About - Conway Center for Family Business

About

The Family Business Center of Central Ohio was founded in 1998 through the vision of Dick Emens, Bea Wolper, and other family business and community leaders. They created a space where family business leaders could gather, share knowledge, and find support in navigating the unique challenges of family-owned enterprises.

In 2008, following Jim Conway's transformative $1 million donation to sustain our mission, the organization was renamed the Conway Center for Family Business. Today, we remain Central Ohio's exclusive organization dedicated to serving the distinctive needs of family-owned businesses.

The Conway Center has more than 200 family business members representing more than 35,000 employees and more than 40 service provider members who work together to help family businesses be successful.

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Member Services We Provide

To accomplish these goals, we:

  • Stage large group educational programs where family business leaders share solutions to family business challenges.
  • Facilitate peer group programs where small groups of family business leaders share their experiences with family business challenges.
  • Host an annual Family Business Awards and Expo attended by more than 500 business and community leaders to honor outstanding family businesses.
  • Recognize life-long contributions of individuals and outstanding family businesses through the Family Business Hall of Fame.
  • Provide networking opportunities including “insider” visits to leading family businesses and other social and relationship building events.
  • Produce regular communications with program and event information and business-building ideas that reach thousands of members, their employees, and community leaders.
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