private Board’s Role in Digital Disruption and Risk: Your co-pilot through turbulence
All private companies need to push management to address the impact of digital disruption on their companies, whether it’s the ‘Amazon’ effect, cybersecurity or such emerging technologies as blockchain.
This session will offer real-world guidance on how the board can maintain ‘noses in, fingers out’ with management, and still develop ensure the shareholders they represent have solid strategies for the digital future, while minimizing the risk involved.
Speakers: Joanna Peters, Managing Principal, StratConGlobal; Ivy Silver, Director, Fulton Bank, CIMG; Larry Putterman, Member, Board of Advisors, IPC Global Solutions
Moderator: Eve Tahmincioglu, Executive Editor and Digital Director, Directors & Boards
11:45 AM Conference close
Confirmed Speakers
Julia H. Klein
Chairwoman and CEO, C.H. Briggs Co.
Julia H. Klein is Chairwoman and CEO of C.H. Briggs Co., a value-added distributor of specialty building products headquartered in Reading, PA. Past and current Board service includes C.H. Briggs, Hedwin Corporation, Arbill Safety Supply, Reading Health System, Reading Physicians Network, Berks County Community Foundation, and the National Association of Wholesalers. She is a frequent speaker on technology, governance, entrepreneurship, and womenâs issues, has a particular interest in closely held and family enterprises.
Julia Klein is a Chairwoman & CEO, Board Director, and leader in the building materials distribution industry. As C.E.O. and Chairwoman of C.H. Briggs Company, she transformed a local business into a super-regional, professionally managed platform company.
With expertise in strategy, governance, mergers and acquisitions, technology and supply chain solutions, and the residential and commercial construction industries, Ms. Klein has led C.H. Briggs for over 20 years. The Company is one of the nationâs largest independently owned distributors of specialty building materials. Customers include manufacturers, architects and designers of specialty interior products. Ms. Klein has successfully integrated 6 acquisitions expanding the C.H. Briggs footprint throughout the Middle Atlantic and Southeast.
Strategic use of new technology has established the companyâs reputation as an innovator and Ms. Kleinâs reputation as a thought leader in the industry. Over the last 20 years Briggs has achieved top quartile performance in its segment, and is among the nationâs top 100 women-owned businesses.
She has served as C.E.O. and Chairwoman of C.H. Briggs since 2007. She is a member of the Boards of Directors of Hedwin Corporation in Baltimore, Reading Physician Partners, the Reading Health System, Springboard Enterprises, Arzu Studio Hope, the Advisory Board of Modern Distribution Management, and is Co-Chair of the Committee of 200 Northeast Region. Most recently, Ms. Klein was elected to The College of Woosterâs Board of Trustees. She is a former member of the Advisory Boards of Quaker Maid Meats, Inc. and Arbill Industries, Inc.
She and C.H. Briggs have received numerous industry and community awards. Ms. Klein was a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards© in Greater Philadelphia, and was honored with the Junior Achievement Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame Award, the Athena Award, and as a Distinguished Girl Scout Alumna by the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania. She also received the SmartCEO magazine Brava Award and Best Managed Companies in Philadelphia.
Ms. Klein is actively involved in numerous professional organizations. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of the NAW (National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors) Institute for Distribution Excellence, the Board of Directors of the North American Building Materials Distribution Association, and the Cabinet Industry Distribution Association, which she helped establish. She is a member of Women Corporate Directors, World Presidentsâ Organization (WPO) and a former member of the Young Presidentsâ Organization (YPO); she is also a member of the Committee of 200, an international organization of women entrepreneurs, executives, and board members.
She was a member of the Board of the Berks County Community Foundation for 11 years, served as Chairwoman and continues as a member of its Governance Committee. Ms. Klein served on the Governance Committee of Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania and was a founding member of BEP.
She earned a M.A. in Public Policy as an Urban Scholars Fellow at the University of Chicago and a B.A. from the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio. Ms. Klein and her husband have a college-aged son and live in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Timothy E. Ellsworth
Director, Chair, Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc.
Timothy E. Ellsworth joined EBI as a summer employee in 1968 and is a permanent employee in 1976. After various executive roles at EBI’s Darworth Company, Ensign-Bickford Optics, Corporate Development and Corporate Research units, Mr. Ellsworth formed and led Ensign-Bickford Coatings Company and was CEO of Advanced Glass Treatment Systems (AGTS). In 1994, he resigned from the Company, acquired AGTS from EBI and joined the EBI Board of Directors as a fifth generation family member and successor to his father, John E. Ellsworth, former President and Chairman. Mr. Ellsworth serves on the Audit and Proxy Committees and formerly chaired the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition to his Board work for EBI, Tim is CEO of The Peak Experience, LLC, a real estate investment company, and participates on various other corporate and non-profit boards. He is also a former member of the Simsbury Economic Development Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals. Mr. Ellsworth holds a BFA degree from St. Lawrence University and completed his MFA and MBA degrees at R.I.T.
David W. Henderson
President and CEO, Samaritan Medical Center
Dave Henderson has almost 30 years of management experience and community involvement. He has been President and CEO of Samaritan Medical Center, a family-owned business in San Jose, Calif., since 1988. His responsibilities include strategic planning, leasing, and developing medical office properties. Currently the portfolio consists of over 300,000 square feet of premier medical office buildings serving more than 250 physicians and health care professionals. On most days over 3,500 patients will visit the medical campus for care. The business is 50 years old and has grown to include 42 owners over four generations. Prior to joining Samaritan Medical Center, Dave held the position of General Manager with Arrow Electronics both in Salt Lake City (1983-1984) and Chicago (1985-1988). Arrow is a worldwide supplier of electronic components.
