Collegiate Family Enterprise Centers

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



Auburn University
Lowder Center for Family Business and Entrepreneurship


Auburn
Contact: LaKami Baker


 

 


Arizona



Arizona State University
Thunderbird School of Global Management


Glendale
Contact: Robert D. Hisrich


 

 


Arkansas



Arkansas State University
Delta Center for Economic Development


Jonesboro
Contact: Erick Chang

 



University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
Family Enterprise Center


Fort Smith
Contact: Dave Robertson


 

 


California



California Baptist University

Riverside
Contact: Keanon Alderson

 



California State University-Fullerton
Center for Family Business


Fullerton
Contact: Ed Hart

 



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


Northridge
Contact: Franck Vigneron

 



Chapman University
Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics


Irvine
Contact: Karen Akiyama

 



Fresno State University
Institute for Family Business


Fresno
Contact: Lori Few

 



Stanford University 
Graduate School of Business


Stanford
Contact: Garth Saloner 

 



University of the Pacific
Institute for Family Business


Stockton
Contact: Peter Johnson

 



University of San Francisco
Gellert Family Business Resource Center


San Francisco
Contact: Monika Hudson

 



University of Southern California
Marshall School of Business
Family Business Program


Los Angeles
Contact: Ken Ude


 

 


Connecticut



University of Connecticut
Family Business Program


Storrs
Contact: Robin Ann Bienemann

 



University of New Haven
Center for Family Business


New Haven
Contact: Paul Sessions


 

 


Florida



Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton
Contact: Roland Kidwell

 



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


Miami
Contact: Lauren Suarez-Diaz

 



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


Tallahassee
Contact: Randy Blass

 



Nova Southwestern University

Ft. Lauderdale
Contact: Patricia Cole

 



Stetson University
Family Enterprise Center School of Business


DeLand
Contact: Isabelle Botero

 



University of Tampa
Entrepreneurship Center


Tampa
Contact: Rebecca White


 

 


Georgia



Kennesaw State University
Cox Family Enterprise Center


Kennesaw
Contact: Melissa Jordan


 

 


Hawaii



University of Hawaii
Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship


Honolulu
Contact: Krystal Lee

 



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


Honolulu
Contact: Vance Roley


 

 


Illinois



DePaul University
Chicago Family Business Council


Chicago
Contact: Judy Hogel

 



Loyola University Chicago
Family Business Center


Chicago
Contact: Anne Smart

 



Northwestern University
Kellogg School of Management Center for Family Enterprises


Evanston
Contact: Kate Coughlin

 



University of Chicago
Booth School of Business


Chicago
Contact: Susan Guibert

 



University of Illinois Springfield
Center for Entrepreneurship


Springfield
Contact: Ranjan Karri


 

 


Indiana



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


Indianapolis
Contact: Jennifer DeWitt

 



Goshen College Family Business Program

Goshen
Contact: Alan Weldy

 



Purdue University
Purdue Initiative for Family Firms


West Lafayette
Contact: Maria Marshall


 

 


Iowa



University of Northern Iowa
Center for Business Growth & Innovation


Cedar Falls
Contact: Patrick Luensman


 

 


Kansas



Wichita State University
Kansas Family Business Forum


Wichita
Contact: Nancy Kersenbrock


 

 


Kentucky



University of Louisville 
Family Business Center


Louisville
Contact: Kathleen Hoye


 

 


Louisiana



Louisiana State University
Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute


Shreveport
Contact: Robin Domingue Kistler

 



Louisiana Tech University

Ruston
Contact: Kirk Ring

 



Tulane University 
Freeman School of Business
Family Business Center


New Orleans
Contact: Rosalind G. Butler


 

 


Maine



Institute for Family-Owned Business

Portland
Contact: Catherine Wygant Fossett

 



Husson University
Richard E. Dyke Center for Family Business


Bangor
Contact: Brien Walton


 

 


Maryland



Anne Arundel Community College

Baltimore
Contact: Gina Finelli


 

 


Massachusetts



Babson College
Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship


Babson Park
Contact: Debi Kleiman

 



Babson College
Institute for Family Entrepreneurship


Babson Park
Contact: Lauri Union

 



Harvard University
Families in Business: From Generation to Generation Program


Cambridge 

 



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


Cambridge 
Contact: John Davis

 



Northeastern University
Center for Family Business


Boston
Contact: Ted Clark

 



Suffolk University

Boston
Contact: Colette Dumas

 



University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Family Business Center


Amherst
Contact: Ira Bryck

 



Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Collaborative for Entrepreneurship & Innovation


Worcester
Contact: Frank Hoy


 

 


Michigan



Ann Arbor Center for the Family

Ann Arbor
Contact: Mary Whiteside

 



Family Business Alliance

Grand Rapids
Contact: Marci Schafer

 



Grand Valley State University
Family Owned Business Institute


Grand Rapids
Contact: Ana Gonzalez

 



Northwood University

Midland
Contact: Kristin Stehouwer

 



Saginaw Valley State University
Stevens Center for Family Business


Kochville Township
Contact: Rejeana Heinrich


 

 


Minnesota



University of Minnesota Duluth

Duluth
Contact: Raymond J. Jones III

 



University of St. Thomas
Family Business Center


Minneapolis
Contact: Ritch Sorenson


 

 


Mississippi



Mississippi State University
Center of Family Enterprise Research


Mississippi State
Contact: James Chrisman

 



University of Mississippi

University
Contact: Clay Dibrell


 

 


Missouri



Missouri University of Science and Technology

Rolla
Contact: Hanqing Fang

 



