Episode 25: Carol Butler - President, The Goering Center for Family and Private Business
Linda welcomes Carol Butler to the podcast. Carol Butler is president of the Goering Center for Family and Private Business, North America’s largest university based educational center serving more than 400 closely held businesses. The Center’s mission is to nurture and educate family and private businesses to drive a vibrant economy. Members receive real-world insights that enlighten, strengthen and prolong family and private business success.
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Carol is a former Fortune500 Executive with 30 years of experience successfully leading profitable, global businesses within the manufacturing and distribution industries. As she stepped into her second act–management consulting, executive coaching and board service–she also became a volunteer at the Goering Center. This volunteer experience transitioned to her current role as president of the non-profit organization that is affiliated with the Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati where she has also served as an adjunct professor. Carol-having grown up in a family business–is dedicated to making a distinct difference in the success of the family and private business member companies and in the Greater Cincinnati region. Carol serves on the Life Learning Center Board along with3 for profit boards–Wright Brothers Global Gas, R B Tool & Manufacturing and New Riff Distillery. She is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors.
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“The worst decisions I’ve made in my life are the ones I made by myself.”
-Carol Butler
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carol.butler@uc.edu
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The Goering Center for Family and Private Business
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