Richard Beckhard Practice Award
The Richard Beckhard Practice Award was established in 1992 to honor an FFI founding member and distinguished practitioner in the family enterprise field.
The Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of multi-generational family enterprise practice.

Criteria

Nominees must be engaged primarily in the practice of advising and consulting with family enterprises with a proven track record as an advisor or consultant. Activities such as the following are provided as examples of fulfilling the qualifications of this award:

  • Significant contribution to the delivery of advisory or consultancy services to multi-generational family enterprises as demonstrated by published and unpublished materials.
  • Development of widely applicable and tested advisory or consultancy tool or method for use with clients.
  • Leadership within FFI in the promotion of responsible and excellent practice.

Application Guidelines

  • Nominees do not have to be members of FFI.
  • Nominees may not nominate themselves or their organization.
  • The application must be submitted electronically. Click here to complete the nomination form.

Please note that nominees will remain on the committee’s active list for two years following the year of nomination.

Submit

Submission Deadline: Nominations open on January 1 of the award year. The deadline for submissions for awards is May 1 of the award year.

Award Notification: Nominees will be notified of the decision in writing by June 15 of the submission year. Winners are expected to be present at the FFI annual conference.

SUBMIT

Award Recipients

2024

James Grubman

2023

Neus Feliu

2022

Patricia Annino

2021

Kathy Wiseman

2020

Kathryn McCarthy

2019

Ian Macnaughton

2018

Kirby Rosplock

2017

Drew Mendoza

2016

John Davis

2015

Jared Kaplan

2014

The Center of Entrepreneurial Families (CEFEM)

2013

Marion McCollom Hampton

2012

Nancy Drozdow

2011

Peter Leach

2010

Leslie Dashew

2009

James Olan Hutcheson

2008

Jane Hilburt-Davis and Jeffrey Rothstein (posthumously)

2007

Kelin Gersick

2006

Dennis Jaffe

2005

Michael G. Shulman

2004

Renato Tagiuri

2003

François M. de Visscher

2002

Fredda Herz Brown

2001

Miguel Gallo

2000

Joseph Astrachan

1999

Stephen L. McClure

1998

David E. Bork

1997

Craig E.Aronoff

1996

Ernesto Poza

1995

Ivan Lansberg

1994

John L.Ward

1992

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