2025 Family Business Conference
April 30 – May 1
Pre-Conference: April 29 Main Conference: April 30 – May 1
Family. Business. Succession. The Future.
It’s our biggest event of the year! Join us for an action-packed two-days full of family business inspiration and motivation that’ll transform your thinking around communication, succession, relationships and the future of your family business. Take two days to focus, recharge, and get on track to crush your goals.
Whether you’re new around here or this is your 14th time, the PFBA Family Business Conference is the place to be for families in business together!
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Featured Speakers
National family business experts will equip your family with the tools needed to transition and grow, as well as keep you competitive in an ever-changing business landscape.
Robert leads Radio Flyer, the company founded by his grandpa in 1917. Robert works with a wonderful group of "FUNomenal Flyers" whose mission is to bring smiles to kids of all ages and create warm memories that last a lifetime. Company sales have grown by over 10X as a result of Robert's focus on building a creative, committed and caring team that has earned numerous best places to work and innovation awards.
In Robert's talk When Joy is Your Job, he shares the story of how Radio Flyer was nearly lost, and how he and he team rescued themselves from irrelevance to create a dynamic, innovative company that is thriving.
AmyK Hutchens is an award-winning international speaker, Amazon #1 bestselling author, and expert in maximizing potential through innovative thinking. With over 2,700 presentations and 23 years of experience working with clients like Whole Foods, Expedia, and Starbucks Canada, AmyK has established herself as a dynamic leader in leadership training and coaching. Founder of the global self-leadership platform She Gets It, AmyK holds an M.S. from Johns Hopkins University and has been featured on major outlets like Bloomberg, Entrepreneur, and USA Today.
Creating a culture that fosters great ideas and generates long-term scalability takes focus, skill and collaboration. In her provocative, fun and eye-opening session IGNITE BRILLIANCE in Your Innovation, AmyK will share the tools and types of thinking you need to lead your company into a high-growth 2025. Join us and take a refreshing plunge into the boundless waters of Big Thinking.
Dan is an international keynote speaker and customer experience expert. His 20-year professional career included leadership positions at McDonald’s, Discover and Humana. He is the author of two books and he co-hosted an award-winning podcast.
Competition is tougher than ever, with price wars and copyable products making it harder to stand out. In his fun and engaging keynote A Remarkable Experience Is Your Biggest Competitive Advantage, Dan will reveal how customer experience CAN be your ultimate differentiator, creating a competitive advantage that cannot be copied. By delivering remarkable experiences, your customers become your best marketers and salespeople, driving loyalty and growth. Audiences will leave inspired and equipped with a 5-step framework, practical examples, and tools to build deeper customer connections—and Dan doesn’t just talk about experience; he creates one for his audience, too!
Learn more at www.dangingiss.com.
Cathy Carroll, Founder and President of Legacy Onward, Inc., is a family business leadership coach and author of Hug of War: How to Lead a Family Business with Both Love and Logic. After a 20-year corporate career at United Airlines, she transitioned to lead her father’s business, gaining firsthand insight into the unique challenges of family business leadership. Cathy holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, a BA from Boston College, and advanced certifications in Leadership Coaching and Executive Facilitation from Georgetown University. She is also a Master Certified Coach (MCC) with the ICF.
Should you fire your deadweight brother-in-law or comply with your mom's wishes to give him a raise? Should you pay family members all the same or based on the market? These are the impossible conundrums family business leaders confront due to the opposing expectations of the family and the business. Join Cathy for Hug of War: Leading a family business with both love and logic to learn how polarity thinking provides you path forward through the paradoxes of family business leadership, helping families transcend either/or thinking and bridge to greater harmony in your family, greater clarity in your mind, and greater peace in your heart.
Dr. Tom Deans is the author of three books on family wealth transfers. With more than 1.5 million copies sold, his first book, Every Family's Business remains the best-selling family business book of all-time. Much of the book's success is owed to his prolific speaking career. Having delivered more than 2,000 Keynote speeches in 28 countries his approach to transitioning a family business has been described as both contrarian and compelling.
Every family business owner must confront how and when both management control and ownership control of their business will transfer. This transfer can be complicated by family dynamics that often pits family harmony against the preservation of family wealth. In his presentation, A New and Unconventional Approach to Transitioning Your Family Business, Tom will offer a compelling and for some controversial approach to protecting family wealth while building families that remain close for generations. Prepare to unlearn everything your thought you knew about family business succession planning.