Choose from a wide range of educational opportunities in the family enterprise field by utilizing this comprehensive directory of family enterprise centers, educational programs and forums.

 

Alabama

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Auburn University
Lowder Center for Family Business and Entrepreneurship

Auburn
Contact: LaKami Baker


 

Arizona

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Arizona State University
Thunderbird School of Global Management

Glendale
Contact: Robert D. Hisrich


 

Arkansas

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Arkansas State University
Delta Center for Economic Development

Jonesboro
Contact: Erick Chang

 

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University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
Family Enterprise Center

Fort Smith
Contact: Dave Robertson


 

California

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California Baptist University

Riverside
Contact: Keanon Alderson

 

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California State University-Fullerton
Center for Family Business

Fullerton
Contact: Ed Hart

 

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California State University-Northridge
David Nazarian College of Business and Economics
Wells Fargo Center for Small Business & Entrepreneurship 

Northridge
Contact: Franck Vigneron

 

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Chapman University
Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics

Irvine
Contact: Karen Akiyama

 

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Fresno State University
Institute for Family Business

Fresno
Contact: Lori Few

 

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Stanford University 
Graduate School of Business

Stanford
Contact: Garth Saloner 

 

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University of the Pacific
Institute for Family Business

Stockton
Contact: Peter Johnson

 

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University of San Francisco
Gellert Family Business Resource Center

San Francisco
Contact: Monika Hudson

 

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University of Southern California
Marshall School of Business
Family Business Program

Los Angeles
Contact: Ken Ude


 

Connecticut

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University of Connecticut
Family Business Program

Storrs
Contact: Robin Ann Bienemann

 

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University of New Haven
Center for Family Business

New Haven
Contact: Paul Sessions


 

Florida

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Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton
Contact: Roland Kidwell

 

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Florida International University (FIU)
The Eugenio Pino & Family Global Entrepreneurship Center

Miami
Contact: Lauren Suarez-Diaz

 

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Florida State University
College of Business
The Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship

Tallahassee
Contact: Randy Blass

 

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Nova Southwestern University

Ft. Lauderdale
Contact: Patricia Cole

 

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Stetson University
Family Enterprise Center School of Business

DeLand
Contact: Isabelle Botero

 

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University of Tampa
Entrepreneurship Center

Tampa
Contact: Rebecca White


 

Georgia

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Kennesaw State University
Cox Family Enterprise Center

Kennesaw
Contact: Melissa Jordan


 

Hawaii

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University of Hawaii
Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship

Honolulu
Contact: Krystal Lee

 

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University of Hawaii at Manoa
Shidler College of Business
Family Business Center of Hawaii

Honolulu
Contact: Vance Roley


 

Illinois

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DePaul University
Chicago Family Business Council

Chicago
Contact: Judy Hogel

 

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Loyola University Chicago
Family Business Center

Chicago
Contact: Anne Smart

 

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Northwestern University
Kellogg School of Management Center for Family Enterprises

Evanston
Contact: Kate Coughlin

 

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University of Chicago
Booth School of Business

Chicago
Contact: Susan Guibert

 

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University of Illinois Springfield
Center for Entrepreneurship

Springfield
Contact: Ranjan Karri


 

Indiana

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Butler University
Andre B. Lacy School of Business
Center for Closely Held Business

Indianapolis
Contact: Jennifer DeWitt

 

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Goshen College Family Business Program

Goshen
Contact: Alan Weldy

 

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Purdue University
Purdue Initiative for Family Firms

West Lafayette
Contact: Maria Marshall


 

Iowa

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University of Northern Iowa
Center for Business Growth & Innovation

Cedar Falls
Contact: Patrick Luensman


 

Kansas

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Wichita State University
Kansas Family Business Forum

Wichita
Contact: Nancy Kersenbrock


 

Kentucky

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University of Louisville 
Family Business Center

Louisville
Contact: Kathleen Hoye


 

Louisiana

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Louisiana State University
Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute

Shreveport
Contact: Robin Domingue Kistler

 

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Louisiana Tech University

Ruston
Contact: Kirk Ring

 

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Tulane University 
Freeman School of Business
Family Business Center

