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15th Annual Awards Program and Expo Celebrating Family Business Success The 15th Annual Conway Center Family Business Awards Program had record-breaking attendance of over 400 guests to celebrate another year of family business success! The event, held at the Aladdin Shrine Center on November 1, honored 31 local businesses and individuals in various categories.

The Conway Center for Family Business is proud to announce the addition of a new member to its advisory board. Joining the board is Karen Hockstad, a partner with the Dinsmore & Shohl law firm. She also chairs the Board of Trustees for the Conway Center for Family Business.

Brad Martyn of FocusCFO will lead an educational program for the Conway Center for Family Business titled “Is Your Family Business on the Path to Success or Headed Down a Bumpy Road?” from 7:30-9:00 a.m. on December 12, 2013 at Ohio Dominican University’s Alumni Hall, 1216 Sunbury Road. Martyn will outline 10 keys to running […]

Ohio Dominican University (ODU) will hold its 100th commencement exercise at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013. Approximately 200 students will have degrees conferred upon them as they are joined by hundreds of family and friends in Alumni Hall, located on ODU’s main campus at 1216 Sunbury Road, Columbus, 43219. Beatrice “Bea” Wolper, J.D., […]

Bill Hermann, CPA, partner at Plante Moran, and co-author of Succession Transition – A Roadmap for Seamless Transitions in Leadership, will provide family business leaders with options to consider when they do not have readily apparent successors during the Conway Center for Family Business educational program, “Succession Scenarios: What do you do if your successors […]

You’re Invited to the 10th Annual Family Business Tour and Networking Event August 22 – 4:00-6:30 p.m.

300 Attend 13th Annual Family Business Awards Celebration! On November 4, the Conway Center for Family Business recognized more than 20 businesses and individuals who celebrated milestones or demonstrated accomplishments in the areas of communication, community engagement, re-invention, succession, or support of family businesses.

Please Join Us for the 8th Annual Family Business Tour and Networking Event August 18th – 4:00-6:30 p.m. Don’t miss your chance to learn the story behind the Ricart family’s success. Fred and Rhett Ricart will share how their family business started with one Ford dealership in 1953 and grew to become the largest Ford […]

The 2010 Awards Event was attended by a record crowd of more than 300 family owned business leaders, family members and guests. The Awards Program honored 28 businesses receiving awards for their achievements in seven different categories including communication, community engagement, milestone achievements, re-invention, succession planning, and outstanding service and support of the Conway Center […]