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Alphabetical List of Centers & Related Organizations
afhe (Attorneys for Family-Held Enterprises)
Contact: Sarah E. Spiers
Glen Allen, VA, United States
Anglia Ruskin University
Program: Ashcroft International Business School
Contact: Linda Lawrence
Cambridge, England
Arizona State University
Program: The Spirit of Enterprise Center
Contact: Mary Lou Bessette
Tempe, AZ, United States
Asian Institute of Management
Program: Master in Entrepreneurship
Contact: Amy Reyes
Makati City, Philippines
Ateneo de Manila University
Program: Family Business Development Center
Contact: Ricky Mercado
Manilla, Philippines
Auburn University
Program: Lowder Center for Family Business and Entrepreneurship
Auburn, AL, United States
Babson College
Program: Institute for Family Enterprising
Contact: Les Charm
Babson Park, MA, United States
Baylor University
Program: The Institute for Family Business
Contact: Mary Abrahams
Waco, TX, United States
BDO Centre for Family Business
Contact: Peter Leach
London, England
Belmont University
Program: Center for Entrepreneurship
Contact: Jeffrey R. Cornwall
Nashville, TN, United States
Bocconi University
Program: AIdAF- Alberto Falck Chair in Strategic Management in Family Business
Contact: Guido Corbetta
Milan, Italy
Bond University
Program: Australian Centre for Family Business
Contact: Kenneth Moores
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Boston University
Program: Institute for Technology Entrpreneurship and Commercialization
Contact: Jonathan Rosen
Boston, MA, United States
Brock University
Contact: Teresa V. Menzies
St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Bryant University
Program: Institute for Family Enterprise
Contact: William T. O'Hara
Smithfield, RI, United States
California State University, Bakersfield
Program: Family Business Institute
Contact: Donovan Ropp
Bakersfield, CA, United States
California State University, Fresno
Program: Institute for Family Business
Contact: George Vozikis
Fresno, CA, United States
California State University, Fullerton
Program: Family Business Council
Contact: Vance M. (Mike) Trueblood
Fullerton, CA, United States
California State University, Northridge
Program: Family Business Education and Research Center
Contact: David Russell
Northridge, CA, United States
Canadian Association of Family Enterprise (CAFÉ)
Contact: Lawrence Barns
Oakville, ON, Canada
Canisius College
Program: Women's Business Center
Contact: Laura Basil
Buffalo, NY, United States
Carson-Newman College
Program: Family Business Program
Contact: Hester Beecher
Jefferson City, TN, United States
Centrum van het Familiebedrijf
Contact: Ilse Matser
Utrecht, Netherlands
Concordia University
Program: Centre for Small Business and Entrepreneurial Studies (CSBES)
Contact: A. Bakr Ibrahim
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry (NHO)
Program: Industrial Affairs, Family Business and Active Ownership
Contact: Jon Anders Aamodt Henriksen
Oslo, Norway
Conway Family Business Center of Central Ohio
Contact: J. Richard Emens
Columbus, OH, United States
Creighton University
Program: Center for Family Business
Contact: Jerome Sherman
Omaha, NE, United States
Cyprus International Institute of Management
Program: Family Business Academy
Contact: Panikkos Poutziouris
Nicosia, Cyprus
Dalhousie University
Program: School of Business Administration
Halifax, NS, Canada
Deakin University
Contact: Linda Glassop
Burwood, VIC, Australia
Delaware Valley Family Business Center
Contact: Sally A. Derstine
Telford, PA, United States
DePaul University
Program: Entrepreneurship Program
Contact: Harold P. Welsch
Chicago, IL, United States
EHSAL-Europese Hogeschool Brussel
Contact: Johan Lambrecht
Brussels, Belgium
Elizabethtown College
Program: The S. Dale High Center for Family Business
Contact: Mary Beth Matteo
Elizabethtown, PA, United States
Enterprise Directorate
Program: Department of Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
Contact: Martin Wyn Griffith
London, England
ESADE Business School
Contact: Alberto Gimeno
Barcelona, Spain
ESE, Universidad de los Andes
Program: Families in Business Center
Contact: Jon I. Martinez
Santiago, Chile
Espae Espol
