Dann Van Der Vliet
Affiliated Advisor
Dann Van Der Vliet has spent more than 25 years educating and advising enterprising families. As the founding director of the Smith Family Business Initiative at Cornell University, he built one of the world’s leading academic platforms for family enterprise education.
During his tenure, Cornell launched the Family Office Institute – an executive development program for family office professionals – and introduced cornerstone offerings such as the Cornell Case Competition for Family Ownership, the Leaders in Family Enterprise course, and the Sam Seltzer Mentors Forum.
Before joining Cornell, Dann served for 12 years as Director of the Family Business Initiative at the University of Vermont, where he expanded a highly regarded program featuring multiple peer groups, owner forums, and co-founded the Family Enterprise Case Competition, the first global case competition dedicated exclusively to family business.
Dann holds both a B.S. in Natural Resources and an M.Ed. from the University of Vermont.
Find Dann on LinkedIn, or contact him at dgv9@cornell.edu.