The Center for Family Business is made possible by the support of our corporate sponsors and members. Sponsors include:

MassMutual Financial Group - Committed to helping family businesses succeed for generations. MassMutual offers the life insurance and financial management services that families need to keep their businesses and hard-earned assets where they belong: in the family. Ed Mullen and Andy Lee have been sponsors of our center since 1993.
For more information please contact Ed Mullen (603) 226-4124 or Andy Lee (978) 369-9835.

Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D., founder of Thomas D. Davidow & Associates, has more than 25 years experience working with hundreds of national and international family controlled enterprises. A frequent speaker at national and international seminars and at family business programs across the United States, he is a regular contributor to Family in Business Magazine and co-author of Women in Family Business: What Keeps You up at Night? Joining Tom is Dr. Cynthia Adams Harrison—also a co-author of Women in Family Business—who specializes in succession planning and executive coaching for family and non-family executives in the family business. For more information visit www.TDavidow.com or call Tom at (617) 739-2868 or Cynthia at (617) 347-4947.

Baker Newman Noyes a regional professional services firm with offices in Manchester and Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Portland, Maine. We offer comprehensive Accounting, Tax and Audit services as well as Healthcare Management and Information Technology Consulting to businesses and individuals in the Northeastern United States. We serve a variety of clients including healthcare providers, financial service companies, public sector entities, not-for-profit organizations, manufacturers and distributors and high wealth individuals and families. Family owned businesses is an important part of what we do. Call Joe Lovejoy at 800-244-7444 or visit www.bnncpa.com for information about how we can help you.

Pierce Atwood has provided legal services to family businesses since 1891. Family-owned and closely held businesses throughout New England turn to Pierce Atwood for advice wherever the needs of the business entity and family members intersect, from organizational structure and succession planning to taxation, employment matters, and estate planning. With more than 125 lawyers, Pierce Atwood is the largest law firm north of Boston. For more information, please contact Wilfred L. "Jack" Sanders, Jr. at (603) 433-6300 or visit www.pierceatwood.com

Management Planning, Inc. (“MPI”) is a business valuation and corporate finance firm with a long tradition of serving family businesses. For 70 years, MPI has valued companies across a broad spectrum of industries to meet the corporate, succession planning, financial accounting, and estate and gift tax needs of its clients. Our professional services are widely acknowledged for their accuracy, thoroughness, and reliability. We provide expert testimony and support services when necessary. This has led to the building of long-term relationships with business owners, their families, and advisors. To discuss how we might help with your specific needs, please call Jeremy Weir in Boston at (617) 482-6462, or Bill Cranshaw in Hartford at (860) 651- 8185, or visit www.mpival.com.

Optima Bank & Trust is a locally-owned commercial bank serving New Hampshire and Southern Maine. The Bank’s founders, Daniel and Pamela Morrison, set out to create a bank that would offer the latest banking technology and deliver an extraordinary level of personal service to its clients. Optima Bank & Trust opened January 2008 in Portsmouth and recently a branch in North Hampton. Optima Bank’s local knowledge and ability to make decisions locally, provides a great advantage to its clients. We understand entrepreneurial families and small and medium-sized businesses, and we recognize that they are what make our communities great places to live and work. Optima is a true community bank and serves personal clients as well as businesses. To learn more, please visit www.optimabank.com or give Dan or Pam a call at (603) 433-9600.

Sponsors participating in a
Center for Family Business program.

If you would like more information about the Center for Family Business please contact the office at (603) 862-1107, or E-mail: Barbara Draper.