Vermont Family Business Initiative welcomes KeyBank as new partner

The Vermont Family Business Initiative (VFBI) and KeyBank have announced a partnership this week to assist Vermont family and privately owned businesses with transition, succession, and financial planning issues. KeyBank joins The Coaching Center of Vermont, Gallagher, Flynn and Company, and hmc2 agency as current partners of the VFBI. The VFBI works with business owners and their successors to identify challenging transitional issues and develop strategies for successful business transition and strategic growth.
Dann Van Der Vliet, Director of the VFBI, reflected on the new partnership, ‘Having KeyBank helps to round out our array of professional partners. They play a key role in sharing their expertise at our forums and helping us to plan towards the future.’ Family business owners routinely state that their banking relationship is one of the most trusted relationships they have, along with their spouses and financial advisors.
"The mission of the Vermont Family Business Initiative aligns well with our goal of helping family and privately held businesses grow and solve the full range of issues that businesses face,’ said Scott Carpenter, President of KeyBank, Vermont District. KeyBank has 13 branches and 130 employees throughout the state.
The Vermont Family Business Initiative is dedicated to supporting and strengthening the network of businesses that are family and privately owned. The VFBI serves family business owners, next generation leaders and key employees through a series of family business forums and affinity groups with peers in other successful family firms.For more information, go to http://uvm.edu/familybusiness