New Orleans
Contact: Rosalind G. Butler


 

Maine

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Institute for Family-Owned Business

Portland
Contact: Catherine Wygant Fossett

 

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Husson University
Richard E. Dyke Center for Family Business

Bangor
Contact: Brien Walton


 

Maryland

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Anne Arundel Community College

Baltimore
Contact: Gina Finelli


 

Massachusetts

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Babson College
Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship

Babson Park
Contact: Debi Kleiman

 

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Babson College
Institute for Family Entrepreneurship

Babson Park
Contact: Lauri Union

 

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Harvard University
Families in Business: From Generation to Generation Program

Cambridge 

 

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MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Sloan School of Management Executive Education
Future Family Enterprise

Cambridge 
Contact: John Davis

 

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Northeastern University
Center for Family Business

Boston
Contact: Ted Clark

 

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Suffolk University

Boston
Contact: Colette Dumas

 

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University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Family Business Center

Amherst
Contact: Ira Bryck

 

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Collaborative for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Worcester
Contact: Frank Hoy


 

Michigan

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Ann Arbor Center for the Family

Ann Arbor
Contact: Mary Whiteside

 

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Family Business Alliance

Grand Rapids
Contact: Marci Schafer

 

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Grand Valley State University
Family Owned Business Institute

Grand Rapids
Contact: Ana Gonzalez

 

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Northwood University

Midland
Contact: Kristin Stehouwer

 

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Saginaw Valley State University
Stevens Center for Family Business

Kochville Township
Contact: Rejeana Heinrich


 

Minnesota

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University of Minnesota Duluth

Duluth
Contact: Raymond J. Jones III

 

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University of St. Thomas
Family Business Center

Minneapolis
Contact: Ritch Sorenson


 

Mississippi

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Mississippi State University
Center of Family Enterprise Research

Mississippi State
Contact: James Chrisman

 

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University of Mississippi

University
Contact: Clay Dibrell


 

Missouri

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Missouri University of Science and Technology

Rolla
Contact: Hanqing Fang

 

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Saint Louis University
Richard A Chaifetz School of Business
Center for Entrepreneurship  

St. Louis
Contact: Tim Hayden

 

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Washington University in St. Louis
Olin Family Business Program

St. Louis
Contact: Laura Benoist


 

Montana

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Montana State University
Family Business Program

Bozeman
Contact: Tim Alzheimer


 

 

New Hampshire

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University of New Hampshire
Center for Family Business

Durham
Contact: Barbara Draper


 

New Jersey

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Fairleigh-Dickinson University
Rothman Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 
Family Business Forum

Madison
Contact: Timur Packay

 

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Rutgers University
Family Business Institute at the School of Business - Camden

Livingston
Contact: Ray Compari

 

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William Patterson University
Center for Closely Held Business

Wayne
Contact: Sam Basu


 

New Mexico

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University of New Mexico
Anderson School of Management
Small Business Institute

Albuquerque
Contact: Raj V. Manto


 

New York

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Ackerman Institute for the Family

New York
Contact: Lois Braverman

 

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Baruch College
Zicklin School of Business

New York City
Contact: Ramona Kay Zachary

 

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Canisuis College

Buffalo
Contact: Ji-Hee Kim

 

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Columbia University
Columbia Business School
Family Business Program

New York City
Contact: Michael Preston

 

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Cornell University
The Smith Family Business Initiative

Ithaca
Contact: Daniel Van Der Vliet

 

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New York University
Leonard N. Stern School of Business

New York City
Contact: Belen Villalonga

 

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Niagara University
Family Business Center

New York
Contact: Vince Agnello

 

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NYC Family Enterprise Center

New York City
Contact: Warner King Babcock

 

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State University of New York - Buffalo

Buffalo
Contact: Thomas Ulbrich

 

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Syracuse University
Whitman School of Management

Syracuse
Contact: Alexander McKelvie


 

North Carolina

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North Carolina State University
Poole College of Management
Department of Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (MIE)

Raleigh
Contact: Bradley Kirkman

 

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University of North Carolina
Kenan-Flagler Business School
Family Enterprise Center

Chapel Hill
Contact: Cooper Biersach 

 