Program: Escuela de Postgrado en Admin de Empresas
Guayaquil, Ecuador
European Association of Craft (UEAPME)
Program: Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
Contact: Georg Toifl
Brussels, Belgium
European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB)
Contact: Kaisu Paasio
Turku, Finland
European Family Business Center
Contact: Sabine B. Klein
Wiesbaden, Germany
European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD)
Contact: Eric Cornuel
Brussels, Belgium
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Program: Family Business Forum
Contact: James Barrood
Madison, NJ, United States
Family Business Academy
Program: Family Business Advisory Services
Contact: B.P. Murali
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Family Business Australia
Program: NSW & ACT Chapters
Contact: Karen Doyle
Sydney South, NSW, Australia
Family Business Council (SE Michigan)
Contact: Richard Segal
West Bloomfield, MI, United States
Family Business Magazine
Contact: Barbara Spector
Philadelphia, PA, United States
Family Business Network (FBN)
Contact: Olivier de Richoufftz
Lausanne, Switzerland
Family Business Network (FBN) - France
Contact: Jacques-Henri Bourdois
Paris, France
Family Business Resource Centre
Contact: Harry Kras
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Flores University
Program: Instituto Iberoamericano de Empresas Familiares
Contact: Roberto Kertész
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Florida Gulf Coast University
Program: Small Business Development Center
Contact: Dan Regelski
Fort Meyers, FL, United States
Florida International University (FIU)
Program: The Eugenio Pino & Family Global Entrepreneurship Center
Contact: Alan L. Carsrud
Miami, FL, United States
Florida State University
Program: The Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship
Contact: Jerry Osteryoung, Ph.D.
Tallahassee, FL, United States
Fundación Nexia
Contact: Jaume Tomás Carulla
Barcelona, Spain
George Washington University
Program: Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence (CFEE)
Washington, DC, United States
Georgia State University
Contact: Irene M. Duhaime
Atlanta, GA, United States
Glasgow Caledonian University
Program: Caledonian Family Business Centre
Contact: Renee S. Reid
Glasgow, Scotland
Goshen College
Program: Family Business Program
Contact: Alan Weldy
Goshen, IN, United States
Grand Valley State University
Program: Family-Owned Business Institute
Contact: Thomas V. Schwarz
Grand Rapids, MI, United States
Harvard University
Program: Owner/President Management Program (OPM)
Contact: Jackie Baugher
Boston, MA, United States
Harvard University
Program: Families in Business: From Generation to Generation Program
Contact: Jackie Baugher
Boston, MA, United States
Hasselt University
Program: Research Institute (KIZOK)
Contact: Wim Voordeckers
Diepenbeek, Belgium
HEC Montreal
Program: Chair of SME Development and Succession
Contact: Louise St.-Cyr
Montreal, QC, Canada
Husson College
Program: Richard E. Dyke Center for Family Business
Contact: Bud Vassey
Bangor, ME, United States
IESE
Program: Center for Family-Owned Business and Entrepreneurship
Contact: Josep Tapies
Barcelona, Spain
Independent Technological Institute of Mexico (CEDEF- ITAM )
Program: Centro de Desarrollo de la Empresa Familiar, (ITAM)
Contact: Imanol Belausteguigoitia Rius
Mexico, DF, Mexico
INSEAD
Program: Wendel International Centre For Family Enterprise
Contact: Randel S. Carlock
Fountainbleau, Cedex, France
Institute for Family Business (IFB)
Contact: Grant Gordon
London, England
Instituto da Empresa Familiar (IEF)
Contact: Dorothy Nebel de Mello
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Instituto de la Empressa Familiar (IEF)
Contact: Fernando Casado
Barcelona, Spain
Instituut voor het Familiebedrijf
Program: Belgian Institute for Family Business
Contact: Jozef Lievens
Kortrijk, Belgium
International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Program: Leading the Family Business
Lausanne, Switzerland
Iowa State University
Program: Small Business Development Center
Contact: Mike Upah
Ames, IA, United States
ITESM Campus Guadalajara
Program: Diplomado en Dirección de Empresas Familiares
Contact: Slavica Singer
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
