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Forthcoming Event

Mind the Gap: Gender, Business Ownership, and the Cumulative Risks of Retirement



About the Speaker

Nancy Forster-Holt, The University of Rhode Island

Nancy Forster-Holt, PhD, MBA, CMA, RFG, is a Clinical Associate Professor in the College of Business. At URI, she developed and launched the interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) major, minor and certificate programs, and was instrumental in the development of the Launch Lab and Innovate @URI. 

Research interests include exit of small business owners from their business including valuation, acquisition strategies, and ENDrepreneurship (gerontology, retirement, aging of business owners); innovation in Main Street (and family) businesses (‘intrepreneurship’); as well as gender, business ownership and retirement. 


This event is part of a seminar series:

Michaelmas 2025 Seminar Series: Reworking Age: Skills, Employment, and Ageing Societies

Convenor:  Dr Chiara Focacci Please note that this is a Hybrid event. We welcome colleagues to 66 Banbury Road or on line via Zoom  


Event Details

30 October 2025 14:00 - 15:00


Location

Online with Zoom