What's the Game Plan?
Family and closely held businesses need structures for making decisions, resolving differences and defining a vision for the future.
Keynote Speaker
Josh Baron
Cofounder and Partner at Banyan Global Family Business Advisors. He works with the owners of family businesses to define their purpose and establish the structures, strategies, and skills they need to accomplish their goals. Josh is the co-author of the Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook and a frequent contributor to HBR.org. He is a sought-after speaker and teaches at Harvard Business School
Governance
Elizabeth Leo, Esq.
Elizabeth Leo joined Wilkes University as general counsel and Title IX coordinator in 2021. Elizabeth clerked for the Hon. Kevin Thomas Duffy, U.S. District Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and then moved on to Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, LLP in New York. Upon moving to Pennsylvania, Elizabeth worked for Rosenn, Jenkins and Greenwald, LLP, Commonwealth Health and Ufberg and Associates before joining Wilkes.
Elizabeth resides in Shavertown with her husband and two children.
Governance
Steven Roth, Esq.
Attorney Steven P. Roth has been engaged in the representation of a number of the region’s leading businesses in connection with general corporate representation. He is sought after for his counsel and business advice in negotiating complex commercial acquisition, merger and divestiture transactions, joint ventures and other forms of business combinations.
Process
Peter Malloux
Owner and founder of PM Medical Products. H is a certified Pennsylvania First Responder. His career has been primarily in acute care medical sales management. He opened PM Medical Products in 2006 and continues focusing on growth and improvement with his wonderful staff. In 2013 he purchased Accessibility Advantage LLC a mobility products company providing Ameriglide stair glides, wheel chair lifts , elevators and ramps. When Pete is not in the office, he enjoys fishing, golfing, and working as a ski patroller at Jack Frost Ski Area. He resides in Indian Lake, PA with his wife, Dr. Cynthia Mailloux.
Process
Holly R Carron
Holly Roever Carron is a second-generation operator of Dunkin locations in Lackawanna County. She is a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University with a BS in Marketing and International Business. Prior to working in the family business, she was a Circuit Provisioner, Trainer and Manager with MCI/WorldCom. She is a member of many local boards and is currently the President of the St Joseph’s Center Board.
Process
Ryan Adcroft
Ryan earned a bachelor's degree in Marketing from the Fox School of Business and Management at Temple University (TU). Over his career he has owned and operated various marketing companies along with gaining extensive knowledge in broadcast media sales, media placement, email marketing, internet marketing & eventually co-founding and launching Tribal Media in July of 2010. His main objective, within all of his endeavors, is to analyze the needs of businesses and creatively build marketing/branding campaigns that generate positive results for his clients. In 2019 he launched a sister company, Birdhouse Outdoor; a premium out-of-home advertising company.