J.J. Strossmayer University of Osijek
Program: Graduate Program in Entrepreneurship
Contact: Cristina Vergara Posada
Osijek, Croatia
Jönköping International Business School
Program: Center for Family Enterprise and Ownership-CeFEO
Contact: Mattias Nordqvist
11 Jönköping, Sweden
Jyvaskyla University
Program: Family Business Research and Education
Contact: Matti Koiranen
Jyvaskyla, Finland
Kennesaw State University
Program: Cox Family Enterprise Center
Contact: Joseph H. Astrachan
Kennesaw, GA, United States
King's College
Program: Family Business Forum
Contact: Patrice Persico
Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States
Lebanese American University
Program: Institute of Family and Entrepreneurial Business (IFEB)
Contact: Josiane Fahed-Sreih
Byblos, Lebanon
Lethbridge College
Program: Family Life Studies Program
Contact: Gloria Cormican
Lethbridge, AB, Canada
London Business School
Program: Leadership in Family Business Research Initiative (LIFBRI)
Contact: Ĺsa Björnberg
London, England
Louisiana State University
Program: The Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute
Contact: Carol A. Carter
Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Loyola College in Maryland
Program: Center for Closely-Held Firms
Contact: Harsha B. Desai
Baltimore, MD, United States
Loyola University Chicago
Program: Family Business Center
Contact: Andrew D. Keyt
Chicago, IL, United States
Management des Entreprises Patrimoniales et Familiales
Contact: Pascal Paumard
Cedex, France
McGill University
Program: The Dobson Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
Contact: David M. Lank
Montreal, QB, Canada
Michigan Family Business Center
Program: University of Michigan - Flint
Contact: Francine Cullari
Flint, MI, United States
Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center
Contact: Carol Lopucki
Grand Rapids, MI, United States
Monash University
Program: Family and Small Business Research Unit (FSBRU)
Contact: Donna Buttigieg
Churchill, Australia
Montana State University
Program: Family Business Program
Contact: Nancy Dodd
Bozeman, MT, United States
MultiversityMex
Program: Desarollo de Competenccias para Familias Empresarias/Business Family
Contact: Jaime Navarro
Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico
National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD)
Contact: Kenneth Daly
Washington, DC, United States
New York University
Program: Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
Contact: William J. Baumol
New York, NY, United States
Northeastern University
Program: Center for Family Business
Contact: Ted Clark
Boston, MA, United States
Northern Kentucky University
Program: Family Business Center
Contact: Rebecca White
Highland Heights, KY, United States
Northern Kentucky University
Program: Small Business Development Center
Contact: Carol Cornell
Highland Heights, KY, United States
Northwestern University
Program: Kellogg School of Management Center for Family Enterprises
Contact: Carol Zsolnay
Evanston, IL, United States
Nova Southeastern University
Program: Family Business Resource Center
Contact: Patricia M. Cole
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, United States
NTL Institute
Contact: Christi Olson
Alexandria, VA, United States
Nyenrode University
Program: Family Business Program
Contact: Roberto H. Flören
BG Breukelen, Netherlands
Oregon State University
Program: Austin Family Business Program
Contact: Robin Klemm
Corvallis, OR, United States
Pace University
Program: Small Business Development Center
Contact: Ira Davidson
New York, NY, United States
Pacific Lutheran University
Program: Family Enterprise Institute
Contact: Catherine Pratt
Tacoma, WA, United States
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Program: Rutgers Institute for Management & Executive Development (RIMED)
Contact: Ray Compari
Camden, NJ, United States
S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR)
Program: Family Managed Business Program
Contact: Parimal Merchant
Mumbai, India
Saginaw Valley State University
Program: Family Business Program
Contact: Rejeana R. Heinrich
University Center, MI, United States
San Diego State University EMC Business Forum
Contact: Carmen Bianchi
