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By Lori Elliott, Retail Market Leader at First Merchants Bank A recent study revealed that more than a million older Americans lose $2.6 billion annually to financial abuse. The abuse comes from strangers, caregivers and even family members. In fact, AARP reports that about sixty percent of Adult Protective Services cases of financial abuse involve […]

Bringing Millennials into Leadership Roles January 19, 2017 – 7:30-9:00 a.m. Alumni Hall at Ohio Dominican University 1215 Sunbury Rd., Columbus, OH 43219 Michael Devine from  Devine Consulting  will facilitate a panel discussion with family business members to answer your questions on how to best develop, promote, and retain Millennials in the family business.   Elizabeth […]

Protect Your Cash Cow by Choosing the Right Entity Structure for Your Family Business by Bea Wolper, Emens & Wolper Law Firm In a recent session of the Women in Family Business Peer Group at the Conway Center for Family Business, we discussed the importance of choosing the right entity structure to protect your family […]

This is an excerpt from an article Conway Center Co-Founder Bea Wolper wrote for Columbus CEO: Setting aside politics and conflicts, the process of quickly transferring President-elect Trump’s interests to his children will be difficult at best—especially without the “journey of succession” that needs to occur when a family business transitions to the next generation. Successfully […]

MONTHLY MESSAGE – December 2016   Do You Really Know What Your Family Business is Worth? Why You Need a Business Valuation December 15 – 7:30-9:00 a.m. Alumni Hall at Ohio Dominican University 1215 Sunbury Rd., Columbus, OH 43219 Join Tim McDaniel from Rea & Associates as he leads a panel discussion with family business leaders […]

MONTHLY MESSAGE  – November 2016 Practical Governance: The Importance of Advisory Boards and Family Councils November 17 – 7:30-9:00 a.m. Alumni Hall at Ohio Dominican University 1215 Sunbury Rd., Columbus, OH 43219   Conway Center Service Provider, Rick McQuown, Partner at Porter Wright, will facilitate a panel discussion with Kent Johnson, CEO of Highlights for […]

MONTHLY MESSAGE  – October 2016 R-E-S-P-E-C-T: How do you gain it as a new family business leader? October 20 – 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. Alumni Hall at Ohio Dominican University 1215 Sunbury Rd., Columbus, OH 43219 When a family member takes on a new role or takes over the family business, it can be a […]

By Jennifer Griffith, Ohio-Area Regional President of First Merchants Bank Perceptions of value, convenience and ability are central to how we weed out the massive number of potential companies we choose to do business with. Knowing the importance of client perceptions, we recently engaged with Saperstein Associates to conduct focus groups with our retail customers […]