Roland E. Kidwell is Carl DeSantis Distinguished Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship in the College of Business at Florida Atlantic University, USA.  From 2015-2023, he served as department chair of management programs at FAU. He also served as director of the Adams Center for Entrepreneurship where he started the Family Firm Initiative, which provides advising services to family firms in South Florida and holds periodic panel discussions on issues of importance to sustaining family businesses. He is a fellow of the Family Firm Institute and the U.S. Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. His research focuses on issues such as leadership succession, dysfunctional behavior, executive compensation, and corporate governance in family firms.