Welcome to Carmen Bianchi Family Business Associates. We stand ready to help your family owned business with a variety of issues including Succession, Family Rivalries, and Strategic Thinking.
Carmen Bianchi organized and held for the EMC Business Forum their 6th Annual Retreat at the Inn at Rancho Santa Fe on April 15-16, 2011. There were 154 attendees representing over 57 companies. One of the highlights of the retreat was the fireworks display, first time ever in Rancho Santa Fe, by Pyro Spectaculars, a family business run by the Souza family.
Owner of family business Pyro Spectaculars, Jim Souza and Carmen Bianchi, Director EMC Business Forum, Sandy Ehrlich, Executive Director EMC and Dean, Gail Naughton SDSU College of Business
A premier provider of Family & Closely Held business consulting, Carmen Bianchi Family Business Associates was formed in 1995 to help family businesses with a wide variety of challenges. Our organization will work with you and your family members in a variety of formats including one on one sessions, family councils, and family retreats. We also conduct a number of seminars on a variety of family business issues. We encourage you to explore our web site. You will find a great deal of information here about family business.
| Carmen Bianchi has been a Family Business Consultant since 1991. She is the founder of San Diego State University’s EMC Business Forum and is the current Director of the program. She is also the President of the Family Firm Institute, 2007-2009. Ms. Bianchi is the founder and President of Carmen Bianchi Family Business Associates. | ![]() |


