Recommended National Private Business Centers
Explore our curated list of top family and private business centers from across the country, recommended by the Goering Center.
Recommended Centers
Alabama
Lowder Center for Family Business and Entrepreneurship at Auburn University
Arkansas
Family Enterprise Center at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith
California
California State University Fullerton Center for Family Business
Fresno State's Institute for Family Business
Gellert Family Business Center
Marshall Family Business Program at University of Southern California
The University of Pacific Institute for Family Business
Connecticut
The University of New Haven Center for Family Business
Florida
Eugenio Pino and Family Global Entrepreneurship Center at Florida International University
Georgia
Kennesaw State University Cox Family Enterprise Center
Hawaii
Family Business Center of Hawaii at University of Hawaii at Manoa
Illinois
Chicago Family Business Council at DePaul University
Loyola Family Business Center at Loyola University
Northwestern University Center for Family Enterprise
Indiana
Purdue Initiative for Family Firms (PIFF) at Purdue University
Iowa
University of Northern Iowa Family Business Center
Kansas
The Forum for Family Enterprise
Kentucky
University of Louisville Family Business Center
Louisiana
Tulane Family Business Center at Tulane University
Maine
The Institute for Family-Owned Business
Richard E. Dyke Center for Family Business at Husson Unviersity
Massachusetts
Center for Family Business at Northeastern Unviersity
Michigan
Family Business Alliance
Family Owned Business Institute at Grand Valley State University
Stevens Center for Family Business at Saginaw Valley State University
Minnesota
University of St. Thomas Family Business Center
Missouri
University of St. Thomas Family Business Center
New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire Center for Family Business
New Jersey
The O. Berk Company Family Business Forum at Fairleigh Dickinson University
New York
Niagara University Family Business Center
Smith Family Business Initiative at Cornell University
The New York Family Business Center at LeMoyne College
North Carolina
Family Enterprise Center at the Unviersity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina Asheville Family Business Forum
Wake Forest University Center for Private Business
Ohio
Conway Center for Family Business
The University of Toledo Center for Family and Privately-Held Business
Oklahoma
Family-Owned Business Institute at the University of Tulsa
Oregon
Austin Family Business Program at Oregon State University
Pennsylvania
Center for Family Business at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Delaware Valley Family Business Center
Family Business Alliance at Wilkes University
Initiative for Family Business and Entrepreneurship at St. Joseph's University
Penn State Behrend Center For Family Business
The Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence at the University of Pittsburgh
The S. Dale High Center for Family Business at Elizabethtown College
South Carolina
Kim S. Miller Family Enterprise Institute of South Carolina
South Dakota
Prairie Family Business Association at University of South Dakota
Texas
Institute for Family Business at Baylor University
Vermont
Family Business Institute at the University of Vermont
Wisconsin
Family Business Center at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wisconsin Family Business Forum
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