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: Setting the Stage & Telling the Story
A Conversation with Peter Gallagher, actor, musician and writer. Interviewed by FFI Fellow, John Davis.Panel Discussion
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
- Elijah Edwards, YumYum Designs
- Peter Gallagher, Actor
- Jamie Yuenger, StoryKeep
- 3:00PM Art Collections: How Art Collections often Reflect Family and Family Enterprise Trauma
An conversation and presentation with Martha Frick Symington Sanger, author and great-granddaughter of Henry Clay Frick. Interviewed by FFI Fellow, Patricia Annino. - 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
- Panelist TBA
- 5:00PM Reception at the Century Club