Barbara Hollander Award

The Barbara Hollander Award was created to honor the late founder and first president of FFI to perpetuate her profound interest in family business and her love for education and learning.
The award recipient exemplifies Barbara Hollander’s love of education and learning, life-long commitment to social causes, dedication to civic responsibility, belief in the human capacity to change for the better, and belief in giving to others generously.
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- nominees do not have to be members of FFI.
- nominees may not nominate themselves or the organization where they are employed or in which they have a business interest.
- the awards committee may directly solicit nominees for any award.
- nominators are responsible for securing the willingness of the nominee to be considered.
- candidates will remain on the committee’s active list for two years following the year of nomination.
Submission Deadline: The deadline for submissions for awards is April 15 of the award year.
Award Notification: Nominees will be notified of the decision in writing by June 30 of the submission year. Winners are expected to be present at the FFI annual conference.
Application Guidelines: The application should be submitted electronically. Click here to complete the nomination form.
Criteria
Candidate is to be significantly engaged in the education, study and understanding of the family and social dynamics of family business and may be an organization, or a graduate student studying family business or a faculty member in a program for family businesses, and one or more of the following:
- contribution to civic, charitable, educational or other nonprofit organizations which support human betterment and social change demonstrated through written testimonial.
- leadership in promoting recognition of the economic and social prominence of family enterprise.
- active participation and support of FFI through participation in FFI’s educational, membership and organizational activities.
Award Recipients
Daphne McGuffin
Jeremy Cheng
Rania Labaki
Dianne H.B. Welsh
Caro Rock
Danny Miller, Isabelle Le Breton-Miller
Carlo Salvato
Kenneth Moores
Kim Schneider Malek
Ann Dugan
Carmen Bianchi
Pramodita Sharma
Lloyd Steier
Frank Hoy
Judy L. Green
Greg McCann
Salo Grabinsky
Panikkos Poutziouris
Cynthia Iannarelli
Joyce Brockhaus
David Pistrui
Dirk Jungé
Karen L.Vinton
Paul Karofsky
Patricia Frishkoff
Fredda Herz Brown
Kathy Wiseman