Peter Begalla

Peter Begalla is a consultant to multi-generational family enterprises, the Conference Chairman for Family Business Magazine and Directors & Boards Magazine, a Professor of the Practice at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, and past-lecturer in Family Business at Stetson University.

As a consultant, Peter works directly with family enterprises on governance, board development & evaluation, leadership succession, family dynamics, and next gen development. Peter is the founder and president of JPB Consulting Group which has a national and international client footprint across multiple sectors: CPG, wood products, oil & gas, entertainment, single family offices, and commercial construction.

As the Conference Chairman for Family Business Magazine’s Transitions Conference, Peter brings together multi-generational family enterprises so they can share their stories, learn from each other, and develop practices that will sustain the family enterprise for generations.  Other conferences include Private Company Governance Summit, Family Business Generational Wealth, and Character of the Corporation.

Peter taught Family Business courses at Stetson University for over 13 years.  Classes taught included Managerial Issues in Family Business: Harnessing the strategic value of family; Personal & Professional Leadership Development in the Family Business; Special Topics: Consulting to Family Firms.

In 2000, Peter founded an online continuing education company and ran it for 9 years in partnership with his father. The company built custom learning management systems, partnered with state and national associations, obtained multiple certifications to provide continuing ed, and sold hundreds of thousands online courses to licensed professionals.