List of Past CFOB Speakers
At Centenary's Center for Family-Owned Business, we bring in a wide range of internationally renowned experts to help give our members broad exposure to key issues that keep family-owned businesses successful.
2011-2012
FALL FAMOUS FOUNDERS & FAMILIES DINNER FORUM
Matt Saurage, President and CEO of The Community Coffee Company
“Beyond the Kitchen Table: Core Values as Guideposts in a Growing Company”
Dana Telford, Family Business Consulting Group.
“Strategic Growth in Family-Owned Businesses”
WINTER FAMOUS FOUNDERS & FAMILIES DINNER FORUM
Tony Simmons, President and Chief Operating Officer of The McIlhenny Company
“The Tabasco Brand: History of Innovation and Growth”
SPRING FORUM
Joe Schmieder, Family Business Consulting Group.
"Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Family Enterprise"
2010-11
FALL FAMOUS FOUNDERS & FAMILIES DINNER FORUM
Garett Boone, Cofounder and Chairman Emeritus of The Container Store, Inc.
"Ownership"
Stephanie Brun de Ponet, Ph.D.
Family Business Consulting Group
"Ownership Questions and Decision Points in the Family Business"
Mark Voeller, Ph.D.
Cambridge Advisors to Family Enterprise and The Families in Business Program At Harvard Business School
"Succession, Transition, and the Development of the Next Gerneration"
2009-10
Amy Schuman
Family Business Consulting Group
"Mastering Business Polarities: Learning to Manage Dilemmas That Can’t Be Solved"
Mark Green, Ph.D.
Family Business Consulting Group
"Growing Your Business While Maintaining Family Control"
Henry Foley
Owner Managed Business Institute and the Families in Business Program At Harvard Business School
"Preparing for the Predictable Stages of the Family Business System"
Lagniappe in the Summer
Argent Financial Group presents
Linda Davis Taylor, CCM Family Advisors
"Family, Philanthropy and Legacy"
Red River Bank presents
"US Economic Outlook"
Jessica Renier, Senior Economic Analyst,Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Cook Yancey presents
"Legal Issues Affecting Family Owned Businesses"
attorneys from Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, APLC
2008-09
Kelly LeCouvie, Ph.D.
Family Business Consulting Group
"Strategic Planning for Long-Term Success in the Family Business"
Stephen McClure, Ph.D
Family Business Consulting Group
"Critical Issues in Family Business Governance"
Henry Foley
OMBI and the Families in Business Program At Harvard Business School
"Managing Succession and Transition"
Lagniappe in the Summer
Price Barker, Bill Kalmbach, and Kyle McInnis
Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, APLC presents
"Legal Issues Affecting Family-Owned Businesses"
Argent Financial Group presents
Kyle McDonald, Loyd Brown and Byron Moore
"Financial Issues Affecting Family-Owned Businesses"
Red River Bank presents
Harold Christensen Ed.D.
"A Current Economic Outlook For Family-Owned Businesses"
2007-08
Denise Kenyon-Rouvinez, Ph.D.
Family Business Consulting Group
"Sharing Wisdom, Building Values"
Dana Telford
Harvard Business School-Families in Business Program
Owner Managed Business Institute
"Succession and Continuity Planning"
Christopher Eckrich, Ph.D.
Family Business Consulting Group
"Building Harmony in the Family Business"
2006-07
Otis Baskin, Ph.D.
Pepperdine University
Family Business Consulting Group
"Leadership in the Family-Owned Business"
Dana Telford
Harvard Business School-Families in Business Program
Owner Managed Business Institute
"Essentials of Succession Planning"
Drew Mendoza
Family Business Consulting Group
"Family Meetings, Policies & Protocols"
Lagniappe in the Summer
David Whitaker, J.D., Bridget Dinvault, J.D., Bryce Murray, J.D.
Louis Colletta, J.D.
Lemle & Kelleher, L.L.P.
"Lagniappe on Louisiana Law"
2005-06
Craig Aronoff, Ph.D.
Family Business Consulting Group
"More than Family: Key Non-Family Employees in the Family Business"
"Managing Non-Family Executives & Key Employees"
"Being Effective Owners"
Drew Mendoza
Family Business Consulting Group
"Spouses, In-Laws, Sibling & Cousin Teams"
Jenifer Pendergast, Ph.D.
Family Business Consulting Group
"Strategic Challenges of the Family Owned Business"
"Strategic Planning with Business Boards and Family Councils"
2004-05
John A. Davis, Ph.D.
Harvard Business School – Families in Business Program
Owner Managed Business Institute
"Challenges & Best Practices of Family-Owned Businesses"
"Succession Planning and Developing the Next Generation of Leaders"
Joseph H. Astrachan, Ph.D.
Cox Family Enterprise Center
Family Business Consulting Group
"Managing Conflict & communication in the Family Business"
"Built to Last-Focusing on Non-Financial Returns"
Gerald Le Van, J.D.
The Le Van Company
"39 Critical Questions for Business Families"
"Developing Your Family Business Council"