As part of his family business interest, Dave is a guest presenter at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business several times a year where he engages students involved in family businesses nationally and internationally.
Dave has served as a Board member of the Stroke Awareness Foundation, American Cancer Society and Wells Fargo Bank Advisory Board. He was also instrumental in the founding of Cancer CAREpoint, a local nonprofit organization that provides support services to cancer patients, their families and caregivers.
Dave has a bachelor’s degree in Business from Pennsylvania State University (1973). He has been married to Noelle for over 38 years, has three grown children and two grandchildren. They currently reside in Los Gatos, Calif. Dave enjoys traveling, playing golf, attending Broadway shows and visiting Presidential libraries.
Ronda Ritter Ray
Lead Family Director, E. Ritter & Company
Ronda Ritter Ray is a fourth-generation family owner of E Ritter & Company and currently serves as lead family director on the board of directors following three years as president of the Ritter Family Council. A teacher for 20 years in Arkansas and in Wisconsin, she most recently worked as an adjunct instructor in the secondary education department and subsequently as director of clinical experiences for the College of Education and Professional Studies at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, AL.
Roger Koch
Principal and Co-Chairman, Koch Development Company
Roger and his brother, Paul A. Koch are the third generation in the real estate investment and development business and jointly own Koch Development Company. As Principals and board members, Roger and Paul are responsible for the overall strategic direction of the company.
In his 50 years of experience in the real estate business, Roger Koch has served in various capacities as developer, residential home builder, and head of property management and leasing. In addition to his work in Koch Development Company, he was the majority owner and controlled numerous partnerships outside the family business investing in properties in Missouri, Minnesota, Michigan and Illinois. He was a NASD licensed Broker/Dealer for Direct Participation Programs, licensed insurance broker and licensed real estate broker. He has handled the sale, acquisition and financing of numerous properties for Koch Development Company and its affiliates.
Roger holds BSBA and MBA degrees from Washington University in St. Louis. He served as an officer in the United States Air Force specializing in logistical systems auditing. He is a Life Member (CPM) of the Institute of Real Estate Management and has extensive professional education including all course work required for the MAI designation. Roger served as Chairman of the Board of Mark Twain South County Bank for 16 years and was a member of the Mark Twain St. Louis Bank board. He has served as member and President of the Crossroads School Board, member of the board of the Purnell School in Pottersville, N.J and board member for Archways, a drug and alcoholic rehabilitation center for patients unable to afford care in traditional settings, as well as in various leadership capacities in his church.
Joanna Peters
Managing Principal, StratConGlobal, Inc.
Joanna Peters is the Founding Managing Principal of StratConGlobal, Inc, a strategic advisory firm based in New York City, with a proven track record of build outs and turnarounds in emerging and global markets. She has driven rollups in Asia and the United States, appointed interim COO/CFO on new private equity ventures in the offshore oil and gas sectors as well as advisor in the Australian livestock sector. She has extensive experience in Asia Pac, including India, Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam as well as Latin America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Her industry sectors include asset management, financial services, energy and agriculture.
Joanna is a best practice industry speaker here and abroad, participates in various governmental and private sector forums including the Peterson Institute and Volker Alliance and serves on private boards. Educated in Australia where she captained the women’s ski team, as well as England, she is also admitted to the bar in New York and Australia.
Robert E. Chappell
Former Chairman and CEO, Penn Mutual; Director, Quaker Chemical, The South Chester Tube Company, CSS Industries
Robert E. Chappell was the Chairman of The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, a mutual life insurance company providing life insurance and annuity products, from January 1997 to June 2013 when he retired; its Chief Executive Officer from April 1995 to February 2011; and its President from January 2008 to March 2010.
Mr. Chappell has significant experience as a leader and director of multiple publicly-held and privately-held companies. A former director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, he currently serves as a director of the Quaker Chemical Corporation (NYSE:KWR), where he is the Chairman of the Governance Committee and is a member of the Executive Committee. He also serves on the boards of privately-held South Chester Tube Company, publicly-held CSS Industries and as a trustee of The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Mr. Chappell served in the United States Army from 1966 to 1969. He earned an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1971 and graduated in Chemistry from the Gettysburg College in 1966.
Ivy Silver
Director, Fulton Bank, CIMG
Best described as the yellow brick road of life, Ivy Silver’s professional and personal life is guided by a few key principals – give everything you have to what you care about, bring excellence and compassion to what you do and learn all you can about doing your work well. She began her career as one of countries youngest museum directors before returning to the Wharton School of Business to become a serial Entrepreneur. In 1981 Ms. Silver founded an industry leading employee benefit consulting firm with multiple profit lines for regional and national corporations, professional associations and non-profit organizations.
As a thought leader Ivy was a frequent public speaker on trend setting insurance and risk management concepts, authored numerous articles for industry publications and was an advisor to such luminary organizations as Aetna, Prudential and UNUM insurance. The National Mediation Labor Relations Board highlighted her groundbreaking work with the trustees of the Amtrak Health and Welfare plan for creating change in an environment not previously known for innovation. In 2008 Ivy sold her company, The Commonwealth Consulting Group, to publicly traded Arthur J. Gallagher Company (AJG) where she worked until 2014.
Today, Ivy is a principal founder of Mily-on, a conceptual architectural products design that has recently been awarded a series of utility and a design patents for commercial lighting system. She has also formed Sparkplug Innovations, a design thinking and strategic re-visioning company doing work with privately held firms and is certified by The Institute for the Future as a practitioner of Forecasting and The Institute of Culture in Technology of Participation. Ms. Silver received her Governance Fellowship designation from the National Association of Corporate Directors in 2013 and is an independent director of publicly traded Fulton Bank, the largest affiliate of Fulton Financial Corporation (FULT).
