Thank you to those who serve family businesses.
We are ever grateful to the service providers who generously contribute to the Family Business Alliance. Their support allows us to develop and deliver thought-provoking and informational programs vital to family businesses. Please join us in thanking them for their efforts to help family businesses succeed generation to generation.
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BDO is the brand name for BDO USA, LLP, a U.S. professional services firm providing assurance, tax, and advisory services to a wide range of publicly traded and family owned companies. For more than 100 years, BDO has assisted family owned clients in meeting their business and family goals through the active involvement of experienced and committed professionals. The firm serves clients through more than 60 offices and over 550 independent alliance firm locations nationwide. As an independent Member Firm of BDO International Limited, BDO serves multi-national clients through a global network of 67,700 people working out of 1,400 offices across 158 countries.
Serving more than 2,500 business-owning families in 70 nations, the Family Business Consulting Group helps enterprising families and their businesses prosper across generations. FBCGers facilitate enterprise-owning family vision, values and business expectations, develop and maintain high-performing Boards, facilitate strategic planning, coach leaders, resolve conflicts, build healthy cultures and develop NextGens.
Fifth Third Bank offers diversified financial services including personal, investment, commercial, mortgage and business banking. An experienced team of bankers is dedicated to providing clients with the tools and services to achieve their financial goals and understand what makes their business different. Fifth Third Bank has a rich legacy of community support throughout West Michigan and today continues to invest the time, resources and people to help build a better tomorrow in the communities they serve.
For over 90 years, Warner Norcross + Judd has provided a “one-firm” solution for family businesses and their owners, offering support for day-to-day operations and the experience and practical knowledge to address the unique dynamics and situations that arise in a business-owning family. Our clients range from small startup enterprises to some of Michigan’s largest and oldest family businesses.
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Brightstar Capital Partners is a middle market private equity firm focused on partnering with closely held and family-owned businesses. Brightstar is led by a seasoned team of investors with significant operating experience and deep domain knowledge across the Business Services, Industrial Services, and Consumer sectors. We seek partnership opportunities with exceptional management teams and owners where we are uniquely positioned to drive value creation.
Chase (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.5 trillion and operations worldwide. The Firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management. Chase serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its Chase brands.
Rehmann is a financial services and business advisory firm. We are better at helping clients because we take a collaborative, personalized approach and build a customized team of specialists to help them achieve their objectives. We focus on the business of business – allowing people to focus on what makes them extraordinary. The company started as a CPA firm more than 75 years ago. Now, we are a multifaceted advisory firm that helps businesses and high-net-worth families maximize potential.
Welsh & Associates has been a trusted source for helping great companies in West Michigan find great talent for 20 years. Our clients include the brightest and best companies throughout the region, many of whom are family owned businesses – just like we are. Our team of experienced search professionals is highly adept at uncovering the hard to find talent that is so important for the growth of dynamic businesses. For more information on how we can help you build a winning team, please contact Sheri Welsh.
For nearly 15 years, we have served the transition and growth needs of companies of all shapes and sizes. Our story began with a simple belief that business consulting could be done differently. Rather than concentrate exclusively on profit, we focus on people and process, taking time to understand needs and what is truly important.
Family Enterprise USA promotes family business creation, growth, viability, and sustainability by advocating for family businesses and their lifetime of savings with Congress in Washington DC. Family Enterprise USA represents and celebrates all sizes, professions and industries of family-owned enterprises and multi-generational employers.
Northern Trust is a preeminent global financial institution that provides asset servicing, investment management and wealth management services for institutions, high-net-worth individuals and families. For more than 130 years, our success has been anchored in one purpose: to serve as our clients’ most trusted financial partner, guarding and growing their assets as though they are our own. For every partnership, people inspire the solutions we provide and the trajectory of our clients.
Axios HR is a 100% employee-owned, human resource services company headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We have been serving small to mid-sized businesses since 1988. We seek to build strong, long-term relationships with our clients by delivering a personalized service with custom solutions and valuable HR expertise. Our services help employers support their workforce in ways that directly improve both personal and professional well-being.
At Commerce Bank, we understand the challenges and opportunities of operating a multi-generational family business. It takes dedication, a strong culture and work ethic, and the ability to innovate over time. For nearly 160 years, we’ve leveraged those same attributes to help our clients adapt and grow regardless of the economic climate. We bring experience, industry-leading commercial products and services, and tenure to help multi-generational businesses thrive — because we are one, too. Under the leadership of the Kemper family, we’ve had six generations of financial strength and growth. Our culture of taking a long-term view, building relationships, and collaborating as one team means we’re ready to take on new opportunities — big and small — together. We’re built for this.
As a Certified EOS Implementer® Scott Patchin helps entrepreneurs and their leadership teams solve root problems, lead more effectively, and gain Traction® in their businesses through a simple, proven operating system: the Entrepreneurial Operating System®, or EOS®. Scott founded his business in 2009 and began introducing EOS® as a model for clients in 2014. He brings an honest, pragmatic and strategic approach to business coaching that complements the unique strengths of each of his clients. Scott’s clients and peers know him for his thoughtful listening and counsel, rooted in decades of experience developing teams within small and mid-size businesses.
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Underwriter Opportunities
By partnering with the Family Business Alliance, you have the opportunity to:
- Demonstrate your support of family-owned businesses
- Increase your visibility in the family business community
- Build and strengthen relationships with other prominent members of the community
- Share valuable expertise around family business
Platinum Underwriter ($10,000)
Limited to three businesses and Industry Exclusivity
- Includes benefits of Bronze Underwriter
- Eight tickets to all FBA quarterly events (four employees, four family business guests)
- Eight tickets to the Annual Family Business Forum (four employees, four family business guests)
- Podium announcement at 1 quarterly event per year
- Ability to host educational workshops
- Up to 8 pre-recorded webinars shared with members through the Member Information Center
- Logo, link, and description on underwriter page on www.FBAgr.org
- Platinum-level recognition (includes prominent logo) on all FBA communication materials, listed on FBA letterhead and podium announcement/signage
Gold Underwriter ($5,000)
- Includes benefits of Bronze Underwriter
- Four tickets to all FBA quarterly events (two employees, two family business guests)
- Four tickets to the Annual Family Business Forum (two employees, two family business guests)
- Ability to host educational workshops
- Up to 4 pre-recorded webinars shared with members through the Member Information Center
- Logo, link, and description on underwriter page on www.FBAgr.org
- Gold-level recognition (includes listing logo) on all FBA communication materials, listed on FBA letterhead and signage with logo at events
Silver Underwriter ($3,000)
- Includes benefits of Bronze Underwriter
- Two tickets to all FBA quarterly events (one employee, one family business guest)
- Two tickets to the Annual Family Business Forum (one employee, one family business guest)
- Ability to host educational workshops
- Up to 2 pre-recorded webinars shared with members through the Member Information Center
- Silver-level recognition on all FBA event materials (based on space availability)
Bronze Underwriter ($1,500)
- Name on Member Roster as an Underwriter
- Listed on www.FBAgr.org
- Listed on the Preferred Speakers List
- Listed on the Recommended Advisor List
- One ticket to all FBA quarterly events
- One ticket to the Annual Family Business Forum
- Unlimited half-price guest tickets to all FBA quarterly events
- 1 pre-recorded webinar shared with members through the Member Information Center
