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Dr. Lee Hausner, Ph.D.

Dr. Lee Hausner, Ph.D.
Senior Managing Director, First Foundation Advisors

Dr. Hausner, an internationally recognized clinical psychologist and business consultant, provides family consulting services. These services include assisting families in learning effective communication and conflict resolution skills, facilitating family retreats, resolving generational issues and increasing each family member's one to one personal effectiveness. Her facilitation skills and tools provide families the opportunity to support and successfully create long term financial and personal goals.

Dr. Hausner co-founded a nationally recognized consulting group dealing with the unique problems confronting families involved in a family business and/or high net worth families of wealth that became First Foundation Advisors. She incorporated a unique six-step transition model for effective succession of family businesses in the critically acclaimed family business resource book, "Hats Off To You 2...Balancing Roles and Creating Success in Family Business Succession". Previously Dr. Hausner served 19 years as the senior psychologist for the Beverly Hills Unified School District.

Dr. Hausner authored the seminal work regarding wealth and the family, "Children of Paradise...Successful Parenting for Prosperous Families" and co-authored "Homework Without Tears...A Parent's Guide to Motivating Children to do Homework and Succeed in School". She has co-authored with Douglas K. Freeman, J.D., L.LM, their latest book, "Legacy Families...The Definitive Guide to Creating a Successful Multi-generational Family" and an earlier book "A Founder's Guide to the Family Foundation". Dr. Hausner is a frequent guest on national media and has been a quoted expert in national publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Time, Forbes, Fortune, Town and Country, Privilege, The Robb Report and a contributing writer for Worth magazine. She has been a presenter at the World Economic Forum in Davos, and high net wealth/private client conferences. In addition, she has established a reputation as a well-regarded keynote speaker and seminar leader. She has been a highly-rated resource to YPO, WPO and CEO for the past 17 years.

Dr. Hausner is a graduate of Northwestern University (B.A., Psychology), San Francisco State University (M.A., Psychology), and Kensington University (Ph.D., Psychology).

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