Ivy is an Advisor to Recovery Record, a privately-owned start-up mobile tech company, member of the private board CIMG and is currently chair of the Public Experience and Marketing Committee of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University where she serves on their executive and governance committees. Ms. Silver is the immediate past Chair of the Board of the Abington Health System Foundation, a member of the Innovations Committee of Jefferson Health, a board member of the Oda Foundation – an on the ground healthcare organization in Nepal and was recently elected to the Greater Philadelphia Culture Alliance Board of Directors. Ms. Silver is a 2005 Pennsylvania’s Best 50 Women in Business honoree, the Women’s Way Leadership Award winner in 2006, and is a member of the Pennsylvania honor roll of Women Leaders for 1996. She is a dedicated member of Women Corporate Directors, the National Association of Corporate Directors, and The Forum for Executive Women.
Manuel Diez
Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, Diesco Ltd.
Manuel Diez was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts, United States, with a bachelor’s degree in History with a minor in Computer Science. From 1986 to 1988 he worked as Financial Analyst at Philip Morris in New York City, and then moved to Chicago and graduated from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University with an MBA degree in Marketing and Finance. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Award for his significant contributions to the quality of life of the university’s students.
After working at the marketing department in the Puerto Rico Office of Procter & Gamble he worked with Leo Burnet & Co. advertising agency as Brand Coordinator on the Kraft account in Chicago for two years. He moved back to Santo Domingo in 1992, where he initiated his leading career in the Marketing, Sales and International Commerce Departments of Polyplas and Termopac, then part of the Petroquímica group and leaders in their fields in plastic packaging.
Today, Mr. Diez is the Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Diesco Limited. The group performs business regionally in the Caribbean, Central America and the southeastern United States. Diesco operates in four main business segments: Plastics Packaging represented in its companies Termopac Industrial and Polyplas Dominicana; Manufacturing and Distribution of Non-Alcoholic Beverages with its leading company Pac-Tech International; Real Estate and Project Management with Interra and Investment Services represented by Advanced Management Group.
Mr. Diez has served in multiple business associations. He was the President of the Dominican National Business Council (CONEP), the leading business association of the private sector for two consecutive periods (2010-2012 & 2012-2014). Prior to this role, he was President of the National Industrial Association (AIRD, also for two consecutive periods 2007-2008 and 20092010. In 2004, he served as President of the Young Entrepreneurs Association (ANJE).
He is also founding member and President of the Board of Trustees of Barna, the first independent school of management in the Dominican Republic. He has also served as member of the board of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Dominican Republic (AMCHAM); Dominican-Guatemalan Chamber of Commerce, Dominican Stock Exchange (BVRD) and Fundación Institucionalidad y Justicia (FINJUS). He served as Chairman of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) Dominican Chapter for 2006-2007 and for the Caribbean Region in 2008-2009.
Andrew D. Pitcairn
Chair, Pitcairn Family Council; Board Member, Pitcairn
Andrew D. Pitcairn is a fourth generation Pitcairn family member and descendant of Harold F. Pitcairn. Andrew is the Chair of the Pitcairn Family Council, a role he has held since 2010, and has served as a member of the family council since 2007. A member of the Pitcairn Board of Directors, he serves as a co-trustee of Pitcairn family trusts and is chair of the Nominating Committee and advisory member to the Capital and Governance Committees.
Andrew is a frequent speaker at family business and family office forums on topics related to family council and engaging the next generation in family businesses. Andrew is the co-author of the articles, “Why, What & How: Questions Every Family Leader Should Ask” and “Beyond ‘Cohesion’: Why Terminology Must Evolve through the Generations,” published in Family Business magazine. He is also the founder and Chair of the Family Council Concepts group, a US-centric, collaborative peer group of eight family council chairs. Discussions cover the challenges, concerns, and successes of multi-generational families with current and post operating companies.
Andrew has been an owner and operator of small businesses from 1999 until 2008. He is a Trustee on the Meadowbrook School Board of Directors, a non-profit organization. Andrew attended Temple University and has completed the Cannon Trust Fundamentals course.
Deborah L. DeHaas
Vice Chairman, Chief Inclusion Officer, and National Managing Partner, Center for Corporate Governance, Deloitte LLP
As chief inclusion officer, Deb drives Deloitte’s strategy to recruit, develop, and promote a diverse workforce and foster an inclusive environment where leaders thrive. Deb is also responsible for Deloitte’s boardroom programs supporting corporate boards and directors in fulfilling their governance-related responsibilities. Deb was named to Accounting Today’s “Top 100 Most Influential” list in 2013 and 2014 and was included in the 2015 National Association of Corporate Directors Directorship 100, which recognizes influential leaders in corporate governance.
Deb serves as the lead client service or advisory partner on a number of Deloitte’s most significant clients and is a member of the Deloitte US executive committee. She previously served as a member of the board of directors of Deloitte LLP and as the US firms’ representative on the Deloitte Canada board of directors. Deb also serves on the Trinity Board of Visitors at Duke University and on the board of trustees and Kellogg Global Advisory Board at Northwestern University. She is the immediate past chair, board of directors, for the Executives’ Club of Chicago.
Maureen Bujno
Director, Deloitte LLPâs Center for Corporate Governance
Maureen is a Director in Deloitte LLPâs Center for Corporate Governance. Maureen leads and coordinates the Centerâs activities, including research and thought leadership, board and audit committee education, overseeing Deloitte LLPâs corporate governance external website and monthly Deloitte Digest, leading the Deloitte invitation â only director series programs and other special projects and events focused on critical governance topics. Maureen is a frequent speaker to boards, audit committees and other audiences interested in topics, including, board governance hot topics, proxy season and boardroom agenda items, audit committee leading practices, the latest corporate governance legislative developments and rule â makings and the boardâs role in risk oversight. Maureen has over 24 years of business experience with Deloitte and prior to leading the Center activities, Maureen worked in the Deloitte Merger & Acquisition services group and the Audit practice group. Maureen is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, and is a member and Assistant Treasurer at the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals (SCSGP) organization. Maureen is former President and current member of the Fairfield University Alumni Association and board of directors and a former member of the board of directors of the YMCA, West Side, New York City. Maureen is a CPA in New York and a member of the AICPA. Maureen holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Fairfield University.
