Jane B. Zalman is the founder and principal of Zalman Family Business Solutions, a consulting firm focused on the unique challenges that face family-owned businesses.

Drawing on her training as a business generalist and extensive executive experience in both family- and non family-owned companies, Ms. Zalman brings unusual insight to the business, the financial and the interpersonal issues these businesses face.

Her experience as president of an established salt mining company owned by her father, and later, in an entrepreneurial husband/wife partnership in the adventure travel industry, has endowed Ms. Zalman with both sensitivity and pragmatism. Her insight into the workings of the business world enables her to focus logically and unemotionally on the business of the business and to bring a level of common sense to the most rancorous discussions. Her non-judgmental approach to the all too human issues of loss and envy make it possible to reach resolution. The combination is uniquely present in the integrated, multidisciplinary approach she brings to managing change in family business—the hallmark of Zalman Family Business Solutions.

Ms. Zalman’s areas of expertise include positions in sales and marketing as well as strategic planning and implementation. Her academic credentials enhance this practical business experience. A graduate of Briarcliff College she received her Master’s in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University, where she is also a frequent lecturer. She consults to The Citibank Private Bank and conducts seminars with Citibank, the Investment Management Institute and the Institute for International Research on the topics related to wealth and families. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Small & Family Business Foundation. Her private practice includes family-owned businesses in the greater metropolitan New York and Washington areas.

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