Jane Adams Ph.D.,
Jane Adams is a lively, engaging speaker whose research over the last two decades has focused on how Americans live, work, and love, and especially how they respond to social change. A frequent media commentator, she has appeared on every major radio and television program.
A graduate of Smith College, Jane holds an M.A. in social psychology. She has completed postgraduate training at the Seattle Institute of Psychoanalysis and the Washington, D.C. Psychoanalytic Foundation. She has also been an adjunct professor at the University of Washington.
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Michael
Cofield Ph.D., ABPP is the Director of Behavioral
Medicine for Sun Health in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Cofield is a
Board Certified psychologist and Diplomat with over 25 years
of experience working with individuals and families. He has an
extensive background in organizational, family business, aging,
and executive coaching in the areas of emotional intelligence
and effective communication. He is a frequent speaker and is
the author of Integrated Cognitive Restructuring: A Brief
Protocol for Depression, Anxiety, and other Emotional Disorders
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Deborah Cox works in the Dallas office of JPMorgan's Private Bank Wealth Advisory Services providing advice on wealth transfer, family governance, business succession, philanthropy, and tax planning. She brings more than 20 years of wealth advisory experience to JPMorgan and is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Prior to joining JPMorgan Private Bank, Deborah was a partner with Strasburger & Price, L.L.P., and served as the head of its Taxes and Estates Section. Deborah is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, where she received her B.S. (with highest honors) in 1978 and her J.D. (with honors) in 1981.
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Sandra Bond Chapman Ph.D
Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman is the Director of the Center for BrainHealth and Professor
in The School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences of the University of Texas at
Dallas. Under her leadership, the Center has developed programs dedicated to
understanding, preserving and healing the brain.
Sandra has established
rich collaborations with major medical centers across the country. Her research
spans the age spectrum from studies that evaluate plasticity in brain-injured
children and adolescents to research focused on understanding the potential
for plasticity throughout adulthood into very old age. She has developed diagnostic
measures and treatment protocols that have shown to be powerful tools in identifying
and enhancing cognitive-linguistic function in individuals with brain injury,
stroke, Alzheimer's disease, as well as in healthy seniors. (>80 years).
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James Olan Hutcheson is the Managing Partner and Founder of ReGENERATION Partners,
a consulting/advisory firm devoted exclusively to increasing shareholder wealth
and improving communication within family-owned and managed businesses. Jim has
over 25 years of "hands-on" experience with family firms, including 19 years
with his own high-growth family business, Olan Mills Studios. In addition to
degrees in Psychology, Sociology, and an MBA, Jim serves as an advisor or director
to numerous business and professional enterprises.
Jim has been featured in numerous media including the Wall Street Journal, CNBC,
Success, Inc., Nations Business, as well as the AP wire service, business journals,
and daily newspapers throughout North America. He is author of Portraits
of Success - 9
Keys to Sustaining Value in Any Business (Dearborn Publishers).
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Ken Osean is President and
founder of Planned Performance, a Dallas, Texas based consulting and counseling
firm. Mr. Osean received degrees from Montclair State College, North Texas State
University, and Rutgers University. Additionally, Mr. Osean is a certified Employee
Assistance Professional, a certified mental health service provider in the field
of Sports Counseling, and a licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor.
Ken
has worked with individuals and corporations throughout the US, has represented
the Zig Ziglar Corporation, and is the author of Leader's Guide for Delivering
Nicotine Cessation Services - A Fifteen
Session Plan .
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Kevin Thomason J.D. is a partner
with the law firm Thompson & Knight, Dallas, Texas. Mr. Thomason
attended, on full scholarship, Oklahoma Christian College and graduated summa
cum laude with a B.S. in Accounting and cum laude from Southern Methodist University's,
Dedman School of Law. Mr. Thomason was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in
1979 and belongs to Alpha Chi; Order of the Coif. Kevin was admitted to practice
before the United States Tax Court and the United States District Court for
the Northern District of Texas, 1982.
Mr. Thomason has served as General
Counsel to numerous family enterprises and has represented minority shareholders
and family businesses in legal proceedings.
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Alexander "Lex" Zaharoff heads the JPMorgan Private Bank Advice Lab, where
experts focus on creating solutions to the issues that wealthy families face.
US born, Lex traces his family story through two of history's watershed events.
His paternal grandfather, a member of St. Petersburg's elite and a designer
of bridges for the Trans-Siberian Railway, escaped from the Russia Revolution,
savings his family but losing almost all his possessions. The Zaharoffs created
a new life for themselves in Shanghai - only to see what remained of their
wealth disappear during China 's Communist upheaval. The family eventually
found safe haven in Paris , with Lex's father sailing onward to America .
Lex joined JPMorgan in 1982 as a private banker and has been co-head of investment
management and head of product development and advisory services. Lex holds
a bachelors degree from Princeton and an MBA from the Harvard. He is a chartered
Financial Analyst.
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