DURHAM, N.H. - The issues of succession often are challenging for family businesses. The University of New Hampshire Center for Family Business will address this complex topic Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at the business event "The Five Key Issues in a Successful Family Business Succession."

The program begins at 8:30 a.m. at New Hampshire Distributors, 65 Regional Way, Concord. Registration and coffee begins at 8 a.m. Lunch and networking will follow at noon.

This program will present a five-step model for succession and a panel of professionals and family business executives who have successfully used the model. The program will be presented by Everett Moitoza of Moitoza Consulting.

RSVP by Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. The program is available to members of the Center for Family Business at no charge. Nonmembers will be charged a special one-time trial registration fee of $99 per person or $250 per family. To register or become a member of the UNH CEO Forum or Center for Family Business, call Barbara Draper at 603-862-1107, or e-mail barbara.draper@unh.edu

The Center for Family Business, under the UNH Paul College of Business and Economics and the UNH Graduate School, is sponsored by Baker Newman & Noyes; Harvest Capital; 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/.

The University of New Hampshire, founded in 1866, is a world-class public research university with the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and space-grant university, UNH is the state's flagship public institution, enrolling 12,200 undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students.

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