Beeler Construction co-owner and CFO Kim Peterson, Gorilla Mill owner and president Nathan Cranker, Leader Paper Products president and CEO Steve Hipp and Perlick CEO Theodore “TJ” Perlick Molinari will participate in a panel discussion conversation at BizTimes Media’s annual Family & Closely Held Business Summit.

Each of the four panelists represent a family business at a different stage of growth. During their discussion at the event they will share best practices for navigating today’s challenges and how they are positioning their company for the future.

The Family & Closely Held Business Summit will be held on Thursday, June 4, at Brookfield Conference Center, 325 S. Moorland Road, Brookfield. Click here to register.

The event will also include several strategy seminars:

• Building Business Value: Strategic Succession & Exit Readiness
• The Solution to Dilution: Streamlining Ownership Through the Generations
• Protecting What You’ve Built: Business Succession Planning Essentials
• How New Market Tax Credits (NMTC) can help grow your Family or Closely Held Business

The event will also feature a “family business deep dive” conversation with: Rely Contract Manufacturing chief executive officer Kim Korth and her daughters, company president Katie Malnight Meisinger, and Engauge Workforce Solutions president Erin Malnight Greenwald.

Following the Family & Closely Held Business Summit program attendees will be invited to stay and network with fellow attendees with an open bar and hors d’oeuvres.

The Family & Closely Held Business Summit is sponsored by Meissner Tierney, SVA and TriCity National Bank.

Annex Wealth Management is the event partner.

The 2025 Family & Closely Held Business Summit brought nearly 300 people to the Brookfield Conference Center.