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Phone: 616-331-6827 Fax: 616-331-7380 Ellie Frey freyel@gvsu.edu 401 Fulton St. W. 274C DeVos Center Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Alliance Partners
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Wondering how successful family businesses do it?
Executive Partner volunteer advisors
will let you in on the secret!
"'You can't stop the waves, but you can learn how to surf.'
If you are a young executive trying to ride the learning curve
toward effective family business leadership, you will find
productive insights from the Executive Partners."
-- Ben Thompson, Owner & Genreral Manager,
Thompson Remodeling, Inc. and
View List of Volunteers Executive Partner participant.
Team up with someone who has walked in your shoes...
Executive Partner (EP) Advisors are experienced, successful family-owned business executives who volunteer their time to provide one-to-one assistance and coaching to other family business owners to help them succeed from generation to generation. EP Advisors are passionate about family-owned businesses. Whether active or retired, EP Advisors have demonstrated success with both business and family concerns. Understanding that when family businesses thrive, the whole community benefits, EP Advisors want to share what they have learned with others. EP Advisors have been particularly successful in helping business owners name and frame critical family business issues. To Request An EP Volunteer Advisor:
Contact the Family Business Alliance Director, who will ask you about your needs and explain the services offered through the Executive Partners Program. The Director will then match you to an Executive Partner Volunteer Advisor, who will contact you directly to determine how to best assist you. In some cases you may be able to meet with a number of Volunteer Advisors, who will help guide you to the best resources and most experienced advisers for your situation.
Some Areas Addressed through the Executive Partner’s Program
Current Executive Partners:
Wayne Muller, Committee Chair, Mullers Family Shoe Center (retired)
Rich Baker, Baker Book House
Happy Fox, Henry A. Fox Sales
Jim Gordon, Gordon Food Service
Tim Schad, Nucraft Furniture
Dick Young, Behler-Young Company
Jim Zawacki, GR Spring and Stamping
To learn more about seeking the services of an EP volunteer or becoming an EP volunteer, contact Ellie Frey, Family Business Alliance Director, at 616.331.6827or freyel@gvsu.edu.
FREE to Alliance members. NOT A MEMBER? Then try the Step In, Step Up offer: You may participate in up to 3 sessions (or 6 months, whichever comes first) with an Executive Partner, before membership is required.
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