Meet our Directors:
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Michael Hamra, Chairman, has served on the FEUSA board since 2010. Michael is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hamra Enterprises based in Springfield, Missouri, which owns and operates 47 Panera Bread bakery-cafés in Boston and Chicago and 28 Wendy’s Old Fashion Hamburger restaurants in the state of Missouri. Read more... |
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Jamie Richardson, Vice Chairman, has served on the FEUSA board since 2011. Jamie is is an "Ultimate Craver” who took his love of White Castle hamburgers to its logical extreme, joining the White Castle home office team in 1998. Jamie serves as Vice President, Corporate Relations, responsible for government affairs, shareholder relations, public relations and community relations. Read more... |
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Eric Allyn is an owner of Welch Allyn, a manufacturer of medical devices based in Skaneateles, NY, where he now serves as co-chairman of the company's Board of Directors. He began his career with Welch Allyn in 1982, working in a variety of roles including Sales Management, Business Development, Product Management, Marketing Communications, Product Development and Country Management. Read more... |
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Ann Kinkade is President of FEUSA and brings close to three decades of business experience, working exclusively with business-owning families in a variety of contexts for the last 15 years. In 2009, Ann launched Family Enterprise USA (FEUSA), the nation’s first nonprofit, nonpartisan, advocacy group dedicated to addressing family enterprise public image and public policy issues. Read more... |
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Judy Rauenhorst Mahoney is the
Teach Me, Inc., the publisher of 55 award-winning titles teaching children ten foreign languages using stories and songs. Teach Me was founded on the principle that a child’s early exposure to new languages promotes a better understanding of our world. Read more...
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James Preston Root is President of the Root Family Board of Directors, a position that has been continuously occupied by a family member for 110 years. He is the great grandson of C.J. Root who founded Root Glass Company in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1901. Root Glass Company designed, patented and manufactured the original 6 ½ ounce Coca-Cola bottle in 1916. Read more...
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Kirby Rosplock is a passionate advocate, speaker, writer, and innovator in family business, family office and family wealth industries. She has a unique blend of personal life experience being a 4th generation member and owner of a 130+ year old family business and is a co-trustee on her family’s foundation coupled with her experience leading Research & Development in a multi-family office, GenSpring Family Offices. Read more... |
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