Smith Family Business Initiative

Cornell’s 2023 Families in Business Conference Ignites Thought Leadership
Clarence Rivette, MBA ’25, provides an overview and shares personal takeaways about the 9th Annual Families in Business Conference held in Ithaca.

- Agriculture
- Better Business Chronicles
- Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise
- Entrepreneurship
- MBA
- Smith Family Business Initiative
Seeing a Bright Future for Hemp in New York State
Hailee Greene, MBA ’24, wants to build the first industrial hemp processing facility in the Northeast.

New York FarmNet Cultivates Stability for Farming Families
Fred Lee was on the verge of losing the Long Island farm he had inherited from his family. A call to New York FarmNet helped change his life and his business.

Founder Kayla Wooley, MBA ’22, Taps into Solution for Understaffed Nursing Homes
Kayla Wooley credits Cornell mentors’ support in her launch of StaffOnTap, a digital marketplace designed to address nursing staff shortages.

Financial and Business Consultant Anna Richards Helps Keep Farm Businesses Sustainable
10 Under 10 honoree Anna Richards, MBA ’20, founder of 2020 Consulting, is passionate about the agricultural industry and people who grow our food.

Entrepreneurship or family business…or both?
Entrepreneurship and family business have at times seemed at odds with each other, but upon a closer look, they are actually joined at the hip.

- Alumni
- Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise
- MBA
- News
- Research With Impact
- Smith Family Business Initiative
Amid competing priorities, business can be a force for good
SC Johnson Chairman and CEO Fisk Johnson draws on his storied company’s values to navigate between business pragmatism and doing good.

Knowledge into action: Preparing the next generation of family business leaders
The Smith Family Business Initiative (SFBI) understands family business—how it operates, what makes it unique, and the impact it has on the global economy.

- Alumni
- Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise
- Family Business
- Leadership
- Smith Family Business Initiative
- Sustainable Global Enterprise
Fisk Johnson, CEO of SC Johnson: A champion in the crusade against plastic ocean waste
SC Johnson CEO Fisk Johnson talks about why ending plastic ocean waste is important to him, his company, and human life on this planet.