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Developing Entrepreneurial Thinking & Family Business Leadership in the Next Generation

Gary Schroeder, President Oakshire Mushroom Farm, Inc.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009
7:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Radnor Valley Country Club
Breakfast buffet included
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How and when do you successfully transfer your values and “know how” to the next generation and grow leaders?

Member Spotlight on Leadership:

Growing Oakshire, Nurturing Children & Developing Leaders
Presenter: Gary Schroeder, President, Oakshire Mushroom Farm, Inc., Kennett Square

Gary Schroeder is founder/CEO of Oakshire Mushroom Farm, Inc. in Kennett Square, PA. Oakshire Mushrooms is the exclusive licensee of the DOLE brand for all mushrooms in North America and operates as Dole Mushrooms at retail. Oakshire Mushrooms has several portobello mushroom growing farms. Gary has been a model of leadership success in a competitive business environment, and was recognized for this in an article in The Kennett Paper.

Gary has been very active in the Boy Scout of America. He is an Eagle Scout and has served as a Scoutmaster and President of Chester County Council. He has taught leadership to Scouting youth and adults for over 20 years. Gary is currently a Board Member of Chester County Council and also Board Member of the Northeast Region, BSA that serves over one million Scouts and adult volunteers.

Gary has a B.S and M.S in Plant Pathology from Penn State University and in May 2009 will complete a M.S. in Food Marketing from Saint Joseph’s University. Gary and his wife Laurey have three sons, all Eagle Scouts. Their three sons have professional degrees and are following their own dreams.

Dr. Cindy Iannarelli Consultant, Author, President of Bernelli University

Developing Entrepreneurial Thinking & Family Business Leadership in the Next Generation
Presenter: Dr. Cindy Iannarelli, Consultant, Author, President of Bernelli University

Based on her 20 years of research, Dr. Cindy will focus on how children and young adults develop personal and business skills (both good and bad) by observing and learning from their parents, grandparents, and key executives in the family business.

You will hear a true case study of a family business that transitioned from the second generation to the third and is now moving into the fourth by initiating a training and development program for the 13 children, ages 3 to 33. Learn how to create a next generation development process for your own family business which insures peace in the family and well developed character and skills in the next generation.

Growing up in the family business founded by her immigrant father, Cindy gained a unique insight into business operations at an early age. While working, alongside her mother as a teenager in her women’s clothing store, she observed first hand how knowledge passed from one generation to the next in an entrepreneurial family. In 1987, Cindy was honored as the “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” by the US Small Business Administration in Western PA.

Her primary doctorate research on Developing Entrepreneurial Thinking and Entrepreneurial Leadership Systems led her to become a sought after speaker and international consultant.

A pioneer in the field, Dr Iannarelli launched the first business plan competition for teenagers, the first Camp Entrepreneur, the first training programs for preschool children, the first mascot, Bizzbee, to inspire children to learn entrepreneurship in 1995, the first design for a mobile business classroom, the Bizzmobile, to provide a real world business simulation, the first systematic method to develop entrepreneurial leadership with 5 skills, 5 stages, and 5 steps in 1998, the first television series to teach entrepreneurship, and the first graduate school to focus solely on Entrepreneurial Leadership.

Dr Iannarelli was a visiting lecturer at the Wharton Business School Family Enterprise Center and lectured at the Czechoslovak Management Center and throughout Eastern Europe and Russia. She initiated a student and faculty exchange at the University of Trento, Italy in 1993 prior to initiating the Family Business Course there which was the first course in the School of Economics to be offered online under her direction in 2000.

Dr Iannarelli has traveled to close to 100 Universities to deliver lectures in the Executive Education. Her family business clients include founding families of some of the world’s largest multinational firms as well as a host of midsize family firms through the US and Europe.

Post Forum Lunch ... the learning continues:

Register today for our complimentary luncheon session which will convene immediately after the Forum. Call (215) 723-8413 to make reservations as seating is limited.

Asset Protection Planning
Presenters –Jon Samel, Partner, Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin and
Chad Lacher, Partner, Lacher & Associates.

This luncheon will address topics such as the importance of an insurance adequacy analysis, use of available exemptions from creditors, fraudulent transfers and bankruptcy considerations, and the effective use of limited liability business entities, business formation agreements, and trusts to enhance asset protection.

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Please contact Sally Derstine at (215) 723-8413 or click here for more information or to register.

The Family Business Learning Community gathers monthly to learn best practices of successful business families and competent advisors. Join our membership of over 80 family firms from all industries across the tri-state area. These 1st through 5th generations learn from each other and with each other at quarterly Forums and monthly Mini-Forums.

Forum cancellations must be made 2 days prior to event; if registration fees are involved, they cannot be refunded or waived when cancellations are made after that date or when the registrant does not attend.

Directions:

Radnor Valley Country Club
555 Sproul Road, Villanova, PA
(215) 723-9886
www.radnorvalleycc.com

Directions from Southern New Jersey and Philadelphia
From New Jersey use either the Ben Franklin or Walt Whitman bridge. Head West on the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76W) to Exit 331A (I-476 South-"Blue Route"). Exit is just past Conshohocken on the left. Take I-476 South to Exit 13 (St. Davids/Villanova). Turn right onto Route 30 East (Lancaster Ave.). Go to third traffic light and turn right onto Sproul Rd. (Route 320). RVCC is located 1.5 miles on the left.

From Northeast Philadelphia, I-95 North and surrounding area, Central and Western PA:
Take Pennsylvania Turnpike to Exit 25 (Mid-County I-476 South) and follow signs to I-476 South (Blue Route). Take I-476 South to Exit 13 (St. Davids/Villanova). Turn right onto Route 30 East (Lancaster Ave.). Go to third traffic light and turn right onto Sproul Rd. (Route 320). RVCC is located 1.5 miles on the left.

From New York and central New Jersey
Take New Jersey Turnpike South to Exit 6 (PA Turnpike). Take Pennsylvania Turnpike West to Exit 25 (Mid-County I-476 South) and follow signs to I-476 South (Blue Route). Take I-476 South to Exit 13 (St. Davids/Villanova). Turn right onto Route 30 East (Lancaster Ave.). Go to third traffic light and turn right onto Sproul Rd. (Route 320). RVCC is located 1.5 miles on the left.

From Philadelphia Airport
Take Exit 9 off I-476 (Blue Route). Turn left onto Route 3. At 3rd traffic light turn right onto Church Lane. Continue as this road turns into Route 320 and Sproul Road. RVCC will be approximately 3 miles on your right.

Note: Exit numbers have changed on Route 476; these changes are reflected in the text and map below.