Digital Disruption is Here. Are You Ready?
Join PwC’s Danielle Valkner, U.S. Family Office Leader, Mackenzie Corporation’s Jenny Dinnen, President, Sales & Marketing, and Katie Rucker, President, Operations, along with Barbara Spector, Editor-in-Chief and Associate Publisher of Family Business Magazine, as they discuss why and how you should adapt to the realities of the evolving digital environment.
Digital Disruption is Here. Are Your Ready?
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
2 p.m. ET | 11 a.m. PT
60 minutes
Are you feeling the impact of digital disruption? 37% of family enterprises interviewed in PwC’s U.S. Family Business Survey worry that their business is vulnerable to digital disruption – from sensitive data being compromised to brands losing relevance in the digital world. It’s a growing number, and many family business leaders are concerned that not being able to evolve and adapt quickly could impact their business and, more importantly, their legacy.
The digital revolution, after all, is more than just using emerging technologies. How can family businesses keep up with the digital age, yet stay true and aligned with their legacy?
Our one-hour webcast will cover:
- The evolution of automation, and how it varies by organization
- Focus areas of innovation that can be leveraged by family enterprises
- Areas where automation can help drive operational and financial efficiencies
- How family businesses can embrace and benefit from the digital revolution
Join PwC’s Danielle Valkner, U.S. Family Office Leader, Mackenzie Corporation’s Jenny Dinnen, President, Sales & Marketing, and Katie Rucker, President, Operations, along with Barbara Spector, Editor-in-Chief and Associate Publisher of Family Business Magazine, as they discuss why and how you should adapt to the realities of the evolving digital environment.
Speakers

Danielle Valkner
U.S. Family Office Leader, PwC
Danielle Valkner leads our family office service offerings in the US and has over 25 years experience focusing on finance effectiveness, technology and operations. She has led multiple engagements focusing on finance effectiveness and reporting, process improvement and target operating model design, due diligence, risk management and control, vendor selection, robotics process automation and execution of operating model transformations.
Prior to joining PwC, Danielle worked directly for two large global asset managers, gaining extensive industry experience in Chief Financial and Chief Administrative Officer roles, responsible for all aspects of financial reporting, strategic planning and analysis, infrastructure, finance, treasury and accounting. Danielle also spent over 10 years as an auditor in the financial services sector specializing in banking and asset management, gaining valuable experience with SEC reporting, international finance operations, private equity, real estate and hospitality as well as Sarbanes Oxley/internal control frameworks.
Danielle graduated summa cum laude from Augustana College where she majored in Accounting and Business Administration with concentrations in Finance and Economics. She is a licensed CPA and received state and national honors related to the certification exam.

Katie Rucker
President, Operations, Mackenzie Corporation

Jenny Dinnen
President, Sales and Marketing, Mackenzie Corporation

Barbara Spector
Editor-in-Chief, Associate Publisher, Family Business Magazine
Barbara Spector, who grew up in a family business, has served on the editorial staff of Family Business since 2000. She has been editor-in-chief since 2004 and became associate publisher in 2011. She has compiled and edited seven volumes of the acclaimed Family Business Handbook series. Previously, she was the managing editor of Jewelers' Circular Keystone, a trade magazine for the jewelry industry, which is primarily composed of family businesses. She is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.
Benefits
- Completely FREE to attend
- Opportunity for questions and feedback
- Unbiased third-party family business education
- All participants receive a copy of the webinar materials after the event.
- All participants receive Family Business Magazine weekly newsletter, with news, tips and trends that impact your family business. You may, of course, opt out at any time.
- 60 minutes -- maximum value for time