From Silence to Strength: A Conversation on Mental Health in Family Business
October 28 @ 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm EDT
Presenters
Andrew Keyt MFT, MBA
Founder, Advisor, and Chairman at Generation6
Andrew Keyt brings over 25 years of professional family business consulting experience and is an internationally known business strategist and succession planning expert.
Prior to founding Generation6, Andrew was the President and Founder of Keyt Consulting, a private firm that assists family enterprises with succession and strategic planning, dealing with family conflict and communication, working with adult sibling and cousin teams, and executing emergency management transitions. He has worked extensively with some of the largest enterprising families in the United States.
Andrew served as the Clinical Professor in Family Business and Executive Director of the Loyola University Chicago Family Business Center for over 20 years. In addition, he led the Family Business Network – United States (FBN-USA), the leading network for business-owning families worldwide, as President and member of the board between 1998 and 2020.
Andrew is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Family Firm Institute Interdisciplinary Award, recognizing outstanding achievement in the advancement of interdisciplinary services to business families. He is a published author, presenter and contributor of more than 100 articles in trade journal publications. Andrews’s book, “Myths and Mortals: Family Business Leadership and Succession Planning,” leverages groundbreaking research to guide new family business leaders on how to establish credibility and run their operations their way.
Andrew holds an Executive MBA for Families in Business, an M.S. in Marital and Family Therapy and a B.A. in Psychology. He is based in Chicago.
Amy Stein MBA, FEA
Senior Manager, Business and Wealth Transition, Scotia Wealth - Advanced Planning and Services
Amy Stein brings a unique combination of practical family business experience as a 4th generation working family member at Henry's Cameras, and the strategic thinking needed to help today's wealthy families navigate complex challenges. Grounded in the belief that businesses do not operate in silos, Amy understands that individual business units, employees, board members, and family members are deeply interconnected.
Her approach goes beyond the numbers — focusing on building social capital, strengthening family governance, and creating purpose-driven strategies that put the whole family at the heart of every decision. Through Generations, Amy offers guidance in strategic philanthropy, family governance and dynamics, corporate charitable giving, and fractional business advisory — helping families see their uniqueness as a competitive advantage and creating stability both personally and financially.
Amy also founded and launched the Henry's (now Pixel) Foundation in March 2020, a Private Foundation and Canadian Registered Charity dedicated to championing creativity, innovation, and technology as tools to support mental health and eliminate the stigma of mental illness through the power of storytelling.