Chris Herschend
Vice Chairman, Herschend Entertainment
Chris Herschend is a third-generation shareholder and Vice Chairman of Missouri-based Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation, the largest family-owned themed attractions company in the US. HFE properties span 26 locations and 10 states, employing over 10,000 men & women who collectively host over 13 million guests annually at properties including Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO, Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, TN, Darien Lake in Buffalo, NY, and the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters. Chris is also the majority owner and President of Ride The Ducks International, the world's largest operator and licensor of amphibious sightseeing tours with 8 locations across the United States & Guam.
Chris has been elected by the shareholders to serve on the HFE board of directors since 1997 and has served on the audit & compensation committees of the board. Prior to joining Herschend, Chris worked for Coca-Cola, Cox Communications, and an Atlanta venture capital firm. He earned both his BA (1995) and MBA (2003) from Emory University in Atlanta.
Chris and his wife Ashley have four young children and live in Atlanta, GA. Chris' current & past community/industry service roles include the International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions (IAAPA), the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Young Presidents Organization (YPO), Durban Youth Missions, Atlanta Youth Academy, The Church of the Apostles (Atlanta), the Georgia Center for Opportunity, and Blue Skies Ministries.
Rebecca Sasser Peterson
Board Member and Family Council Member, Sasser Family Holdings
Sasser Family Holdings (SFH) is a family-owned 4th generation transportation asset management leasing company based in Schaumburg, Illinois. Established in 1928 as a rail car leasing company, SFH recently hired their first non-family CEO when Fred Sasser (G3) moved into the Executive Chairman role of their fiduciary board.
Rebecca Sasser Peterson is one of three non-independent directors on the board of eight members and currently serves on both the Governance and Compensation Committees.
Prior to her board service Rebecca chaired the Sasser Family Council and remains involved in family governance. She also serves on the Loyola Family Business Center's Advisory Board. While originally from Chicago, Rebecca and her family now live in Elgin, IL.
Craig J. Duchossois
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Duchossois Group
Craig J. Duchossois is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Duchossois Group. Craig also serves on the Board of Directors of Amsted Industries and Churchill Downs, Inc. He also serves as an advisory board member for The Edgewater Funds and the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation.
His not-for-profit board memberships include Culver Educational Foundation, Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Chicago, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, University of Chicago Hospitals, World Business Chicago, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Additionally, he is a member of the Chief Executives’ Organization, World Presidents’ Organization, Executives’ Club of Chicago, Economic Club and the Civic Committee of The Commercial Club of Chicago. Craig is a past-Chairman of the Board of Visitors for the United States Naval Academy.
Craig holds a BBA and MBA from Southern Methodist University. He served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps between 1968-1971.
He and his wife, Janet, have two children and five grandchildren.
Ashley D. Joyce
President, The Duchossois Foundation
Ashley Duchossois Joyce is president of The Duchossois Foundation, and a director of the Duchossois Group, which recently made thee transitions to a full fiduciary board with independent directors. She is a licensed individual, couples and family therapist.
Ashley graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a BA, and from the Universty of Chicago School of Social Service Administration with an AM. She is also the Vice Chair of the Board for non-profit Metropolitan Family Services.
Roberta Sydney
Board Chair, Sydney Associates, Inc.
Roberta Sydney is an independent board director and entrepreneur. Roberta chairs the Compensation Committee and serves on the Board of Plaxall, Inc., and serves on the Advisory Boards of several private real estate technology companies, including Rental Beast, Embue, and Doorbell. She also chairs the Sydney Associates Board and Investment Committee, skillfully managing the complicated dynamics surrounding family succession and transition.
In addition, Roberta is a member of the following organizations:
- National Association of Corporate Directors, Governance Fellow
- Private Directors Association, Founding Member and City Chair, Boston Chapter
- American College of Corporate Directors, Masters Professional Director Certificate
- C200, Treasurer and Board Member
- Beth Israel Deaconess, Board of Overseers Executive Council and Member, Neuroscience Advisory Committee
- Marathon Daffodils, Co-founder
- Massachusetts Women’s Forum
Roberta received a BA from Wellesley College, holds an MBA from Harvard University, and a Master of Science in Real Estate Development from MIT.
Larry Putterman
Member, Board of Advisors, IPC Global Solutions
Larry Putterman was CEO, chairman and board director of SafeData, LLC, a data backup and recovery solutions company serving corporate clients that he sold to Data Storage Corporation (OTCBB: DTST) in 2010. Subsequently, he has served on Data Storage Corporation’s board of advisors and directors and was an active member of its Mergers and Acquisitions Committee.
Prior to SafeData, Larry was founder and president of both American Sports Company and Pan American Sports Company in the Dominican Republic, for more than 20 years. These two companies became the largest independent contract manufacturers of men’s and women’s shoes and components in the Dominican Republic with 1,500 manufacturing employees. Clients included well-known brands like Timberland, Sperry Top-Sider, Sebago, Polo, LL Bean, Nike and New Balance.
Larry also honed his management skills in family business as the chief operating officer of Milton Shoe Company in Milton, Pa. and Cinderella Shoe Company in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico. These companies made over 15,000 pairs of shoes per day that were sold through major retailers.
