Center for Family Business

M. L. McLaughlin, Ph.D., President & CEO UNH Foundation
Chairman of the Board, CFB
Phone: 203-932-7112

Paul L. Sessions, Director, CFB
Phone 203-932-7421

Karen Moran, Director of Operations, UNH Foundation
Phone 203-931-6033

Chris Tambis, Administrative Secretary, CFB
Phone 203-931-6031, Fax 203-931-6036 

Latest News:
Read the CFB May 2008 Newsletter  Family Equity (Adobe Acrobat required.)
Read our latest brochure (Adobe Acrobat required.)

Mission and Member Benefits:

The Center for Family Business of the University of New Haven was established in 1994. We currently have over 60 member family businesses from around the state, and our membership continues to grow.

Mission Statement:

To foster the health and continuity of family businesses by providing a variety of educational and informational services to family business owners and their advisors. We seek to balance the well-being of the business, the family and the individuals involved, to provide opportunities for our members to develop business and advisory relationships with each other, and to strengthen the economic base of Connecticut.

Benefits of Membership:

• Education for family members, key employees and advisors through a series of conferences, workshops and panel discussions throughout the year.
  
  
• Networking with other owners/members of family businesses and with leading authorities on the subject of family-owned businesses.
  
  
• Confidential small group forums (Management CEO/COO Forum, Women’s Forum, Seniors’ Forum and Successors’ Forum) where family business members provide one another with objective, honest feedback directed toward the common goals of success and continuity of both families and businesses.
  
  
• Video recordings of our rich and varied past programs which members may borrow.
  
  
• Books and tapes from the Center’s library of Family Business publications.
  
  
• Family Equity, our newsletter, offering articles on succession, ownership, family relationships and business management issues.
  
  
• Referrals to skilled family business consultants and other professionals.
  
  
• Use of the University’s Marvin K. Peterson Library, which houses a collection of books, periodicals, CD-rom and on-line data bases on topics relevant to family-owned businesses.
  
  
• For further information, please contact Paul Sessions, Director, at (203) 932-7421.