SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
University Affairs Office
1801 E. Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928-3609
(707) 664-2057
e-mail: jean.wasp@sonoma.edu
University Affairs Office
1801 E. Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928-3609
(707) 664-2057
e-mail: jean.wasp@sonoma.edu
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 10, 2003
Contact: Jean Wasp, Media Relations, (707) 664-2057
Seminar Explores Ins and Outs of Family Businesses
A seminar exploring the complexities of running and sustaining family businesses will be held on Friday, June 27 at the Doubletree Hotel, 1 Doubletree Drive, in Rohnert Park. Registration is at 8 a.m. The program runs from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.The course is sponsored by Sonoma State University's School of Business and Economics and the University of the Pacific Institute for Family Business. It is part of an initial effort by the university to establish a long term program in this area.
Dennis T. Jaffee will discuss the process of sustaining a business into a new generation, developing new leadership, providing fair inheritance to all heirs, and keeping the family connected.
The program will focus on several tools that helps family members some together to problem solve, create clear agreements and talk through differences in perspective and needs. "It will offer specific tools for families to manage the links between family and business so that they sustain the wealth-producing engine as well as family continuity and connection, " says Jaffee.
Jaffee is a professor at Saybrook Graduate School in San Francisco, and a leader in the field of family business. He is author of two of the leading books in the field, "Working With the Ones You Love," and "Working With Family Businesses."
He is also co-creator of the Aspen Family Business Inventory, a member of the board of Family Firm Institute and the World Business Academy. He has worked with families for more than 20 years, helping them manage the issues of family and business succession.
Other partners in the program include Exchange Bank, Matsen Insurance Services and Friedman, O'Brien, Goldberg & Zarian.
Cost is $75 for the first family member, $25 for each additional member. Those sponsored by the partners in the program will be admitted free.
For further information, contact the University of the Pacific (209) 946-2956 or (888) 439-2867