Moore School of Business - SCFBF Sponsors

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Sponsors of the South Carolina Family Business Forum are a crucial element of the organization's success. They provide guidance and assistance to the owners of family-owned businesses who join the Forum. They assist in recruiting new members, determining topics of interest for workshops, obtaining workshop presentations, and guiding members as they develop and "transition" their respective businesses.

The current sponsors of the South Carolina Family Business Forum include:

Carolina First
Trust and Asset Management
Carolina First's comprehensive financial solutions are designed to help you grow, preserve, and manage your wealth. They do this with the backing of the largest South Carolina headquartered bank, with offices in South Carolina, North Carolina and Florida. Carolina First has a proven record of investment performance and qualified professionals who stay abreast of the newest trends in wealth management and family business issues. For personable, flexible, and responsive solutions to your business needs, contact Robert C. Peithman of the Trust and Asset Management office in Columbia, SC at 803-933-1118.

Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA, is a full-service law firm located in Columbia, South Carolina. The firm focuses on providing solutions to family-owned companies and small businesses throughout the Southeast. The firm has insight and experience in the complexities of all aspects of estate planning, succession planning, business formation, governance, operations and transactions. Ellis Lawhorne offers a unique perspective through its ability to provide counsel, mediation and litigation support for the critical issues facing individuals and family-owned businesses. The firm's subsidiary, Ellis Lawhorne Management Group, LLC, is engaged in a full range of managment services including CEO and corporate leadership consultation, strategic direction, executive searches, governmental and legislative relations and real estate development. For more information, please visit www.ellislawhorne.com or David Sojourner at 803-254-4190.

Grant Thornton, LLP
Grant Thornton, LLP, is the only international acccounting firm dedicated to serving the needs of middle-market companies. Since its founding in 1924, Grant Thornton has focused on the unique business and tax issues faced by family businesses and their owners. Although Grant Thornton serves more than 500 public companies, the vast majority of our clients are closely-held, owner-managed businesses. Our commitment to privately held businesses is demonstrated in numerous ways such as our dedication to providing outstanding client service, our active involvement in various trade associations, and our development of the Business Owners Council. In addition, our partners have over 20 years of experience providing tax, assurance, and business advisory services to middle-market companies. For more information about Grant Thornton, LLP, or the South Carolina Family Business Forum, please contact DeAnne Dunn at 803-231-3046.

Landmark Business Solutions
Serving closely-held businesses and their families for omore than 28 years, Landmark Business Solutions offers integrated business consulting services from financial planning to operational analysis and management techniques. Co-founders Dwight and Edythe Newton have combined experience of more thanr 50 years as financial and operational consultants to business owners of small and medium-size businesses. They are strong believers in trust and a customized approach, handling each consulting situation with the utmost confidentiality and integrating each business's financial goals with its core values and current situation. For your business consulting needs, contact Dwight or Edythe Newton at 803-268-4427

MassMutual Life Insurance Company
For nearly 155 years, family firms have looked to the strength of MassMutual for life insurance funding in estate and succession plans. Through a staff of professional agents and technical advisors who manage $456 billion in assets under management at year-end 2006, the company provides a complete portfolio of life and health products, including employee benefit and investment programs. For almost 50 years, the South Carolina agency has been serving South Carolina family-controlled businesses with top quality products and services. Nicholas B. Gavalas, General Agent, can be reached in Charleston at 843-873-4420. Visit www.massmutualcarolina.com for more information.