Tutor Profile

Amy Renkert Thomas

Amelia Renkert-Thomas is the founder of Renkert Thomas Consulting LLC, the author of Engaged Ownership: A Guide for Owners of Family Businesses(Wiley, 2015), and Professor of the Practice of Family Business at the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Renkert Thomas Consulting LLC works with family enterprise owners on issues related to strategy, ownership, and governance. Amelia brings technical expertise, multi-disciplinary training, and extensive experience to governance design; business operations and strategy; law; and family systems and organizational development.

A tax, trusts and estates attorney by training, Amelia co-founded Withers Consulting Group LLC in 2013, and prior to opening her consulting practice, was a Partner at the international law firm Withers Bergman LLP, where she co-chaired the firm’s Family Office Group.

Amelia comes from multi-generational businesses on both sides of her family. Amelia succeeded her father and served as President of Ironrock, Inc.—a fifth-generation family-owned and managed producer of ceramic tile and thin brick located in Canton, Ohio—from 1990 to 2002. She remains closely involved with Ironrock as a director and officer. Her maternal grandfather founded Fisher-Price Toys.

Amelia lives in Rougemont, NC. She received her B.A.from Yale College, her J.D. from Harvard Law School, and her LL.M in Taxation from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Amelia is a member and former director of Attorneys for Family Held Enterprises (afhe).