Loyola University Chicago

Executive and Professional Education Center

A Member of the Loyola Business Leadership Hub

Amy Wirtz

Family Enterprise Advisor, Family Business Consulting Group

Amy Wirtz

Amy Wirtz is a consultant with The Family Business Consulting Group specializing in family and business governance, shareholder value enhancement, creation, the creation and implementation of transition plans for business management in family businesses, and the creation and implementation for transfer of ownership of family enterprises.

Amy brings a range of experience to family enterprises by helping them through family council creation, next-generation education, business governance creation, succession planning, and transfer of leadership to non-family leaders. Amy uses her legal education and experience as a retired lawyer to help provide creative solutions to family enterprise engagements and present them to relevant audiences. She also helps business owners use their advisors as a resource team to create optimal value.

Amy serves on the multiple Family Business Advisory Boards located in Ohio. She frequently speaks on business succession at conferences, including the Jellystone Symposium, Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds National Conference, Carolina Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds Conference. Other speaking engagements include YPO Forums, NAVCA, Executive Women in Agriculture in November 2017 and 2016, Top Producers Farm Journal 2017, and the Ohio State University Extension Woman in Agriculture Conference in March 2019 and 2015.

Amy is married with two adult children and lives in Cleveland, Ohio.