About Matt
Matthew Kerzner, Ph.D.
Matthew Kerzner is the Principal and Managing Director in the New England Center for Family Business Excellence. Matthew has more than 30 years of experience in organizational development with a specialization in assisting family businesses and closely held businesses with addressing succession planning, financial stability, sustainability, and human performance management matters.
Matthew works with clients to develop a strategic plan that acknowledges the issues and dynamics of both the family and the business in order to establish succession plans that prepare the next generation leaders to succeed.
Prior to starting the Center, Matt was a Managing Director at EisnerAmper Advisory LLC and led the Strategic Human Resource Services for the Center for Individual and Organizational Performance and Center for Family Business Excellence.
Matt’s mission in starting the NECFBE is to assist and foster continuity of family businesses by providing a variety of consulting and educational information to family businesses and their advisers.
Matt lives in North Haven, CT with his wife Carrie and his two daughters Ellie and Jillian.
Specialties
- Family Business Advising
- Strategic Planning
- Transition & Succession Planning
- CEO and C Suite Leadership Development
- Strategic Human Resource Consulting
- Labor Relations
- Board Development
- Executive Coaching
- Mediation & Communication Planning
- Facilitation/Visioning/Change Management
- Public Speaking
Affiliations
- Society for Human Resource Management
- Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology
- Galliard Family Business Institute
- International Coaching Federation
Credentials/education
- The Chicago School of Professional Psychology: PhD, Business Psychology
- University of New Haven: MA, Industrial Organizational Psychology; MS, Labor Relations
- Nichols College: BA, Industrial Organizational Psychology
- Hofstra University Industrial Organizational Department
- The Quinnipiac University Law School: Certified Dispute Resolution
- Purposeful Planning Institute
- The Gestalt Institute of Cleveland: Professional Coaching Certification (GPCC)