About Continuity

Where Family and Enterprise Converge

Preserving family unity, wealth, and legacy for generations, guided by people who’ve spent their careers studying how families endure.

Preserving family unity, wealth, and legacy for generations, guided by people who’ve spent their careers studying how families endure.

Continuity Family Business Consulting is the leading authority in preventing and managing conflict within family enterprises. We help families navigate transitions, strengthen governance, and protect what took generations to build.

Every family enterprise sits at an intersection: ownership and identity, capital and relationship, the founder’s instincts and the next generation’s ambitions. Those intersections are where trouble tends to gather, but they are also where the most durable solutions get built. We work inside that convergence, not around it, so that the families we advise make sound decisions today without losing each other in the process.

With decades of combined experience across governance, conflict resolution, and wealth psychology, our team provides the kind of guidance that outlasts any single transaction, tailored to the family in front of us rather than a generic playbook.

“Intersections are points of convergence for different viewpoints. They mark the beginning of a conciliation.”

— Continuity, Philosophy

What Makes Our Approach Different

Three commitments that shape every engagement, whether the work spans one conversation or a decade.

Prevention & Resolution

Dispute Resolution & Conflict Prevention

We help families prevent, manage, and heal from conflict—the biggest threat to family enterprise continuity.

Structure & Transition

Governance & Succession Expertise

Our tailored solutions guide families through governance, leadership transitions, and long-term sustainability.

Bespoke, Not Boilerplate

Customized Strategies

Unlike other firms, we don’t rely on generic best practices—our experts craft personalized solutions that fit each family’s unique dynamics and goals.

Bespoke, Not Boilerplate

Customized Strategies

Unlike other firms, we don’t rely on generic best practices—our experts craft personalized solutions that fit each family’s unique dynamics and goals.

Our Team

With decades of experience across law, mediation, psychology, and governance, we guide lasting cross-generational synergy.

Doug Baumoel, MBA

Founding Partner

Heidi Clark

Senior Consultant

Paul Faxon, JD

Senior Consultant

Shay Harris-Pierre, PhD

Senior Consultant

Cyndi Holohan, PMP

Consultant

Rikk Larsen, MBA

Senior Consultant

Betsy Lehman

Consultant

Dennis Kessler, MBA

Consultant

Chris Koenemann, STL

Consultant

Blair Trippe, MBA

Partner

Scott Wakeman

Senior Consultant

Tiffany Whitworth, PsyD

Senior Consultant

Phelps Wood

Senior Consultant

Arline Kardasis

Director of Mediation Services

Judy Sockol

HR Specialist

Dr. Bhulakshmi V., Ph.D.

Affiliate

Betsy Brodsky

Director, Client Engagement

Holly Eddleston

Strategic Operations & Marketing Associate

Estefania Montoya

Chief Operating Officer

Let’s Get Acquainted

We’ll meet with you in-person or virtually to learn about your needs and determine how we can help.