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University of North Carolina at Ashville
Family Business Forum

Ashville
Contact: Cindy Clarke

 

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte
The Belk College of Business

Charlotte
Contact: Franz Kellermanns

 

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Department of Business Administration

Greensboro
Contact: Dianne Welsh

 

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Wake Forest University
Family Business Center

Winston-Salem
Contact: Rhonda Stokes


 

Ohio

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Case Western Reserve University
Weatherhead School of Management

Cleveland
Contact: Kathy Kessler

 

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Conway Family Business Center of Central Ohio  
Columbus
Contact: J. Richard Emens

 

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University of Cincinnati
The Goering Center for Family and Private Business

Cincinnati
Contact: Larry Grypp

 

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University of Toledo
Center for Family & Privately-Held Business

Toledo
Contact: Angie Jones


 

Oklahoma

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University of Oklahoma
Price College of Business

Norman
Contact: Tom Lumpkin

 

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University of Tulsa
Family-Owned Business Institute

Tulsa
Contact: Larry Wofford


 

Oregon

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Oregon State University
Austin Family Business Program

Corvallis
Contact: Sherri Noxel


 

Pennsylvania

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Delaware Valley Family Business Center

Telford
Contact: Sally Derstine

 

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Elizabethtown College
The S. Dale High Center for Family Business

Elizabethtown
Contact: Michael Mitchell

 

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Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Center for Family Business

Indiana
Contact: Ellen Ruddock

 

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King's College

Wilkes-Barre
Contact: Patrice Persico

 

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Saint Joseph's University
The Initiative for Family Business & Entrepreneurship

Philadelphia
Contact: Brian Brogan

 

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University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton Family Global Alliance 

Philadelphia 
Contact: Nellie Gaynor

 

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University of Pittsburgh
Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence

Pittsburgh
Contact: Robert Stein

 

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Wilkes University
Family Business Alliance

Wilkes-Barre
Contact: Jeffrey R. Alves


 

Puerto Rico

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University of Puerto Rico

San Juan
Contact: Alexander Rosado


 

South Carolina

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University of South Carolina
Darla Moore School of Business

Columbia
Contact: Tatiana Kostova


 

South Dakota

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University of South Dakota
Prairie Family Business Association
Beacom School of Business

Sioux Falls
Contact: Laura Schoen-Carbonne


 

Tennessee

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Belmont University
Jack C. Massey College of Business Administration
Center for Entrepreneurship

Nashville
Contact: Mark Schenkel

 

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The Legacy Centre for Family Business & Entrepreneurship

Knoxville
Contact: Ed Seaver


 

Texas

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Baylor University
The Institute for Family Business

Waco
Contact: William J. Worthington

 

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Texas A & M
Mays Business School
McFerrin Center for Entrepreneuship

Colleg Station
Contact: McFerrin@mays.tamu.edu

 

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Texas Tech University
Rawls College of Business
Center for Entrepreneurship and Family Business

Lubbock
Contact: Keith Brigham

 

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University of North Texas

Denton
Contact: Nolan Gaffney

 

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University of Texas at El Paso
College of Business Administration

El Paso
Contact: Robert Nachtmann

 

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University of Texas at Tyler
Center for Family and Small Enterprises

Tyler
Contact: Jim Cater


 

Utah

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Brigham Young University 
Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology

Provo
Contact: Steve Liddle


 

Virginia

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Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Family & Private Business Forum

Richmond
Contact: Sam Davis III


 

Vermont

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University of Vermont
The Family Business Institute

Burlington
Contact: Pramodita Sharma


 

Washington

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Pacific Lutheran University
Family Enterprise Institute

Tacoma
Contact: Catherine Pratt

 

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Seattle University
Albers School of Business and Economics
Extraordinary Leaders Forum

Seattle
Contact: ecenter@seattleu.edu 

 

Washington D.C.

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The George Washington University
The Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence

Washington, DC
Contact: Erik K. Winslow


 

Wisconisin

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University of Wisconsin-Madison
Family Business Center

Madison
Contact: Sherry Herwig

 

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University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
Wisconsin Family Business Forum

Oshkosh
Contact: Susan Schierstedt