Four lessons on building an enduring family business from a G5 COO

Our family's 119-year journey illustrates how values, stewardship and intentional family governance can help businesses endure across generations.

The Walker family’s 119-year journey illustrates how values, stewardship and intentional family governance can help businesses endure across generations.

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Christine M. Walker-Bowman

Christine M. Walker-Bowman is a fifth-generation member of the Walker family and serves as the chief operating officer and executive vice president of Farmers & Merchants Trust Company, as well as co-president of the Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation.