The Resnick-Wynn Family Business Conference was created by John and Billie Resnick, and Michael Wynn, to support the success and survival of family businesses in Southwest Florida. The Resnicks are principals of The Resnick Group, a firm that provides estate planning and life insurance guidance to affluent family business owners throughout numerous states. Wynn leads Sunshine Ace Hardware, a Naples-based company founded in 1958 by his grandfather, Don Wynn. The Resnicks and Wynn reached out to local business leaders Shelly Stayer, David Hoffmann and Blake Gable to form a steering committee for the programs. Stayer leads Johnsonville Sausage, a company founded by her in-laws in 1945 and previously managed by her husband, Ralph. Hoffmann's company, which includes his wife, Jerrilyn, and sons Greg and Geoff, specializes in commercial real estate, retail and hospitality, and now has more than 240 total operations worldwide with 6,000 employees. Gable is the CEO of Barron Collier Companies, a fourth-generation private investment, agriculture and land development company.