Jack Moore

Jack Moore serves as Faculty Chair for a three-day program in Maine, “Structuring Family Business for Success,” delivered in June of each year and hosted by the Institute for Family-Owned Business.  He is also active as a seminar leader and conference speaker with the National Association of Corporate Directors, Campden Conferences, the Family Firm Institute, and Attorneys for Family-Held Enterprises.

Since 2004, Mr. Moore has provided director education to family business membership of the National Association of Corporate Directors.  In addition to providing programs at the October annual meeting, he is active with NACD chapters, such as leading a one-day spring seminar in Los Angeles and launching a governance roundtable for the Connecticut chapter.  From 1999 to 2003, Mr. Moore led the start-up and operation of NACD’s Capital Area Chapter and subsequently coached NACD chapter leaders elsewhere in the country. 

From April 1994 to January 2001, Mr. Moore served on the Board of Directors of Benjamin Moore & Co., a publicly-owned manufacturer of architectural and industrial maintenance coatings with annual revenues of over $800 million.  He served on the board’s Audit Committee, Pension Oversight Committee, and Ad-Hoc Committee for Strategic Planning.  Founded in 1883 and owned primarily by family and employees, Mr. Moore contributed as a director toward extensive modernization of the company’s operations, which doubled profits from $40 to $80 million.  In January 2001, the Company was acquired in an all-cash transaction by Berkshire Hathaway.  Mr. Moore now serves as a Manager and Trustee of the Frank W. Moore, LLC, a family investment company created after sale of the Company.

He has a doctorate in education from The Catholic University of America and bachelors degree in psychology from the University of Rochester.

Benjamin Moore & Co.: A Story of Corporate Renewal and Our Family’s Exit (PDF)

Roadmap to Family Business Governance (PDF)

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