His extensive current and previous board experience include IPC Global Solutions, CDC Software LLC, Audio Ops LLC, Data Storage Corporation, Northern Central Bank, SafeData LLC, American Sports Company, Pan American Sports Company, Milton Shoe Company, Cinderella Shoe Company, and Susquehanna Investment Network. Larry is a member and holds a Masters Professional Director Certification from The American College of Corporate Directors.
Eric L. Motley, PhD
Executive Vice President, The Aspen Institute; Board Member, Barry-Wehmiller Companies
Eric L. Motley, Ph.D., is an executive vice president at the Aspen Institute, responsible for Institutional Advancement and governance. He previously served as Vice President and Executive Director of National Programs and prior to that he served as Vice President and Managing Director of the Henry Crown Fellowship Program. In addition to managing the Henry Crown Fellowship Program, he served as the Executive Director of the Aspen Institute-Rockefeller Foundation’s Commission to Reform the Federal Appointments Process, an independent, nonpartisan effort to evaluate the Federal government’s vetting and clearance procedures. Prior to joining the Aspen Institute, he served as the Director of the U.S. Department of State’s Office of International Visitors within the bureau of Public Diplomacy. In 2003, he became Special Assistant to President George W. Bush for Presidential Personnel, where he managed the appointment process in the White House for over 1,200 presidentially-appointed advisory board and commission positions. He joined the White House staff as Deputy Associate Director, Office of Presidential Personnel in 2001.
Eric serves on the Board of Directors of Barry-Wehmiller Companies, The James Madison Council of the Library of Congress, the Library Cabinet for the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mt. Vernon, jury member of the Ken Burns American Heritage Prize, The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s National Council, The John F. Kennedy Centennial Memorial Task Force, National Advisory Board of Honored, Young Concert Artists, Advisory Board of Planet Word Museum, Board of Overseers of Samford University and is a former member of the Chapter Board of the Washington National Cathedral. He is a member of the Cosmos Club of Washington, DC and the Grolier Club of New York City. Eric is a Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary International Foundation and Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute. He is an avid book collector of first editions and rare books with a concentration on the English writer and lexicographer Samuel Johnson. In February 2017, he published a memoir Madison Park, A Place of Hope telling the story of the small community he grew up in Montgomery, AL, that was founded in 1880 by a group of freed slaves.
Eric earned his bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Philosophy from Samford University. As a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, he earned a Master of Letters in International Relations and a Ph.D. as the John Steven Watson Scholar.
Jon M. Peterson
Chief Executive Officer, The Peterson Companies
Jon M. Peterson is the Chief Executive Officer of Peterson Companies, one of the largest and most admired privately held real estate companies in the Washington DC area. Founded 53 years ago, the company is responsible for some of the most prominent and successful mixed-use retail, residential and office developments in Northern Virginia and Maryland including Fairfax Corner, Fair Lakes, National Harbor, Virginia Gateway, Downtown Silver Spring, RIO Washingtonian, Burke Centre and Tysons McLean Office Park.
In 2016, he assumed the role of Chairman of the Executive Committee which oversees all aspects of the retail, residential, commercial and mixed-use development and management. Prior to that, Jon served as Senior Vice President of Commercial and Business Development which allowed him to develop close ties to the entire metropolitan real estate community.
Jon and the Peterson Family believe passionately in giving back to the communities they serve. Jon has served on numerous philanthropic boards and committees including Joe Gibb’s Youth for Tomorrow and Inova Hospital’s Life With Cancer. He currently serves as Vice Rector of the Board of Visitors for George Mason University, a member of the Board of Trustees at Inova Health Care Systems. He is a member of The 2030 Group, Northern Virginia Transpiration Alliance and NAIOP.
McKeel Hagerty
Chief Executive Officer, Hagerty
McKeel Hagerty is Chief Executive Officer of Hagerty. He considers it the company’s purpose to be the source for people who love cars. His passion for classics has driven the company to a leadership position within the automotive industry. The company is the leading insurance agency for collector vehicles in the world and host to the largest network of collector car owners
From the beginning of his career with Hagerty, McKeel has been a fearless innovator, constantly pushing for new ways to connect with collectors, hobbyists, enthusiasts and anyone who loves cars. This vision has resulted in Hagerty evolving into an international business supported with youth programs to engage and ignite the passion in the next generation of collectors, an organization that helps protect and celebrate the automobile as a significant part of our culture and a credible sense of authority on the subject. Under McKeel’s direction, Hagerty quickly became the most recognizable brand in classic car insurance, with marketing that injected humor, excitement and passion.
McKeel’s knowledge and enthusiasm have given him a reputation as an authority within the automotive industry. He is the youngest judge ever to have served for the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, a position he has held for over a decade. He represents the classic car community on numerous boards and advisory groups and makes frequent appearances as a trusted automotive and car market expert on ESPN, Speed, Discovery and CNBC.
Outside of Hagerty, McKeel has had the honor of serving as the 2016-2017 Chairman of Young Presidents Organization. YPO is the world’s premier peer-to-peer network of Chief Executives and convener of more than 25,000 businesses worldwide. McKeel has been an active member of YPO since 2000 and his pledge to be a lifelong learner and to help other leaders unlock their potential fits well within YPO’s mission.
McKeel attended Pepperdine University, Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary and Boston College, completing graduate work in philosophy and classics.
Jamie Lewin
Principal, Deloitte Corporate Finance LLC
Based in Dallas, Jamie Lewin is responsible for Deloitte Corporate Finance LLC's (DCF) financial sponsors coverage effort and for the execution of M&A and financing transactions. Jamie has more than 15 years of investment banking and financial advisory experience assisting public and private entities throughout the acquisition, capital raising, and sale processes. Jamie has led numerous teams in executing cross-border transactions throughout North America, Central America, Europe, and Asia.