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

St. Louis
Contact: Tim Hayden

 



Washington University in St. Louis
Olin Family Business Program


St. Louis
Contact: Laura Benoist


 

 


Montana



Montana State University
Family Business Program


Bozeman
Contact: Tim Alzheimer


 

 


 

New Hampshire



University of New Hampshire
Center for Family Business


Durham
Contact: Barbara Draper


 

 


New Jersey



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


Madison
Contact: Timur Packay

 



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


Livingston
Contact: Ray Compari

 



William Patterson University
Center for Closely Held Business


Wayne
Contact: Sam Basu


 

 


New Mexico



University of New Mexico
Anderson School of Management
Small Business Institute


Albuquerque
Contact: Raj V. Manto


 

 


New York



Ackerman Institute for the Family

New York
Contact: Lois Braverman

 



Baruch College
Zicklin School of Business


New York City
Contact: Ramona Kay Zachary

 



Canisuis College

Buffalo
Contact: Ji-Hee Kim

 



Columbia University
Columbia Business School
Family Business Program


New York City
Contact: Michael Preston

 



Cornell University
The Smith Family Business Initiative


Ithaca
Contact: Daniel Van Der Vliet

 



New York University
Leonard N. Stern School of Business


New York City
Contact: Belen Villalonga

 



Niagara University
Family Business Center


New York
Contact: Vince Agnello

 



NYC Family Enterprise Center

New York City
Contact: Warner King Babcock

 



State University of New York - Buffalo

Buffalo
Contact: Thomas Ulbrich

 



Syracuse University
Whitman School of Management


Syracuse
Contact: Alexander McKelvie


 

 


North Carolina



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


Raleigh
Contact: Bradley Kirkman

 



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


Chapel Hill
Contact: Cooper Biersach 

 



University of North Carolina at Ashville
Family Business Forum


Ashville
Contact: Cindy Clarke

 



University of North Carolina at Charlotte
The Belk College of Business


Charlotte
Contact: Franz Kellermanns

 



University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Department of Business Administration


Greensboro
Contact: Dianne Welsh

 



Wake Forest University
Family Business Center


Winston-Salem
Contact: Rhonda Stokes


 

 


Ohio



Case Western Reserve University
Weatherhead School of Management


Cleveland
Contact: Kathy Kessler

 



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

 



University of Cincinnati
The Goering Center for Family and Private Business


Cincinnati
Contact: Larry Grypp

 



University of Toledo
Center for Family & Privately-Held Business


Toledo
Contact: Angie Jones


 

 


Oklahoma



University of Oklahoma
Price College of Business


Norman
Contact: Tom Lumpkin

 



University of Tulsa
Family-Owned Business Institute


Tulsa
Contact: Larry Wofford


 

 


Oregon



Oregon State University
Austin Family Business Program


Corvallis
Contact: Sherri Noxel


 

 


Pennsylvania



Delaware Valley Family Business Center

Telford
Contact: Sally Derstine

 



Elizabethtown College
The S. Dale High Center for Family Business


Elizabethtown
Contact: Michael Mitchell

 



Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Center for Family Business


Indiana
Contact: Ellen Ruddock

 



King's College

Wilkes-Barre
Contact: Patrice Persico

 



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

Philadelphia
Contact: Brian Brogan

 



University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton Family Global Alliance 


Philadelphia 
Contact: Nellie Gaynor

 



University of Pittsburgh
Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence


Pittsburgh
Contact: Robert Stein

 



Wilkes University
Family Business Alliance


Wilkes-Barre
Contact: Jeffrey R. Alves


 

 


Puerto Rico



University of Puerto Rico

San Juan
Contact: Alexander Rosado


 

 


South Carolina



University of South Carolina
Darla Moore School of Business


Columbia
Contact: Tatiana Kostova


 

 


South Dakota



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


Sioux Falls
Contact: Laura Schoen-Carbonne


 

 


Tennessee



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


Nashville
Contact: Mark Schenkel

 



The Legacy Centre for Family Business & Entrepreneurship

Knoxville
Contact: Ed Seaver


 

 


Texas



Baylor University
The Institute for Family Business


Waco
Contact: William J. Worthington

 



Texas A & M
Mays Business School
McFerrin Center for Entrepreneuship


Colleg Station
Contact: McFerrin@mays.tamu.edu

 



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


Lubbock
Contact: Keith Brigham

 



University of North Texas

Denton
Contact: Nolan Gaffney

 



University of Texas at El Paso
College of Business Administration


El Paso
Contact: Robert Nachtmann

 



University of Texas at Tyler
Center for Family and Small Enterprises


Tyler
Contact: Jim Cater


 

 


Utah



Brigham Young University 
Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology


Provo
Contact: Steve Liddle


 

 


Virginia



Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Family & Private Business Forum


Richmond
Contact: Sam Davis III


 

 


Vermont



University of Vermont
The Family Business Institute


Burlington
Contact: Pramodita Sharma


 

 


Washington



Pacific Lutheran University
Family Enterprise Institute


Tacoma
Contact: Catherine Pratt

 



Seattle University
Albers School of Business and Economics
Extraordinary Leaders Forum


Seattle
Contact: ecenter@seattleu.edu 

 

 


Washington D.C.



The George Washington University
The Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence


Washington, DC
Contact: Erik K. Winslow


 

 


Wisconisin



University of Wisconsin-Madison
Family Business Center


Madison
Contact: Sherry Herwig

 



University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
Wisconsin Family Business Forum


Oshkosh
Contact: Susan Schierstedt