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Celebrating FFI Organizational Members: Part VI
July 18, 2025
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oday we continue our 2025 series featuring FFI organizational members. These issues highlight the contributions of distinguished associations, educational institutions, and professional organizations from across the globe.

In this edition, we feature six more exceptional organizations that are increasing the global footprint of the field and sharing their invaluable knowledge with the FFI community. Discover how these members are shaping the future of the field and enriching the wider FFI network. Stay connected as we spotlight more organizational members in upcoming issues!

Merrill Center for Family Wealth®
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The Merrill Center for Family Wealth® provides insights and resources based on research and experience for individuals or families who are navigating the complexities of wealth. The Merrill Center for Family Wealth empowers ultra-high-net worth families to define the purpose of their wealth and to be intentional about wealth’s impact on themselves, their families and their communities.

FFI members include Sarah Cruse Bertot, FFI Fellow Dan Frosh, Valerie Galinskaya, Jenna Gatto, Phoebe Massey, Shilpa Mirchandani, Lauren Ogg, Isabelle Pascucci, and Anton Vishnevskyi.

The Merrill Center for Family Wealth® is a sponsor of the 2025 Global Conference. Check out the Center’s newest white paper, The Gifting Dilemma: Moving Beyond All-or-Nothing Thinking to Gift with Intention, which explores developing a process for intentional gifting and communication to family members.

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Dan Frosh

FFI Fellow
Vice Chair, Board of Directors
Director, Center for Family Wealth Principal
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Valerie Galinskaya

Managing Director & Head, Merrill Center for Family Wealth®
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Shilpa Mirchandani

Director, Center for Family Wealth Principal
Prairie Family Business Association
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Prairie Family Business Association is a key outreach center of the University of South Dakota’s Beacom School of Business and helps family businesses thrive through generations. More than 260 businesses are part of membership, which is open to any family business in the U.S. and across the globe.

FFI members are Rana DeBoer, Marek Kolinski, Stephanie Larcheid, Donna Marino, Sandra McNeely, Callie Tuschen, and Mason Van Essen.

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Rana DeBoer

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Marek Kolinski

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Stephanie Larcheid

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Donna Marino

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Sandra McNeely

FFI Fellow
Treasurer, FFI Board of Directors
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Callie Tuschen

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Mason Van Essen

Premier Family Business Consulting
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Premier Family Business Consulting is a multi-disciplinary family business consulting firm in Southeast Asia with global knowledge, local expertise, and regional coverage to influence and inspire family unity for multi-generational wealth and business professionalization.

FFI members are the firm founder and FFI Fellow Jonathan Ramos, Corazon Canete, Maria Cejas, Anbern Guarrine, Neil Montesclaros, Rene Y. Paquibut, Theresa Ramos, Darlon Serenio, Marvin Soco, and Jefferson Al Tio.

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Corazon Canete

CFWA
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Maria Cejas

CFBA
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Anbern R. Guarrine

CFBA
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Neil Arnold Montesclaros

CFBA
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Rene Y. Paquibut

CFBA
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Jonathan Ramos

FFI Fellow
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Theresa Ramos

CFBA
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Darlon Serenio

CFBA
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Marvin Soco

CFBA
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Jefferson Al Tio

CFBA
Singularity
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Singularity was founded in 2008 to educate new leaders to be prepared for the transformational change that technology will provoke over the next hundred years. Singularity offers educational programs and experiences focused on the convergence and application of exponential technologies to deliver business and societal value.

FFI members are Reggie Prevail; Rob Nail, who will present the Opening Keynote “Exponential Thinking and the Multi-Generational Family Enterprise: Innovation, Technology, and the Future” at the 2025 Global Conference; and Kris Verburgh, who was a recent guest on the FFI Practitioner podcast, discussing advancements in longevity research.

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Reggie Prevail

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Rob Nail

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Kris Verburgh

Suffolk University Law School
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Founded in 1906, Suffolk University Law School strives to meet the challenges and embrace the opportunities of a rapidly changing world, empowering law students from all backgrounds and circumstances to excel professionally and contribute positively to society through a legal education that integrates practical skills, foundational knowledge, and ethics.

FFI members include FFI Fellow Patricia Annino, Christopher Gibson, Suffolk Law Dean Andrew Perlman, and Vice Dean Patrick Shin. Suffolk University Law School is the Academic Host of the 2025 Global Conference.

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Patricia Annino

FFI Fellow
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Christopher Gibson

2025 Keynote speaker
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Andrew Perlman

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Patrick Shin

Universidad Panamericana
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Family businesses generate about 90% of Mexico’s GDP, and around 70% of them consider innovation as a key factor for their continuity. Universidad Panamericana provides a degree program in Family Business Administration and Management, with a curriculum that is unique in Mexico and focuses on developing future managers in a key sector of the economy.

FFI members include David Abascal Castro, Pablo Adolfo Ibañez Esqueda, María Andrea Arias Morales, Francisco Javier Monroy, Laura Natalí Amezcuna Bautista, and Lucía Rodríguez-Aceves.

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David Abascal Castro

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Pablo Adolfo Ibañez Esqueda

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María Andrea Arias Morales

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Francisco Javier Monroy

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Laura Natalí Amezcuna Bautista

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Lucía Rodríguez-Aceves

FFI ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS
These associations, educational institutions, and professional organizations are members of FFI, increasing the global footprint of the field.
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Today, we celebrate the achievements of 2025 Q2 GEN graduates receiving Dual Certificates in Family Business Advising and Family Wealth Advising (CFBA/CFWA).

These graduates, from around the world, have successfully completed a challenging program, engaging in collaborative learning alongside their peers and expert faculty. Along the way, they’ve built a global network of peers dedicated to advancing multi-generational family enterprises.

Their achievements are commendable, and we celebrate their success.

Dates to Remember
AUG
15
Registration Deadline for Q3 GEN Core and Advanced Certificate Programs
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SEP
16
Registration Deadline for the 2025 Global Conference at the Summer Rate
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OCT
29-31
2025 Global Conference
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NOV
10
FFI Annual Meeting
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