Experience
- Advisor to Global Client Solutions on its recapitalization with Argonaut Private Equity and Bank of Oklahoma
- Advisor to TrustHouse Services Group on its sale to Elior SCA
- Advisor to Dymatize Enterprises on its recapitalization with TA Associates
- Advisor to Terra Payments on its sale to Optimal Group
- Advisor to Enhanced Recovery Corp. on its joint venture with RLJ Equity Partners
- Advisor to Bio-Engineered Supplements & Nutrition on its sale to Glanbia plc.
- Advisor to Klein-Becker USA on its sale of StriVectin to Catteron Partners
- Advisor to Neways International on its sale to Golden Gate Capital
Education & Certifications
- Duke University, Fuqua School of Business: MBA
- Queens University: BA
D. Roger Nanney
Vice Chairman, Deloitte LLP
D. Roger Nanney is a vice chairman of Deloitte LLP and the national leader of Deloitte Growth Enterprise Services (DGES), where he is responsible for the delivery of services to the firmâs mid-market and privately held clients. Roger also serves as the leader for the Audit and Advisory Services organization of DGES and is the advisory partner for several of Deloitteâs largest clients.
Since joining Deloitte in 1982, and as a partner for nearly 25 years, Roger has held a number of leadership positions, including the operations leader for Deloitteâs U.S. Clients & Industries initiatives and the U.S. industry program; marketing and business development; and the Office of the CEO program. Roger also was a member of the U.S. and Americas operating committees, and previously served as the Mid-America regional managing partner.
Throughout his career, Roger has worked with clients across a number of industries and geographies. His extensive experience serving both mid-size and private companies and multinational public organizations and has provided him with a broad and in-depth understanding of the challenges clients face in todayâs ever-changing business environment.
Roger is active in his community and serves a number of civic organizations. He is Chair of the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas, Texas, and an Executive Board Member of the Edwin L. Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. Roger is a member of the board of the United Way of America and a trustee of the PGA of America Foundation and serves as a Vice Chair of Carolinaâs Promise Campaign in support of the University of South Carolina.
A CPA, Roger received his bachelor of business administration and master of accountancy from the University of South Carolina. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the Institute of Management Accountants.
Carrie L.Oven
Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP; National Managing Partner – Modernizing Compliance and Culture Risk
Carey is the Managing Partner in the Deloitte & Touche LLP (Deloitte) Risk & Financial Advisory practice leading the Modernizing Compliance and Culture Risk ventures fund which includes a diverse range of next generation innovation and technology-enabled client solutions spanning regulatory compliance, internal audit, fraud and forensic, controls assurance, and culture risk that help organizations innovate efforts around compliance and culture.
As a specialist in risk and control services, Carey has over 25 years of experience in providing risk assurance and advisory services to clients across industries, with experience in all aspects of internal audit, control assessment and assurance, enterprise risk management, forensic investigations, culture risk, and compliance and governance processes.
Carey is a member of the Deloitte Risk & Financial Advisory Executive Ventures Committee and leads other national and local firm committees and initiatives supporting national practice and people development. She also recently served on the Deloitte Board Council and Finance and Audit Committee for the Deloitte U.S. firm.
Externally, Carey holds an external professional leadership position with the Institute of Internal Auditors “IIA”, the leading global authority in the profession of internal auditing, where she currently is an Officer on the Board of Trustees for the IIA Research Foundation and serves as the Vice President of Strategy and Vice President of Fundraising. She also serves in an external community leadership position as the Sustainability Committee Chair of the Southeastern Michigan United Way Alexis de Tocqueville leadership giving society involved in key philanthropic leadership efforts in the community. Carey also serves as an Audit Committee member of the Western Michigan University Foundation Board.
Carey holds a BBA in Accountancy from Western Michigan University, graduating summa cum laude. After beginning her career at Deloitte in 1992, she became a Partner in 2002. Carey is also a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Internal Auditor.
Robert Rosone
Director, Deloitte LLP
Bob Rosone is a director with the accounting and advisory firm Deloitte LLP where he is focused on developing its middle market practice through Deloitte Growth Enterprise Services. His responsibilities include business development, marketing, public relations, advertising and communications. Prior to this role, Bob served as the chief of staff for Deloitteâs Chairman of the Board for six years, and has held numerous marketing and leadership positions since joining the firm in 1998. Earlier in his career, he was a vice president of sales with Chase Bank from 1988-1998, and sold municipal and corporate bonds for various brokerage firms. In addition to serving on the board of Pro Mujer Inc., Bob is also a member of the board of The United Way of Monmouth County, New Jersey. His prior board service includes the Affordable Housing Alliance, and he is a past chairman of the Business & Professional Committee of the American Cancer Society, Monmouth County Chapter. Bob graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 1982 with a B.A. in Political Science and earned his MBA from Fordham University in 1994.
Rob Sligh
Affiliate Consultant, The Family Business Consulting Group
Rob is an affiliate of The Family Business Consulting Group, assisting family-owned businesses create value for shareholders and families now and in the future. He is particularly adept and graceful in helping families and leaders create and effectively employ Performance Forums (boards, peer groups), Strategy (planning, organizing, feedback, compensation) and Succession (ownership, leadership).
Prior to joining FBCG, Rob spent 33 years in multi-generational family business leadership. Initially in brand management at SC Johnson Wax for several years he went on to become Chairman & CEO and of Sligh Furniture and Clock Company with a majority outside board of directors.
Rob has served on more than a dozen family business fiduciary or advisory boards and non-profit boards. On many of those, he served as Chairman of the Board and/ or Chairman of the Compensation, Finance or Nominating Committee.