San Diego, CA, United States
San Francisco State University
Program: Family Enterprise Center
Contact: Michael D. Meeks
San Francisco, CA, United States
Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center
Program: Organizational Systems Program
Contact: Dennis T. Jaffe
San Francisco, CA, United States
Seton Hill University
Program: E-Magnify, Women's Business Center
Contact: Jayne H. Huston
Greensburg, PA, United States
St. Louis University
Program: Smurfit-Stone Center for Entrepreneurship
Contact: Kevin Schulte
St. Louis, MO, United States
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Contact: Stacey Gray
Stanford, CA, United States
Stetson University
Program: Family Enterprise Center
Contact: Mario A. Fidanzi
DeLand, FL, United States
Suffolk University
Program: Sawyer School of Management
Contact: Alberto Zanzi
Boston, MA, United States
Temple University
Program: Small Business Development Center
Contact: Eustace Kangaju
Philadelphia, PA, United States
Tennessee Family Business Center
Contact: Lindsey S. Trella
Nashville, TN, United States
Texas A&M University
Program: Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship
Contact: Lenae Huebner
College Station, TX, United States
Texas Tech University
Program: Center for Entrepreneurship and Family Business
Contact: Keith Brigham
Lubbock, TX, United States
The American College
Bryn Mawr, PA, United States
The International Centre for Families in Business
Bristol, England
The Italian Association of Family Owned Businesses (AIdAF)
Program: Associazione Italiana delle Aziende Familiari-AIdAF
Contact: Gioacchino Attanzio, CEO
Milan, Italy
The State University of New York at Buffalo
Program: Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
Contact: Althea E Luehrsen
Buffalo, NY, United States
The University of Tampa
Program: Florida Entrepreneur and Family Business Center
Contact: Dianne H.B. Welsh
Tampa, FL, United States
Thunderbird School of Global Management
Program: The Global Family Enterprise Program
Contact: Ernesto J. Poza
Glendale, AZ, United States
Tulane University
Program: Tulane University Family Business Center
Contact: Rosalind G. Butler
New Orleans, LA, United States
U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE)
Contact: Roger Alderman
Boca Raton, FL, United States
Universidad de Monterrey
Program: Family Business Center
Contact: Mauricio E. Alvarez
San Pedro Garza, Garcia NL, Mexico
University College Cork
Program: The John C. Kelleher Family Business Centre
Contact: Joan Buckley
Cork, Ireland
University of Alberta
Program: Centre for Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise (CEFE)
Contact: Lloyd Steier
Edmonton, AB, Canada
University of Alberta
Program: Alberta Business Family Institute (ABFI)
Contact: James S. Henderson
Edmonton, AB, Canada
University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Program: Family Business
Contact: Christoph Kolbeck
Hildesheim, Germany
University of British Columbia
Program: Business Families Centre
Contact: Judi Cunningham
Vancouver, BC, Canada
University of Cambridge
Program: Cambridge Enterprise Limited
Contact: Teri Willey
Cambridge, England
University of Central Arkansas
Program: Small Business Advancement National Center
Contact: Don B. Bradley
Conway, AR, United States
University of Cincinnati
Program: Goering Center for Family & Private Business
Cincinnati, OH, United States
University of Connecticut
Program: Family Business Program
Contact: Priscilla Cale
Storrs, CT, United States
University of Hawaii
Program: Family Business Center of Hawaii
Contact: Keala Monaco
Honolulu, HI, United States
University of Illinois at Chicago
Program: Family Business Council
Contact: Ernest J. Barrens
Chicago, IL, United States
University of Kentucky
Program: Kentucky Small Business Development Center
Lexington, KY, United States
University of Kuopio
Program: Department of Business and Management
Contact: Hannu Littunen
Kuopio, Finland
University of Limerick
Program: Masters Business Studies in Interntional Entrepreneurship Management
Contact: Naomi Birdthistle
Limerick, Ireland
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Program: Family Business Institute
Contact: John Dunn
Monroe, LA, United States
University of Louisville
