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Board Bootcamp—Basic Training

May 19, 2026 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM (CDT)

Description

board bootcamp basic training

How to get started building a board and board fundamentals 

Learn the core principles of board governance, explore different board models, and discover how to lay the groundwork for a board that adds real value.

This event is free, hosted via Zoom, and is open to all leadership, family members, and board members from family-owned businesses. It will be recorded and available to access on the members-only portal after the event concludes.

MEET THE PRESENTER

Jennifer M. Pendergast, Ph.D.

Jennifer M. Pendergast Ph.D is a family enterprise consultant and adjunct professor at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. She is active as an academic director and instructor for the Family Enterprise Suite of executive education programs. She serves as a consultant on family enterprise and family office strategy and structure. She is a board member and trustee for multiple family enterprises.

Previously she served as the inaugural John L. Ward Clinical Professor of Family Enterprise and Faculty Director, Center for Family Enterprises (KCFE) at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. In that capacity, Jennifer guided the market leading executive education and MBA programs and the research agenda for KCFE. Before that she served as the US leader of the Egon Zehnder’s Family Business Advisory. She began her career in family business consulting at Family Business Consulting Group. Early in her career she was an associate in the McKinsey & Company Atlanta office. With a PhD in strategy, Jennifer has also taught on the faculty of Georgia Tech and Wharton Business School.

Jennifer’s teaching, consulting and writing concentrate on strategic planning and businessgrowth, developing and managing family councils and ownership groups, structuring and improving the effectiveness of boards of directors, planning for ownership and leadership succession and creating and managing family offices.

Jennifer received her Ph.D. in Management from Wharton Business School and holds a B.S. in Finance from University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce and has authored numerous books and articles, two of her standout titles are: Family Business Succession: Your Roadmap to Continuity co-authored with Kelly LeCouvie and Building a Successful Family Board, which she wrote with John Ward and Stephanie Brun dePontet.

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Name: Kristen Toppin
Phone: (319) 273-5784
Email: kristen.toppin@unifamilybusinesscenter.com
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