Sam Seltzer ’48 Mentors Forum
The Sam Seltzer ’48 Mentors Forum is a vast network that connects current Cornell students and recent alumni with scholars, advisors and family business leaders for one-on-one mentoring and coaching sessions.
Students have the exceptional opportunity to select their own agendas and interest areas for exploration during the time spent with their mentors. Cornell Family Business mentors are carefully selected to provide for a diversity of experience and expertise.
Common discussion topics
Students are increasingly seeking out opportunities to interact with family business industry leaders on a variety of topics, including:
- New business opportunities
- Career opportunities
- Returning, or not returning, to the family business
- The role of women in their family’s business
- Leadership
- New perspectives
- Succession planning
- Family wealth and values
- Conflict
- Family office and governance
- Family enterprise advising and the role of consultants
- Legal considerations in family business
Participant testimonials
“The day was a well designed opportunity to meet relevant colleagues and give and get feedback and ideas in a personal setting. The mentees always seem eager, sincere, and curious, looking for perspectives to help them proceed and succeed; and the environment brings out the best of my mentoring skills.”
Ira Bryck, Helping Leaders Grow
“It was such beautiful opportunity for experienced professionals to spend some quality time with students & recent graduates in a relaxed and supportive space — not only to share advice, but also to share stories, commonalities, and connection. Such a unique and exceptional experience!”
Anne Bauer, Legacy
“Mentors are high caliber; they all bring a different perspective to the forum, so it gives us mentees a good perspective on how to create value in our endeavors.”
J. Alex Albarracin, Baker Program in Real Estate ’23
Eligible student participants
The Mentors Forum is open to all current Cornell students and recent alumni who have graduated within the past five years. Take advantage of a wealth of information from senior family business leaders and advisors in a one-on-one setting.
About Sam Seltzer
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Sam Seltzer '48
Former Presidential CouncilorFirmly convinced that small business is the foundation of the U.S. economy, Sam Seltzer has been committed to personal enterprise throughout his life. In 1960, he founded Allison Corporation, a…
For more information
Contact Daniel Van Der Vliet, Executive Director
Smith Family Business Initiative at Cornell