Spring Conference 2018

May 23 – 8-1:30 Grewen Auditorium, Grewen Hall, Le Moyne College Campus (Parking Lot C, Springfield Rd.)

8 a.m. – Registration/Coffee/Fruit

8:30 – 9:45 - Jason Banuski – Managing the Millennial Generation. As millennials become the dominant generation in the workplace and the market, how do we respond as business leaders? An engaging session to better understand the generational movement and the values, skills, and motivations at the heart of this revolution. (Jason is President and Senior Human Resource Consultant of HR One, an upstate NY family-run business and premier human resource consulting firm.)

10:15-11:45 – AXA Advisors – Business Killers. Our panel of expert financial advisors from our conference sponsor will walk participants through this unique presentation designed by industry experts and business owners to self-assess areas of risk and examine some of the common mistakes business owners often make. An individual Risk Barometer will allow participants to assess their own company and potential risks. The panel will walk participants through a series of video vignettes and encourage conversation while referring to case studies and individual experiences.

12-1:30 – Luncheon/speaker – Helen Hanna Casey – See Tomorrow Today - sharing the past, present & future of her family’s story. As President and CEO of the family-owned and operated Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, the third largest real estate company and the largest privately owned real estate company in the US, Helen is an industry leader with more than four decades of experience and has been named to the 100 Most Influential People in Real Estate list by INMAN News and the Most Powerful Woman in Real Estate by the Swanepoel Power 200 report. With three generations of the Hanna family involved in the day-to-day operations of the company, they are the #1 home seller in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York. Helen will share her company’s legacy and what family, community and commitment mean to the organization. Residing in Pittsburgh, she and her husband Steve share the love of theater and have produced eight Broadway shows.

We welcome family business owners , managers and others to join us for a day of presentations, engaging interactive workshops and Q&A sessions to help them better understand current workplace and workforce trends and risks, and learn how to apply that knowledge to help develop forward-thinking, on-trend, sustainable family businesses.

Thank you to our conference sponsor, AXA Advisors. We are grateful for helping support family businesses in Central New York.

Free for Family Business Center members/Non-members $59. Register at www.newyorkfamilybusinesscenter.com