Pre-Conference
Narratives: Shifting Paradigms in Family Enterprise
CENTURY CLUB, NEW YORK CITY
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1:30PM–6:00PM
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1:30PM–6:00PM
Sponsored by Patricia Annino, Judy Green, and Helena von der Esch
This distinctive preconference brings together perspectives from art, history, and storytelling to explore how family enterprise narratives are preserved, interpreted, and reimagined across generations. The afternoon will include presentations, conversation, and curated gallery tours in an intimate setting.
- 1:30PM Welcome
Helena von der Esch, Formue - 1:40PM Storytelling
ACT ONE: Setting the Stage
A Conversation with Peter Gallagher. American actor, musician and writer. Interviewed by FFI Fellow, John Davis.ACT TWO: Telling the Story
This panel examines approaches drawn from literature, visual art, and theater, to exploring how narrative forms illuminate the complexities of family enterprise while frequently blurring the boundaries between fact and fiction.Presenters:
- Gifford Booth, CEO of TAI Group
- Cheryl Buchanan, Writers Without Margins
- Elijah Edwards, YumYum Designs
- Jamie Yuenger, StoryKeep
- 3:00PM Art Collections
An interview with American Author and Great-Granddaughter of Henry Clay Frick, Martha Frick Symington Sanger. Interviewed by Patricia Annino, Rimôn Law.This presentation will focus on how art collections can, and often do, reflect family and family enterprise trauma and subsequent collecting.
- 4:00PM History
This panel will focus primarily on the generational perspectives since family and family enterprise narratives are often quite different from one generation to the next.Presenters:
- Charles Avery Fisher, Fisher Wallace Laboratories and 2nd generation
- Kimberly Go, JSG Group of Companies, 3rd generation
- Member TBA, 4th generation
- 5:00PM Reception at the Century Club