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Helen Johnson-Leipold Keynoted Family Business Center Celebration

Helen Johnson-Leipold was the keynote speaker for the Family Business Center's 10th anniversary celebration on Sept. 26 at the Fluno Center. The event included the Madison premier of "Through the Eyes of Sam Johnson" - the photography collection of Samuel C. Johnson, Johnson-Leipold's father, who passed away in May 2004.

Johnson-Leipold is the fifth generation of the internationally acclaimed Racine, Wisconsin business family. She runs two companies founded by her father - Johnson Outdoors and Johnson Financial Group. Like her father, she is an active philanthropist, chairing the Johnson Foundation, and Next Generation Now, a cutting-edge child-development center she founded to serve Racine's most at-risk children.

The event was part of a series of events marking the 10-year anniversary of the Family Business Center, which helps business-owning families successfully transfer ownership control to the next generation. The Family Business Center is a membership organization of the Executive Education arm of the UW-Madison School of Business and has assisted hundreds of families since its inception10 years ago.