Rob has successfully helped family businesses accomplish successful ownership transitions and seamless leadership succession. He has facilitated peer groups, strategy, tactics and the ways accomplishments can be measured. Rob is particularly experienced working with family members and family groups.
In addition to his continuing work on family business boards, Rob is active in the National Association of Corporate Directors, the Private Directors Association and the Young Presidents Organization.
Peter Gleason
CEO and President, National Association of Corporate Directors
Peter Gleason is the President and CEO of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). Gleason is a recognized expert on board leadership and corporate governance issues. He serves as a member of NACD's national faculty, is regularly quoted in the national media, and is a frequent presenter on the subjects of corporate governance, executive and director compensation, risk, strategic planning, and board/shareowner relations. He has served as a commissioner on every NACD Blue Ribbon Commission report issued over the past 16 years, including the most recent releases on The Strategic Asset Board, Long Term Value Creation, Strategy Development, Talent Development, and Board Diversity. Peter currently serves on the board of NACD and on the advisory board of Nura Health, Inc., a development-stage health-care company. Gleason is also a director of the NACD Capital Area Chapter, Deputy Chair of Global Network of Director Institutes, and is a NACD Board Leadership Fellow. He is the former chair of the International Professional Practices Framework Oversight Council of the Institute of Internal Auditors and was formerly a director of The Patriot Fund.
Before joining NACD, Gleason was a management consultant with both Ernst & Young and Pritchett & Associates. In addition, he served as Vice President and Director of U.S. Research for Institutional Shareholder Services.
Gleason is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Virginia Tech, from where he has a MBA with concentrations in both Finance and Marketing.
Doug Baumoel
Founder, Continuity, LLC
Doug Baumoel is the Founder of Continuity, LLC and offers an extensive background in family business operations and executive management in his work with clients. He served as a second-generation executive in his own family’s business and has held key executive positions in other family and non-family businesses.
Doug started and ran businesses in both the U.S. and Europe, and lived overseas for six years while establishing and managing the European offices of his family’s business. He has applied more than 20 years of business experience to the development of a process for analyzing key variables affecting family business conflict. Early on in his career, prior to joining his family’s business, Doug served as an internal consultant in strategic planning for Sperry Corporation (Unisys) and as an engineer at Polaroid.
Doug is the co-author, with Continuity Managing Partner Blair Trippe, of Deconstructing Conflict: Understanding Family Business, Shared Wealth and Power. This recently published work is the ultimate guide to Continuity’s unique developmental approach to conflict management in family enterprises. A highly-regarded thought leader on conflict management, leadership and governance in family enterprise, Doug has authored or co-authored articles and chapters for numerous professional publications and journals – including Family Business and Massachusetts Family Business magazine; the Thomson West Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Guide; Private Company Director magazine; and Negotiation Journal of the Harvard/MIT/Tufts Program on Negotiation.
His extensive speaking and facilitation engagements include the Campden “America’s Families in Business” conference; FFI’s annual international conference; Transitions East; and the Smith Family Business Initiative at Cornell University along with Suffolk University Law School; Northeastern University Business School; Babson University; the Massachusetts Bar Association; American Bar Association; Massachusetts Probate Council; Boston Private Bank; several regional estate planning councils and various national industrial conferences in multiple industries.
Doug earned an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. A dual certificate holder in both Family Business Advising and Family Wealth Advising from the Family Firm Institute, he has been awarded the additional distinction of FFI Fellow. Among Doug’s numerous professional achievements, he holds a certificate in Civil Mediation from MCLE and is a graduate of the Director Professionalism program of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), which recognized him with Fellow status. Doug also served as President of the New England chapter of the Family Firm Institute.
Nancy Drozdow
Founder/Principal, CFAR
Nancy Drozdow, one of CFAR’s five founders, has led CFAR’s family and owner-led business practice for more than 30 years and has been instrumental in the development of CFAR’s approach to strategy. Nancy is known for her expertise as a thinking partner to leaders, successors and successor candidates across the family enterprise. Nancy helps her clients creatively identify and work through dilemmas around complex issues of performance, money and relationships. Nancy is a founder of the Family Firm Institute. She is also an FFI Fellow and served on the organization’s original board. Nancy received the 2012 Richard Beckhard Practice Award from the Family Firm Institute, which annually honors a distinguished practitioner for outstanding contributions to the field of family business practice. She has lectured widely on topics such as risk, competition and growth, governance, succession, exit and continuity, and leadership. Her work and ideas have been published in Sloan Management Review, Business Week, CEO Magazine, Family Business Magazine, Journal of Management Consulting, Family Business Review, and the New York Times. Nancy holds an MBA in strategy from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Caleb White
Senior Consultant, CFAR
Caleb White, Senior Consultant, specializes in the complex strategic and operational issues facing today’s organizations. He draws on his experience as a high impact leader in both privately-held and large public companies, at different stages of development and across multiple industries. This includes leading his sixth-generation family business, Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc. Caleb brings both personal and professional insight to leadership and governance dilemmas facing clients.
As a member of CFAR’s Owner-Led business practice, Caleb’s work is driven by an ability to create strategic value: identifying investment/acquisition opportunities, strong P&L acumen, and dedication to building a culture of operational excellence. From his experience in his family’s business, he is also particularly attuned to high stakes shareholder issues and complex multigenerational family business dynamics.
Prior to joining CFAR, Caleb was President and CEO of Ensign-Bickford, a privately held portfolio of of diversified manufacturing companies, where he furthered expansion and spearheaded nearly ten acquisitions helping transform the portfolio into new areas. He is now a member of its Board of Directors. Caleb also serves as a Director of Axiam Inc. and Brokers International, and has been a member of numerous not-for-profit boards throughout his career, including St. Mark’s School of Southboro, MA and the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, which was founded by his father.
