Founded in Tacoma, Bargreen Ellingson is one of the leading food service supply and restaurant design companies in the United States. Please join Rick, Paul, David, and Eric Ellingson for what should be a fascinating discussion regarding preparing the next generation and maintaining and enhancing the family legacy…

Please join as the Pacific Family Business Institute (“PFBI”) presents the results of its 2018 survey of over 80 family businesses in Washington and Oregon. The Survey gathered data on board structure, processes, and compensation…

Please join as the Pacific Family Business Institute (“PFBI”) releases the results of its 2018 survey of over 80 family businesses in Oregon and Washington. The 2018 Survey gathered data on board structure, processes, and compensation

Stephen is Chairman of the Global Family Office Group for Citi Private Bank. Citi serves over 1,000 family offices throughout the world. Stephen formerly was the Chief Investment Officer for a Seattle-based family office and has held senior leadership roles in other financial services and financial technology businesses. 

Please join as the Pacific Family Business Institute (“PFBI”) releases the results of its 2018 survey of over 80 family businesses in Oregon and Washington. The 2018 Survey gathered data on board structure, processes, and compensation

Harbor Wholesale Foods (then named West Coast Produce Company) was founded in 1923 by Carl Erickson, as a supplier of fresh food to logging camps in the Grays Harbor region. It is now one of the fifteen largest private
companies in the state of Washington, catering to convenience stores, grocery stores, and restaurants.

Whether by necessity or design, family owned enterprises may find themselves looking outside of the family for leadership. However, bringing in a non-family CEO can result in significant change to the way the family ownership group operates. Please join our panel of non-family CEOs and family member officers and directors.

The 2nd Annual Family and Closely Held Business Summit will address the pressing issues that will impact family and closely held businesses now and in the future, especially after the outcome of the upcoming presidential election. Attendees will leave the program with practical, actionable strategies for addressing challenges particular to family and closely held businesses.

Please join us for Family Business Succession: Transitioning to Sibling & Cousin Generations. Ivan Lansberg, Ph.D., an international speaker and Academic Director of the Family Enterprise Executive Programs at the Kellogg School of Management, will guide participants in the day-long event that focuses on the success factors for effectively transitioning from the first to second, and second to third generations.

Gonzaga University School of Business Presents:
"Family Business: Transitioning to the Sibling and Cousin Generations"
Featuring: Ivan Lansberg, Ph.D. International speaker and Academic Director of the Family Enterprise Executive Programs, Kellogg School of Management

Baker Boyer Bank Presents:
"Family Business: Transitioning to the Sibling and Cousin Generations"
Featuring: Ivan Lansberg, Ph.D. International speaker and Academic Director of the Family Enterprise Executive Programs, Kellogg School of Management

Kick-start your succession process with practical tools and a clear, step-by-step approach to building your succession plan from the ground up. Learn how to begin the conversation and constructively address conflicts that arise along the way, use case studies to work through common succession challenges as a team and get the latest legal and accounting insights from local experts. Specifically designed for businesses in agriculture, this program helps families proactively plan for management transition and develop an estate plan that’s family friendly and business smart. 

Please join us for the Eleventh Annual Family Business Institute in Portland, Oregon. The program is scheduled for May 19 on the beautiful campus of the Lewis & Clark Law School.

Please join our expert panel of family business owners as they discuss the affect and consequence on the family in the sale of the family business.  Our presenters include Steve Gordon, CEO of Gordon Trucking (sold in 2013), Corry McFarland, CEO of McFarland Cascade (sold in 2012), Steve Loeb, CEO of Alaska Distributors (sold in 2008), and Brett Brinton, CEO who was involved with his father in the sale of one family business (Wasser) and the formation with his brother of another (Zonar).

More than ever before, family businesses, especially those with significant growth aspirations and/or complex and challenging dynamics, need an effective board. Reasons include the demand for rapid innovation, the need to compete for outside talent, and a growing urgency to prepare for lead­ership succession and transfer of ownership across genera­tions. It is estimated that with the transition of the boomer generation, 40 percent of current leaders of family-owned companies will retire in the next five years.  Our discussion will be geared for leaders and owners of family businesses who are looking to help the company meet these challenges either by building a board or by advancing the capability of the one they have. 

Jon Hemingway, Chairman of Carrix, Inc. and CEO of Progeny 3, shared his perspective on the evolution from waterfront labor broker to an international port operator over a span of six decades. 

PFBI and its sponsoring partners presented the results of the 2015 Northwest Family Business Survey. We discussed our findings relative to business growth, succession planning, family business structure and ownership, governance and more. Through a brief presentation and moderated panel of questions posed to our partnering sponsors, Cascadia Capital, Perkins Coie, and the Threshold Group, attendees explored new ways to help regional family businesses thrive.

Seattle Business Magazine honored Washington's top family businesses at an awards banquet. Awards were handed out in numerous categories honoring multigeneration family enterprises large and small, plus special categories such as stewardship, best practices and lifetime achievement.

Governance is perhaps the most significant challenge for a family business.  A panel of experts discussed key considerations in the effective operation and oversight of a family business.

Acting as fiduciary where a family business comprises a significant part of the estate or trust can be a significant undertaking, with many planning opportunities and potential perils. The role of a family business attorney can be vital for ensuring a smooth transition and avoiding the potential conflict that can arise with succession planning. Join John Draneas and Pat Green as they discuss family fiduciaries through the lens of a case study discussion centered around a family real estate business, and some potential pitfalls (such as establishing a successor and trustee, potential lawsuits and claims, etc.) and how to proactively protect one’s estate and business plan.

Join Megan Clubb, CEO of Baker Boyer National Bank and the great-great granddaughter of bank co-founder Dr. D.S. Baker, and Peter Allen, Executive Vice President and a member of the 6th generation in the business, as they share their views on responding to challenges, the role of family in family business and the need for re-invention. Founded 20 years before Washington became a State, Baker Boyer National Bank opened in Walla Walla in 1869. The Bank remains the oldest independently owned community bank in Washington. It now operates with five branches, including wealth management and business banking offices in Yakima and the Tri-Cities.

Join fourth generation family business members Betsy and Stacey in a discussion about dealing with sudden leadership change, preparing the next generation, and the need for reinvention.

The ongoing process of guiding family business ownership through the many transitional challenges of ensuring continuity of the business across generations can be a monumental endeavor for advisors. The role of the psychologist can be vital to the advisory team in helping to promote an effective succession outcome. Come join Ron Dohr, Ph.D., as he discusses the process of succession planning, key transitional elements impacting success, how to build a team approach using multiple advisors, and real world case examples. Dr. Dohr, a Seattle-based family business psychologist, is nationally recognized in the field of family business, advising business owner clients on a wide range of topics including succession planning, business and family governance, family dynamics, business and family transition, and building a family legacy.