e are pleased to announce the 2024 recipients of the FFI GEN scholarships! We thank the generous sponsors of these awards for ensuring that professionals in the field receive the outstanding interdisciplinary education for which FFI has become known globally.

Marianna Hernández Harb is a consultant at Family Enterprise Partners in Madrid, advising families and preparing the next generation to be responsible shareholders, with a focus on helping clients succeed in preserving, generating, and transferring their legacy. Marianna studied law and finance at Tecnológico de Monterrey and has experience as a corporate legal advisor, and as an educator, as well as experience with Stonehage Fleming family office advisory services.

Emeline Foster is the founder of petrichor, a boutique philanthropic advisory firm.  Emeline works with individuals, families and corporations and ensures that her clients feel entrusted to develop philanthropy that is both meaningful to them and impactful to their community and society at large. Emeline was most recently the deputy head of the Philanthro-lab, a family-funded philanthropic project based in Paris. The Philanthro-lab hosts more than 50 nonprofits and philanthropic funds as well as an incubator to improve their strategy and capacity-building. She has served as managing director of foundations both in the US and in France.

María Lourdes Urrea Vargas is a creative developer and consultant at Family Business Asesores, where she specializes in strategy and governance in family business. With experience in educational technology and e-learning development, María excels in creating and administering online courses, facilitating workshops, and developing content on a wide variety of topics including emotional intelligence, communication, and negotiation for business families. An advocate for women’s participation in STEAM fields, she has presented at TEDxPuraVida among other international conferences.

Oghenevwoke Ighure is CEO and founder of My Family, My Business, which develops educational programs tailored for family-owned businesses, including the Family Business Summit, Next Gen Boot camp, Family Business Leadership Awards, and the Family Business Deal Room. A pioneer in family business consulting in Nigeria, Oghenevwoke established the first family business summit in the country in collaboration with PwC Nigeria. He is publisher of the digital publication Family Business Journal. He is interested in exploring the wider societal impacts of family-owned enterprises and aims to increase understanding of family system dynamics and their influence on family businesses and business families.

Kimberly Go, CFBA/CFWA, is assistant vice president of her family’s business and a third-generation member. She recently led a governance initiative for her family’s business and completed the Bowen Family Systems Theory Continuing Studies Program. Kimberly was previously a consultant at Premier Family Business Consulting and has spoken at family business conferences worldwide about intergenerational communication and being a member of the next generation. Kimberly graduated from Northwestern University with a double major in journalism and economics. She is interested in conflict resolution, succession planning, and educating the rising generation.