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March 2023

Global Family Enterprise Program News

Upcoming Events

2023 Family Enterprise Conference
Governing for the Future

Friday, March 24, 2023
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
David Geffen Hall
Cooperman Commons

Don't miss the signature event of the year! Registration closes at 11:59pm on Tuesday, March 21st.

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Recent Happenings

BBH Family Business Leadership Speaker Series
Nathan Lerman of Steel Warehouse

This engaging talk focused family, leadership, and everything in between. Nathan and Professor Gaia Marchisio discussed the Lerman family, what keeps them together, the business and continued innovation.

This session was made possible by a generous gift from Brown Brothers Harriman.

Teatime with Cindi Bigelow, President and CEO of Bigelow Tea

This conversation focused on leadership lessons learned during Cindi's 35-year career at her family business. Cindi and Wangene Hall ’24, VP of Alumni & Mentorship in the Family Business Club, discussed everything from organizational culture and facility automation to passion over profits and lifting those around you.

The talk was hosted and co-sponsored by The Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics & the CBS Global Family Enterprise Program as part of the Reuben Mark Initiative for Organizational Character and Leadership.

Global Immersion: Nordic Family Enterprise

Professor Patricia Angus is excited to be taking students on the road for the first time since the pandemic. They’ve been studying studying sustainability, stakeholdership and innovation and will have a series of site visits in Denmark and Sweden on the Global Immersion trip during spring break.

Get Involved

Are you hiring? The Global Family Enterprise Program seeks to support our first-year students in securing summer opportunities, as well as our soon-to-be graduates and more experienced professionals seeking full-time opportunities.

If you find yourself in need of an intern, full-time hire, relevant summer research, or help on a consulting project, please share with the Columbia Business School community by posting at CBS. By posting at CBS, you gain access to our MBA, EMBA, MS, and alumni talent.

Speak directly to one of our colleagues in the Career Management Center for specific hiring needs:

Doris Alcivar (Consulting and Industrials, Technology, Startups, Social Enterprise/Non-Profit, Retail, Consumer Goods, Media/Entertainment, Healthcare, Other)
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos (FinTech, Investment Management, Banking, Private Equity, VC, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Energy, Travel/Hospitality)

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