Many professional advisors and family businesses lend their support to the Austin Family Business Program. Some serve on our Advisory Council, and others lead workshops or provide event sponsorships. A list of program supporters can be found below for the current program year. You can filter the list using the drop-down menu below to show supporter for specific programs.

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Organization First Name Last Name Program Involvement
Adhesive and Packaging Inc Chris Bamburg Class Speaker
AKT LLP Eric Groves Excellence Awards Sponsor
Beaverton Foods Domonic Biggi Class Speaker
Berger Seed Becky Berger Advisory Council
Boldt, Carlisle + Smith Kevin Gienger Advisory Council
Business Navigators LLC Clint Bentz Advisory Council, Class Speaker
Carnahan, Smith & Gunter, Inc. Marsia Gunter Family Business 360
Carnahan, Smith & Gunter, Inc. Karen Carnahan Family Business 360
Cascadia Capital LLC John Amato Advisory Council
Chase Nika Jones Excellence Awards Sponsor
Coelho Winery Samuel Coelho Class Speaker
College of Business, OSU Ted Paterson Advisory Council
Consolidated Supply Co. Karolyn Neuport-Gordon Advisory Council
D.A. Davidson Trust Company Mark Davis Excellence Awards Sponsor
Day Wireless Systems Grant Jones Advisory Council
DH Sutherland Mary Sutherland Crouse Advisory Council
Durham and Bates Agencies Christen Picot Family Business 360
Exvere Inc. Grant Jones Excellence Awards Sponsor
Family Business Counsel Mark Wickman Family Business 360
Gathering Together Farms Amelia Eveland Class Speaker
IB Roof Systems Shawn Stanley Class Speaker
James W. Fowler Co. Jim Fowler Advisory Council
Jensen Investment Management Robert Zagunis Excellence Awards Sponsor
Kadee Quality Parts Alan Vezzani Class Speaker
Kernutt Stokes Haley Lyons Excellence Awards Sponsor
KeyBank Barbara Cardinale Advisory Council, Excellence Awards Sponsor
Lane Irrigation Dawson Bean Class Speaker
Leupold & Stevens, Inc. Joanna Morrill Advisory Council
Madden Industrial Craftsmen Ken Madden Advisory Council
Mass Mutual Financial Group Michael Maletteri Excellence Awards Sponsor
Miller Nash LLP June Wiyrick Flores Advisory Council, Excellence Awards Sponsor
Morgan Stanley George Kane Excellence Awards Sponsor
Morgan Stanley Doug Greenberg Excellence Awards Sponsor
Opus Bank Shawn DuBurg Excellence Awards Sponsor
OSU Career Center Rachel Finch Class Speaker
Perkins & Co. Paris Powell Family Business 360
Perkins & Co. Don Bielen Family Business 360
Renee Fellman Renee Fellman Class Speaker
Second Glance Annex Jessica Kneisel Class Speaker
Strategic Group NW Bill Meyer Excellence Awards Sponsor
TEC Equipment William Thompson Class Speaker
TEC Equipment Chris Thompson Advisory Council
The Commerce Bank of Oregon Susan Kane Excellence Awards Sponsor
The Grew Company Jim Grew Family Business 360
The Suran Group Sandra Suran Excellence Awards Sponsor
The Ulven Companies Steve Tremaine Class Speaker
Tonkon Torp LLP Justin Denton Family Business 360
Tonkon Torp LLP Jeff Cronn Family Business 360
Umpqua Bank Rich Foley Excellence Awards Sponsor
VergePointe LLC Brad Parrott Family Business 360
Victor Point Farms Lucas Rue Class Speaker
Wells Fargo Bank Julie Wilson Excellence Awards Sponsor