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.
2022 Platinum Underwriters
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 employ an operationally intensive approach to investing that leverages our extensive experience as well as our relationship networks. 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. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, 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. Information about Chase is available at www.chase.com.
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 firm 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 over 15 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 every search we undertake, we employ executive search techniques, focused on the right fit – for the role, the team and the culture. Whether recruiting senior management, managerial or professional level talent, we apply the same in-depth, hands-on process to secure candidates with superior potential, supporting our clients’ drive for success. For more information on how we can help you build a winning team, please contact Sheri Welsh.
For more than 130 years, clients have trusted Varnum for excellence, innovation and superior results in the delivery of legal services. Today, Varnum is firmly established as one of Michigan’s premier law firms. Industry, company, and product knowledge are at the heart of our relationship with the firm’s family and closely-held business clients. From succession planning and corporate transactions to commercial disputes, human resources, tax, environmental matters and beyond, we provide the experience you need to grow your business.
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.
2022 Silver Underwriters
2023 Bronze Underwriters
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Gantry Business Solutions
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Hungerford Nichols CPAs + Advisors
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LeadWell Executive Coaching
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)
Limited to six
- 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 podium announcement
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
