2025 Conference Program Committee

The Conference Program Committee decides on the conference theme, drafts the call for proposals, agrees on a process for vetting and choosing the proposals received, determines the daily conference schedule, recommends keynote presenters, and acts as hosts during conference.

Members:
Francesca Ambrosini, PwC
Patricia Annino, Rimôn Law
Doutzen Groothof, Nomadic School of Business
Anouk Lavoie, IMD Global Family Business Center
Timothy McGuire, Pentacle AS
Dennis Oteng, Venture Raven

2086 Society

The 2086 Society was created in 2018 to reinforce FFI’s role as a leader in advancing the field of family enterprise through its core strategies of education, research, and public awareness—and to build on its mission to be the most influential global network of thought leaders in the field of family enterprise. It has granted two research awards, engaged individuals as scholars-in-residence, and currently works with the Nomadic School of Business to present alternative business models.

Members:
Patricia Annino, Rimôn Law
John Davis, Cambridge Family Enterprise Group
Judy Green, Green Associates, LLC
Debbie Bing, ex officio, CFAR

Founding members include Fredda Herz Brown, Nancy Drozdow, and Paul Karofsky

Achievement Awards Committee

The Achievement Awards Committee annually reviews nomination for the four FFI Achievement Awards: Richard Beckhard Practice Award, Barbara Hollander Award, Interdisciplinary Award, and International Award.

Members:
Edith Ang, HSBC Private Banking
Christine Blondel, INSEAD
Denise Federer, Federer Performance Management Group
Lisa Morel, Family Business Consulting Group
Preston Root, Root Organization
Albert Jan Thomassen, FBN Netherlands

Best Doctoral Dissertation Award Committee

This committee of academics reviews all award submissions in a blind, peer-review process between January 1 and April 1 each year. The Best Doctoral Dissertation Award is awarded annually to encourage and recognize outstanding academic achievement in the field of family business study.

The Best Dissertation Award Committee’s nearly 30 members are academics from family enterprise and entrepreneurship university programs around the world. Read a complete member list here.

Best Unpublished Research Paper Award Committee

This academic committee reviews all submissions submitted in this category between January 1 and April 1 each year. The Best Unpublished Research Paper Award is awarded annually after a blind, peer review of all submissions.

Members:
Allan Discua Cruz, Lancaster University
Miruna Radu Lefebvre, Audencia Business School

Family Business Review Best Article Award Committee

This committee changes yearly and is comprised of members of the FBR Editorial Advisory Board. The Best Article Award Committee reviews all FBR articles published in the previous calendar year and selects one article to receive the award. The Best FBR Article Award is given to recognize and celebrate the strongest contribution to the journal, highlighting FBR‘s pioneering and anchoring role in the field of family business studies.

Members:
Yannick Bammens, Hasselt University
Sarah Burrows, Queen’s University
Emanuela Rondi, Politecnico di Milano
Roy Suddaby, University of Victoria

Family Business Review Outstanding Reviewer Committee

The Outstanding Reviewer Award is given to the reviewer who has excelled in his or her reviewing for FBR, highlighting the importance of reviewers in the development and publication of scholarly research. This award is chosen by the editor and associate editors of FBR.

Members:
Keith H. Brigham, University of Oklahoma
Cristina Cruz Serrano, IE University
Josh Daspit, Texas State University
Alfredo De Massis, IMD Business School, D’Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara
Peter Jaskiewicz, University of Ottawa
Nadine Kammerlander, WHU Otto-Beisheim School of Management
Josip Kotlar, Politecnico di Milano
Mattias Nordqvist, Stockholm School of Economics
Philipp Sieger, University of Bern
Matthias Waldkirch, EBS Universität

Finance & Audit Committee

This committee develops the annual budget for FFI Board for approval, review quarterly financial statements, assist with financial analysis of FFI core initiatives yearly, meet with auditors review to review annual audit prior to FFI Board approval.

Members:
Mary Duke
Anthony Macaluso, Belden Hill Partners
Bilal Zein, Quanon Capital Ltd

Nominating Committee

From the By-laws: A Nominating Committee, consisting of a chairperson and four other members, shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting after the annual meeting. The chairperson and at least one other member shall be members of the Board of Directors at the time of their appointment. In addition, the Chair shall be ex-officio a non-voting member of the Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee shall select a slate of one or more nominees for the Board of Directors’ seats to be filled.

Members:
Wanja Michuki, Be Bold Consulting & Advisory Ltd.
Linda Murphy, University College Cork
Guillermo Salazar, Exaudi Family Business Consulting
Debbie Bing, ex officio, CFAR

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