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Craig E. Aronoff is Co-founder, Principal Consultant, and Chairman ofthe Boardof the Family Business Consulting Group, Inc., the founder of the Cox Family Enterprise Center, and current Professor Emeritus at Kennesaw State University. Heinvented and implemented the membership-based, professional-service-provider sponsored Family Business Forum, which has served as a model of family business education for universities world-wide.
John L. Ward is Co-founder of the Family Business Consulting Group Inc. He is Clinical Professor at the Kellogg School of Management and teaches strategic management, business leadership, and family enterprise continuity.
Stephen L. McClure is a Principal Consultantat the Family Business Consulting Group, Inc. and specializes in family communications and decision making, succession planning and implementation, and governance and management in family firms.
Christopher J. Eckrich is a Principal Consultant of the Family Business Consulting Group, Inc. and specializes in building leadership excellence and maintaining family unity in family owned businesses. He is also Adjunct Professor at The University of Notre Dame.
Jennifer M. Pendergast is aSenior Consultant of The Family Business Consulting Group, Inc.Shespecializes in strategic planning, family and business governance, family office structure, and facilitation. Pendergast is an experienced management consultant with an extensive background in the many strategic challenges faced by family firms. She has served a broad range of clients, ranging from startup to Fortune 500 companies, in both for-profit and non-profit arenas. With a Ph.D. in strategy, Pendergast has taught at Emory University's Goizueta Business School, Georgia Tech and The Wharton Business School. Her teaching experience spans undergraduate, MBA and executive level programs.
Amy M. Schumanisa Principal Consultant of the Family Business Consulting Group, Inc. and works with family businesses on leadership development, communication skills, and team building. Amy was the founding facilitator of the Next Generation Leadership Institute, an intensive, two-year program for next generation family business leaders that is part of the Loyola University Chicago Family Business Center.
Joseph H. Astrachan is Wachovia Eminent Scholar Chair of Family Business, Executive Director of the Cox Family Enterprise Center, and one of the founders of the Executive MBA for Families in Business at the Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University. He is editor of the scientific journal, the Journal of Family Business Strategy, and immediate past editor of Family Business Review.
Otis W. Baskin is a Consultant of the Family Business Consulting Group, Inc, Professor of Management at The George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University,and the founding Director of the Family Business Forum at The University of Memphis.
Franois M. de Visscher is President of de Visscher & Co., Founder of"Family Capital Growth Partners," Co-founder ofthe Business Growth Alliance and a director and shareholder of his own family's global enterprise, N.V. Bekaert S.A.
Mary F. Whiteside is a licensed psychologist, mediator, family therapist, and consultant. She is an advanced practitioner member of the Association for Conflict Resolution, a fellow of the Family Firm Institute, a member of the American Psychological Association, a fellow of the Michigan Psychological Association, and one of the founding members of the Collaborative Practice Institute of Michigan.
Drew S. Mendoza is the Managing Principal of the Family Business Consulting Group, Inc.and wasthe founding director of the Loyola University Chicago Family Business Center, recognized as a leading think tank on issues unique to business-owning families.
