Mike McGrann
Elizabethtown College
Mike McGrann is Executive Director of the S. Dale High Center for Family Business at Elizabethtown College, a resource for family businesses in Central Pennsylvania, now in its 15th year of operation, with 40+ member family businesses.
The High Center focuses on strategic ownership and management practices of family firms, with particular attention to entrepreneurial strategy to sustain the family business as an "economic unit" across generations. McGrann also conducts seminars for family businesses, executive education programs, and personalized educational workshops for family groups around the world.
He teaches in the areas of entrepreneurship, new venture creation, and family enterprising, helping family businesses continue their legacy of entrepreneurship. He teaches classes on entrepreneurship, family enterprising, and new venture creation, and is the 2009-10 Sara Lodge Executive-in-Residence at Elizabethtown College. He is also the founder of The TELOS Group, a consulting services firm focused on family enterprising.
McGrann has lived and worked in the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Finland, and speaks Spanish fluently. He holds an undergraduate degree in economics from Cornell, an MBA from Wharton School of Business, and an MA in International Studies, also from the University of Pennsylvania.