DVFBC Community News & Upcoming Events
DVFBC Community News

We love hearing about your achievements and your successes! Here are some highlights that we picked up in the news about our members:

  A. Duie Pyle  was awarded the 2017 Grand Trophy for Safety at the NYS Truck Safety and Education Symposium. This award is the highest honor in fleet safety based on superior performance within the state.

reSAWN TIMBER co.'s new exterior product line, Kebony, is debuting this month, which is garnering quite a bit of excitement. Their environmentally-friendly products are sustainably sourced.

Our Premier Educational Partner, Lacher & Associates, was recently named to Business Insurance's   Best Places to Work in Insurance. Congratulations on achieving this honor! 
Forum May 23: Managing People Challenges in the Family Business

John Engels, globally-respected founder of  Leadership Coaching, Inc., will speak on building emotional maturity in the family and the business. Engels teaches relationship management and decision-making skills to families and professional firms around the world

Understand family business dynamics
Navigate generational conflict
Manage relationship triangles


Register by Friday, May 19th!
Best Practice Event June 14: How to Build Better Teams

As with any business, your greatest asset is your team and the people who make it up. But how do you ensure that all your employees, both family and non-family members alike, remain engaged with their job and the company's mission? Attend this Best Practice Event and learn some fundamental strategies to help develop successful teams for your family business.

Register Now
Best Practice Event September 14: An Introduction to Family Councils

A family council is a place for the family to determine values, policies, and direction for the future.Join the DVFBC Team at this Best Practice Event and learn more about how to take the first steps toward a family council and how it can develop each family member within the family business.
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Our Mission: Flourishing Families & Enterprises  
Since 1988, it's been our privilege to guide multi-generation business families through their complex, unique journeys. We have served over 600 business families across the nation with our customized, intergenerational, team-building process. 

We chart the path, teach the principles, develop the people, and guide the process that provides the direction, confidence, and tools to overcome the dangers, beat the odds, and reach the summit for  each family member & their enterprises !
Our Team
Sally Derstine
Scott Hackman
Jared Byas
Henry Landes
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