Caleb received his MBA from Northwestern University/Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and his BA in East Asian Studies from Yale University.
Sara Hamilton
Sara Hamilton is the Founder and CEO of Family Office Exchange (FOX), the definitive source of information and best practices associated with the business of managing the family enterprise and the family’s wealth across generations. Since 1989, FOX has made financial solutions accessible to business-owning families by fostering dialogue among wealth owners and wealth advisors. In 2014, FOX celebrated its 25th anniversary of service, and remains true to its founding mission of objectivity in wealth management, member education and shared knowledge across a sophisticated, global network of families and leading wealth advisors.
Family Office Exchange is a 28-year-old family business providing networking, education and advice to other multi-generational family enterprises that have more to manage than just a business. Family Office Exchange (FOX) serves more than 360 families in 20 countries that have made a commitment to stays together as an enterprise. Sara serves on advisory boards for two family enterprises outside the U.S. and a multi-family office in the U.S. Her son Nate serves on the advisory board for FOX.
Sara is the co-author of Family Legacy and Leadership: Preserving True Family Wealth in Challenging Times, published by Wiley & Sons. For 10 years, she has served on the Executive Education faculty of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business for the course on Private Wealth Management offered twice a year in Chicago. She is a member of the World Economic Forum‘s Global Advisory Council on the Future of Investing and a board member for the Private Directors Association.
Ms. Hamilton was recently named one of the Top 50 Women in Wealth Management by PAM, and was honored with this award for three years running by Wealth Manager. She serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Wealth Management and Trusts and Estates magazine.
Theodore Sharp
Senior Client Partner, Korn Ferry Hay Group
Theodore Sharp is a Senior Client Partner for Korn Ferry Hay Group, based in the firm’s Boston office. He is a member of the Executive Pay and Governance team.
Mr. Sharp consults with clients extensively in compensation related issues, specializing in the area of executive compensation.
In-depth relationships are the hallmark of Theo’s consulting philosophy and understanding the people, business strategy, and competitive landscape of his clients help him provide the best possible advice regarding compensation strategy incentive alignment.
Informed, practical advice are what his clients rely on year after year, whether they are developing a whole new incentive strategy or just as a sounding board for new ideas. These principles are applied to clients at all stages of development, from pre-IPO to mature public companies.
Mr. Sharp’s specific areas of expertise include incentive plan design, executive compensation benchmarking, employment and severance agreement design and evaluation, Golden Parachute excise tax mitigation and calculation, non-qualified deferred compensation and the tax and accounting treatment of equity compensation.
Mr. Sharp has a diverse client base that includes publicly traded companies, private and family owned businesses, pre-IPO companies as well as not-for-profit entities such as foundations and Universities. His clients represent a broad array of industries with a focus on technology and life science.
Mr. Sharp has a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business and earned a Juris Doctor from Northeastern University. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.
Registration
Standard Pricing
Private company owners, shareholders, managers and investors, and public and private company board members:
$1,895—First attendee
$1,395—Additional attendees from the same company/board
Past attendees of the Private Company Governance Summit or the Transitions Conferences qualify for an additional discount on their registration fees:
$1,705.50—First Attendee
$1,255.50—Additional attendees from the same company/board
All other attendees: advisers, consultants, others allied to the field:
$2,350—Each attendee
Conference Hotel
Located in the heart of our nation’s capital, The Westin Washington, D.C. City Center is a vibrant hotel that captures the city’s dynamic spirit. The hotel has recently completed a multimillion-dollar transformation that has included dramatically-redesigned accommodations; public areas, including the lobby and a new 24-hour fitness center; meeting venues; and Fringetree, the new signature restaurant. The 406 newly-transformed guest rooms and suites are designed with your comfort in mind. Sleep well in the Heavenly® Bed and refresh in the Heavenly® Bath. Mini-refrigerators and 50-inch LCD flat screen TVs add a touch of aesthetic functionality. Every room also offers wireless High Speed Internet Access and 24-hour room service. Reenergize in the all-new 24-hour WestinWORKOUT® Fitness Studio, featuring state-of-the-art weight machines, free weights, and cardio equipment. Blending modern design with healthful menu offerings, Fringetree is an innovative restaurant and lounge that provides the ideal atmosphere for a delectable meal or handcrafted cocktail. Fringetree’s grab-and-go counter serves Starbucks® coffee, breakfast sandwiches, and light fare. The Westin Washington D.C. City Center’s central location makes it easy to appreciate the world-renowned buildings and historical monuments found throughout the city. The hotel is served by two metro stations: McPherson Square on the Blue/Orange lines and Farragut North on the Red line. The Washington Convention Center is just five blocks east, and the White House is five blocks south. Shops, restaurants, and nightclubs are just four blocks west on Connecticut Avenue.
A limited number of rooms are available at a special conference group rate of $299 per night which includes complimentary guest room internet, plus taxes which are presently 14.5% and subject to change. Reservations must be made prior to the cut-off date of Tuesday, April 25, 2018. Reservations may be made online here.
Reservations may also be made by calling 1-888-627-9035 and reference “Directors and Boards”
The hotel is located close to three airports: Reagan National Airport, 4 miles; Dulles International Airport, 27 miles; and Baltimore Washington International Airport, 32 miles.
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Directors & Boards, Family Business Magazine and Private Company Director invite owners, shareholders and board members of privately-held companies to the Private Company Governance Summit 2018, May 16-18, 2018, at the Westin City Center, Washington, D.C.
The sixth annual Private Company Governance Summit is the only national conference focused exclusively on the unique governance challenges of privately-owned businesses, including closely-held companies, family-owned companies and private equity-owned companies.
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