Who Can Be Nominated:
Family Enterprises in the following categories can be nominated:
- 1st Gen: Start-up or purchased firms with multiple family members in ownership or operations.
- Multi-Gen - Family Enterprise that has completed at least one generational transfer within the family.
- Multi-Gen - Global Enterprise that has completed at least one generational transfer within the family.
- Vermont Legacy Family Enterprise: Vermont based family business recognized for outstanding and long lasting success..
Who Can Nominate?
Nominations can be submitted by the company (self-nominations) or by associated parties.
Judging Criteria
The judging panel will evaluate the nominations and select the winners based on the following criteria:
- Financial success of the company
- Governance of the family and the business
- Contributions to the community and industry
- Innovative business practices or strategies
2021 Judges:
- Gina Akley – Trow and Holden Company, 2020 Vermont Legacy Family Enterprise Award Winner
- Kristin Hutchins – Ruge’s Automotive, Inc., 2020 Multi-Gen Family Enterprise Award Winner
- Joe Miles – rk Miles, 2020 Multi-Gen Family Enterprise Award Winner
- George Schenk – American Flatbread at Lareau Farm, 2020 1st Generation Family Enterprise Award Winner
- Steve Schlesinger (’83) – Schlesinger Group, 2016 Multi-Gen Global Family Enterprise Award Winner
- Pramodita Sharma – Schlesinger-Grossman Chair of Family Business, UVM Grossman School of Business (non-voting chair)
Over The Years:
1st GENERATION FAMILY ENTERPRISE: Start-up or purchased firm with multiple family members in ownership or operations.
- 2020: American Flatbread at Lareau Farm, Waitsfield, VT
- 2019: Rhino Foods, Inc., Burlington, VT
- 2018: The Alchemist, Stowe, VT
- 2016: The RehabGYM, Williston, VT
- 2015: MyWebGrocer, Winooski, VT
- 2013: A.W. Brown Pet & Garden Store, East Longmeadow, MA
- 2012: DLC Management Corporation, Tarrytown, NY
MULTI-GEN FAMILY ENTERPRISE: Family firms that have completed at least one generational transfer within the family.
- 2020: r.k. Miles, Inc., Middlebury, VT
- 2020: Ruge’s Automotive, Inc., Rhinebeck, NY
- 2019: Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, VT
- 2019: Bergman Real Estate Group, Iselin, NJ
- 2018: Curtis Packaging, Sandy Hook, CT
- 2018: Lake Champlain Chocolates, Burlington, VT
- 2017: Foley Inc., Piscataway Township, NJ
- 2017: New England Kenworth, Shelburne, VT
- 2015: Boyden Valley Winery, Caimbridge, VT
- 2014: Butternut Mountain Farm, Morrisville, VT
- 2013: State Garden Inc. / Olivia's Organics, Chelsea, MA
- 2012: Sagamore Golf, North Hampton, NH
MULTI-GEN GLOBAL ENTERPRISE: Family firms that have completed at least one generational transfer within the family.
- 2017: Cardinal Shoes, Lawrence, MA
- 2016: Schlesinger Associates, Iselin, NJ
- 2015: The Barton Group, Glens Falls, NY
- 2014: Alqueria Dairy, Bogotá, COLOMBIA
- 2013: DiLeonardo International, Warwick, RI
VERMONT LEGACY FAMILY ENTERPRISE: Vermont based family business recognized for outstanding and long lasting success -
- 2020: Trow & Holden Company, Barre, VT
- 2019: O'Brien Brothers, South Burlington, VT
- 2018: Foster Brothers Farm / Vermont Natural Ag Products Inc., Middlebury, VT
- 2017: Basin Harbor, Vergennes, VT
- 2017: Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks, Montpelier, VT
- 2016: Addison Press, Middlebury, VT
- 2015: Branon Family Maple Orchards, Fairfield, VT
- 2014: Wayside Restaurant, Montpelier, VT
- 2013: Dakin Farms, Ferrisburg, VT
- 2012: Maple Landmark Inc., Middlebury, VT
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Contact
For any questions about the Family Business Awards please email gsbfba@uvm.edu