"Sustainability--A Family Goal", CCM Family Advisors, July 2009 

"Especially now, families are concerned not only with preserving their financial wealth, but with maintaining and enhancing their overall social health and capacity for stewardship by successive generations.  As we all come to terms with the reality that financial assets can be less reliable than we thought, family leaders are saying to themselves, 'We may not be as financially secure as we had hoped and planned...'" Click on the image, below, to read futher. 

"Family Culture and Family Wealth", Family Office Association, June 18, 2010

"I begin with a personal family story.  In 1998 I joined my four siblings and our 8 kids for a family birthday party- it was Dad's 80th birthday and we gathered in my brother's house in Louisiana around some good seafood and a birthday cake with that really sweet frosting lovingly decorated by the grandkids.  For some reason that night Dad began to talk more about his life than he ever had before..." Click on the image, below, to read futher. 

"Leadership through Good Governance", CCM Family Advisors, October 2010

"Aspiring writers are often given the advice, “write about what you know.”  In thinking about how to best use this opportunity to share some ideas and thoughts with you, I paused to consider whether there is any common thread in the myriad of activities that I am privileged to enjoy as a business executive, board chairman, non-profit director, foundation trustee, and family leader.  I would suggest that each of these roles offers the opportunity and responsibility to serve by encouraging effective governance..."  Click on the image, below, to read futher.