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University of New HampshireUniversity of New Hampshire Scholars' RepositoryMedia Relations Administrative Offices10-27-2015Family Business Leaders Speak at UNH Nov. 19,2015Erika MantzUNH Media RelationsFollow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/newsThis News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Administrative Offices at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It hasbeen accepted for inclusion in Media Relations by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. For moreinformation, please contact nicole.hentz@unh.edu.Recommended CitationMantz, Erika, "Family Business Leaders Speak at UNH Nov. 19, 2015" (2015). UNH Today. 4716.https://scholars.unh.edu/news/4716October 27, 2015 Family Business Leaders Speak at UNH Nov. 19, 2015DURHAM, N.H. – Daniel Hatzenbuehler, past chairman of E. Ritter & Co., a fifth generation family business, will speak at a joint meeting of the University of New Hampshire CEO Forum and Center for Family Business Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, at 8 a.m. in Huddleston Hall. E. Ritter & Co., founded in 1886 in Arkansas and Tennessee, operates two separate divisions: agribusiness, owning and managing approximately 30,000 acres of farmland, and communications, with three rural telephone companies offering traditional “landline” phone service as well as cable TV and high speed internet to 40,000 customers. The company employs approximately 300 full­time employees and has annual revenues of $200 million. E. Ritter has 45 family owners in the third, fourth, and fifth generations who are geographically dispersed across the United States. It is governed by a board of directors comprised of a majority of independent directors and in 2009 the Ritter family established the Ritter Family Council.Hatzenbuehler has served on the board of directors of E. Ritter since 1978, and in 1998 joined the company as vice­chair of the board and chairman of the communications division.  In 2001, he was elected Chairman and CEO of the company and in 2013 relinquished the CEO position as a part of a structured succession plan. Joining Hatzenbuehler will be Katy Wilder Schaaf, a fifth generation member of the Ritter family, who is working with the council as the director of family engagement. The UNH CEO Forum is an outreach program of the UNH Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics serving CEOs, presidents, and senior managers of companies in northern New England. The forum provides its members with opportunities to meet and exchange ideas with their peers in business and industry in an informal setting. The UNH CEO Forum is sponsored by the law firm of Pierce Atwood, Optima Bank and Trust, Sprague Operating Resources, CheckMate Workforce Solutions and Crystalvision. For more information visit http://www.unh­ceoforum.org/.The Center for Family Business, under the UNH Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics and the UNH Graduate School, is sponsored by Baker Newman & Noyes; Mass Mutual Financial Group; Moitoza Consulting; Management Planning, Inc.; Optima Bank and Trust; and Pierce Atwood. It is a membership program to provide owners and managers of entrepreneurial businesses with an opportunity to exchange ideas and information and to discuss business challenges and solutions. For more information, visit http://www.familybusiness.unh.edu/.To register or become a member of the UNH CEO Forum or Center for Family Business, contact Barbara Draper at 603­862­1107, or barbara.draper@unh.edu. Please RSVP by Nov. 11, 2015. ­30­Media RelationsPage 1 of 2UNH News: Family Business Leaders Speak at UNH Nov. 19, 20152/21/2018http://www.unh.edu/delete/news/releases/2015/10/em27cfb.cfm.htmlMedia Contact: Erika Mantz | 603­862­1567 | UNH Media Relations | @unhnewsCopyright © 2018, The University of New Hampshire  •  Durham, NH 03824  •  UNH main directory: (603) 862­1234. Media Relations is a unit of Communications & Public Affairs which is a division of University Advancement. ADA Acknowledgement | Contact the Webmaster | UNH Today | UNH Social Media IndexPage 2 of 2UNH News: Family Business Leaders Speak at UNH Nov. 19, 20152/21/2018http://www.unh.edu/delete/news/releases/2015/10/em27cfb.cfm.html

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