Cindy Clarke

UNC Asheville’s Family Business Forum, the first program of its kind in the region, recently named Cindy Clarke executive director. Former Director Richard Lasher stepped down to launch a similar family business organization at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va.

Clarke spent 14 years in sales and customer service with Revco Scientific Inc. (now Thermo Electron) in Asheville and the Bayer Corporation in Connecticut. A former UNC Asheville student, Clarke holds a bachelor’s degree from UNC Charlotte. She has served on the boards of the North Carolina Governor’s Western Residence Association, Caring for Children, Trinity Runaway Shelter, and is a previous member of the Junior League of Asheville. Clarke resides
in Fairview with her husband and five children.

The UNC Asheville Family Business Forum was developed to enhance the continued viability of family-owned businesses in the Asheville area. Membership in the forum is open to firms that have a family member with controlling interest in the business and at least one family member currently employed in the business. In addition to seminars and workshops, members receive a quarterly newsletter and the opportunity to network with other members who face similar challenges of perpetuating a family business.

For more information about UNC Asheville’s Family Business Forum, call 828/251-6527 or click on www.unca.edu/fbf/.