Eugene J. Wallace, CMC, Excell Oregon & Family Business Advisers
Kenton R. Hill, CMC, KRH Consulting
M. Lynn Spruill, Family Business Advisers

What are Ethics and Why Should You Care?

• Eugene J. Wallace is President/Founder of Family Business Advisers and Excell Oregon.  He has over 25 years of experience working with leaders in pursuit of excellence -- business and organizational leaders as well as business advisers -- around the country. As an entrepreneur, business owner, coach and adviser, he has powerfully helped hundreds of leaders and businesses wisely and passionately pursue excellence. Many of those with whom he has worked call him their "Strategic Advantage,” with some indicating that he helped them "save their business.”
  
  His business experience and professional development includes: starting three businesses from the ground up, including manufacturing, financial services and succession planning; achieving Certified Family Business Specialist (CFBS), Certified Succession Planner (CSP) and Certified Management Consultant™ (CMC®) designations; He serves on the Boards the Austin Family Business Program, International Succession Planning Association, YMCA of Columbia-Willamette and the International Theological Institute. His particular areas of expertise are Strategic Planning, Leader Development and Success and Succession Strategies.
  
  Eugene and his wife of 25 years, Angela, live on a small farm south of Portland, Oregon where they have raised horses, cows, chickens, donkeys, sheep and five children.  More bio here
  
  
  
• Kenton R. Hill a Certified Management Consultant™, brings over 40 years of public and private sector experience to his work as Principal Consultant at KRH Consulting, in Portland, Oregon, where he specializes in assisting executives, managers, and professionals in strengthening their skills in the increasingly important people side of the enterprise. In addition to personalized, one-to-one performance development coaching, Ken provides team building, selection consultation, 360 degree feedback, and conflict resolution services.
  
  Prior to establishing KRH Consulting in 1991, Ken was a teacher, counselor, and school principal, a V.P. at Selection Research Inc. (now Gallup), and a Senior Consultant for Lee Hecht Harrison, an international career management and outplacement firm. His Doctorate from the University of Nebraska was followed by post-doctoral work in Executive Leadership at Lewis and Clarke in Portland, Oregon. Ken, the author of Smart Isn't Enough and the KRH-EIQ online feedback process, has provided performance enhancement coaching to over 400 individuals, plus more than 70 teams, in excess of 170 different companies and organizations (from family-owned to Fortune 500) in the US and Europe.Ken and Leslie, his wife of 24 years, reside in a loft in Portland. Four grown children, their spouses, and 6 grandchildren all live on the West Coast.  More bio here
  
  
• M. Lynn Spruill joined Family Business Advisers in 2010, after retiring from Arnerich Massena and Associates where he served as both Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer from 2005 – 2009. Prior to that, Lynn served ten years as the Executive Director of Stoel Rives LLP, a multi-service business law firm with operations throughout the Western United States.  Lynn also spent more than 24 years in the field of higher education, including at Oregon State University where he served as Dean of the Business School and Vice President of University Relations.
  
  Lynn has consulted for numerous companies and families with a primary focus on succession planning in family- and closely-held businesses, with a particular interest in leadership and management continuity development, successor preparation, and family governance.
  
  Lynn was an active participant in the Oregon Ethics in Business program at its inception. Lynn earned a Bachelors degree in Mathematics from North CarolinaState University, an MBA from Emory University, and a PhD in Business from the University of Michigan.  More bio here