Barbara Spector
Barbara Spector, who grew up in a family business, has served on the editorial staff of
Family Business
Magazine since 2000 and has been the magazine’s editor-in-chief since 2004. She has also compiled and edited six volumes in the acclaimed
Family Business Handbook Series
, most recently the all-new revised edition of
The Family Business Succession Handbook
. Previously, she was the managing editor of
Jewelers’ Circular Keystone
, a trade magazine for the jewelry industry, which is primarily composed of family businesses.
Caro Rock
Caro Rock is the publisher of
Family Business Magazine
, which is itself owned by a family company with interests in media and information technology research. She was the founder of
Main Line Life
, a weekly newspaper with 15,000 readers covering the western suburban communities of Philadelphia. She grew up in a family business that manufactured and sold flour under the labels Ceresota and Heckers Flour. The Uhlmann Company, formerly Standard Milling Company, also produced Wheatena and Maypo hot cereals, Patio Chef Charcoal and Just Add Water jelly mix. Today, her father and brother are involved in the family business, which has ventured into additional related businesses.
Peter Begalla
Peter Begalla is a family business owner, Family Business Magazine’s Conference and Education Director, and Adjunct Professor with Stetson University’s Family Enterprise Center. He is at the forefront of Next Generation Leadership Development, having helped hundreds of college-aged students establish credibility and marketability with their family, with their family businesses or with non-family employers. He combines years of counseling experience with over 10 years of business development and marketing experience in online education.