Events, speakers added to ‘Transitions 2011’ conference program




The program for

“Transitions 2011: Family Governance, Legacy, Wealth and Generational Change”

has been enhanced with additional events and speakers. “Transitions” — the second annual conference presented by Family Business Magazine and Stetson University’s Family Enterprise Center — will be held April 7-8 at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Orlando, Fla.

On Thursday evening, April 7, conference participants will dine at Del Frisco’s Prime Steak and Lobster, a multi-generational, award-winning Orlando restaurant. Del Frisco’s owner, Carole Christner, and her son, David Christner, the company’s president, will speak at the dinner. Attendees will travel to the restaurant via Mears Transportation, a third-generation company based in Orlando.

At special April 7 session entitled “What the Next Generation Wants and Needs,” Stetson University Professor Greg McCann and four students in Stetson’s family business program — Alyssa Thompson, Chris Marlow, Nina Laureano and Justin Munizzi — will meet separately with next-generation conference participants to discuss their concerns and expectations about their future roles in their family companies. The group will then present a summary of their discussions to the full group.

The conference — created by family companies for family companies — will feature three half-day sessions:

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  • Family Legacy as a Strategic Advantage
  • Governance, Growth and the Next Generation
  • Preserving Family Values and Growing Family Wealth

Previously announced family speakers include:


  • Thomas M. Bloch,

    former CEO, H&R Block

  • Ross Born,

    co-CEO, Just Born Inc.

  • Philip A. Clemens,

    chairman and CEO, The Clemens Family Corporation

  • Lansing Crane,

    former chairman and CEO, Crane & Co.

  • Jim Ethier,

    chairman of the board, Bush Brothers & Company

  • Timothy B. Hussey,

    president and CEO, Hussey Seating Company

  • Mitchell Kaneff,

    chairman and CEO of Arkay Packaging

  • Richard C. Kessler,

    chairman and CEO, The Kessler Collection (owner of the Grand Bohemian Hotel)

  • Anne Eiting Klamar, M.D.,

    president and CEO, Midmark Corporation

  • Charlotte Lamp, Ph.D.,

    a third-generation shareholder of Port Blakely Companies

  • Scott Livingston,

    president & CEO, Horst Engineering

  • Mark Peters,

    president, Butterball Farms

  • Sylvia Shepard,

    chair of Menasha Corporation’s family council

  • Anthony (Tony) Wilson,

    chair of Bush Brothers & Company’s Family Senate

  • Harold L. Yoh III,

    chairman and CEO, Day & Zimmermann Inc.

Family business advisers who will be speaking at the conference include:


  • Allison P. Shipley,

    principal, tax — personal financial service practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers

  • Bryant W. Seaman III,

    managing director and head of private asset advisory services, Bessemer Trust

  • Dirk JungĂ©,

    chairman and CEO, Pitcairn

  • Ann M. Dugan,

    founder of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence at the University of Pittsburgh’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business

  • F. Douglas Raymond III,

    partner, Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP

  • John Benevides,

    chairman of the YPO/WPO Family Business Network and president of family office services at Harris myCFO

Members of YPO’s Family Business Network will enjoy special programming and preferred registration fees.

The event’s Gold sponsor is PricewaterhouseCoopers. The Silver sponsor is Bessemer Trust. Bronze sponsors are Pitcairn, the University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and DrinkerBiddle.

To view the complete conference agenda and speaker bios and to register, visit

www.familybusinessmagazine.com/transitions

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