Program: The Family Business Center
Contact: Randy Coe
Louisville, KY, United States
University of Manitoba
Program: Department of Family Social Sciences
Contact: Karen A. Duncan
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Program: Family Business Center
Contact: Ira Bryck
Hadley, MA, United States
University of Nebraska
Program: Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship
Contact: Glenn A. Friendt
Lincoln, NE, United States
University of New Hampshire
Program: Center for Family Business
Contact: Barbara Draper
Durham, NH, United States
University of New Haven
Program: Center for Family Business
Contact: Paul Sessions
West Haven, CT, United States
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Program: The Family Business Forum
Contact: Cindy Clarke
Asheville, NC, United States
University of Notre Dame
Program: Gigot Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
Contact: H. David Hayes
Notre Dame, IN, United States
University of Oklahoma
Program: Entrepreneurship Center
Contact: Jim Wheeler
Norman, OK, United States
University of Pennsylvania
Program: Wharton Global Family Alliance
Contact: Stacey Lange
Philadelphia, PA, United States
University of Pittsburgh
Program: Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence - Family Enterprise Center
Contact: Ann Dugan
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
University of Saint Francis
Program: Family Business Center
Contact: Sylvia Clark
Fort Wayne, IN, United States
University of San Diego
Program: Family Business Forum
Contact: Jodi L. Waterhouse
San Diego, CA, United States
University of San Francisco
Program: Carl and Celia Gellert Foundation Family Business Center
Contact: Eugene Muscat
San Francisco, CA, United States
University of South Carolina
Program: South Carolina Family Business Forum
Contact: Caroline D. Strobel
Columbia, SC, United States
University of South Dakota
Program: Prairie Family Business Association
Contact: Beth Adamson
Sioux Falls, SD, United States
University of Southern Maine
Program: Institute for Family-Owned Business
Contact: Tom Juenemann
Portland, ME, United States
University of St. Gallen
Program: Center for Family Business HSG
Contact: Thomas Markus Zellweger
St. Gallen, Switzerland
University of St. Thomas
Program: Center for Family Enterprise
Contact: Ritch L. Sorenson
Minneapolis, MN, United States
University of the Pacific
Program: Institute for Family Business
Stockton, CA, United States
University of Toledo
Program: Center for Family Business
Contact: Debbe Skutch
Toledo, OH, United States
University of Tulsa
Program: Family-Owned Business Institute
Contact: Claire P. Cornell
Tulsa, OK, United States
University of Vermont
Program: Vermont Family Business Initiative
Contact: Daniel Van Der Vliet
Burlington, VT, United States
University of Waterloo
Program: Centre For Family Business (CFFB)
Contact: Dave Schnarr
Waterloo, ON, Canada
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Program: Small Business Development Center
Contact: Christina Trombley
Green Bay, WI, United States
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Program: Family Business Center
Contact: Ann Kinkade
Madison, WI, United States
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Program: Wisconsin Family Business Forum
Contact: Susan Schierstedt
Oshkosh, WI, United States
Vienna University of Economics and Business
Program: Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Contact: Waltraud Hanousek
Vienna, Austria
Virginia Commonwealth University
Program: Virginia Family & Private Business Forum
Contact: Charles J. Gallagher
Richmond, VA, United States
Wake Forest University
Program: Wake Forest MBA Family Business Center
Contact: Katharine G. Baker
Winston-Salem, NC, United States
Walsh College
Program: Family Business Center
Contact: Janet Hubbard
Troy, MI, United States
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
Program: INTES Center for Family Enterprises
Contact: Jan Eiben
Vallendar, Germany
Wichita State University
Program: Kansas Family Business Forum
Contact: Ron Christy
Wichita, KS, United States
Wilfrid Laurier University
Program: The Schlegel Centre for Entrepreneurship
Contact: Stephen W. Farlow
Waterloo, ON, Canada
