Carolyn focuses her client engagement on ownership systems, transitions, and family governance. She has worked with families for more than 25 years to tackle complex issues that often derail individual and familial relationships. She combines her depth of experience with a strong passion for teaching and mentoring to help the next generation of families to assume their role and responsibility as leaders of the family enterprise. Through her efforts, families are able to create effective family governance structures that span generations. As a fifth-generation member of a business-owning family, including previous roles as a trustee and board member of her family enterprise, Carolyn is uniquely qualified to combine her specialized training with her personal experience navigating the complexity of a family which shares financial and business assets. The foundation of her work is a belief that “when you take care of the family, you take care of the enterprise.” Prior to Relative Solutions, Carolyn worked as a psychotherapist with children, adolescents, adults, and families, in addition to running a private consulting practice working with multi-generational family businesses. Carolyn received her undergraduate degree from Duke University, and her Masters in Social Work from Simmons College in Boston. Additionally, she earned a post-graduate certification in Substance Abuse Treatment and Child Psychotherapy. She is a member of the Family Firm Institute (FFI).