In this episode, we chat with Jason Dabrow, fourth-generation CEO of Chelten House Products, the Swedesboro, N.J.-based maker of private-label sauces and dressings sold in more than 30,000 stores nationwide. Jason talks about how the company his great-grandfather started as a Philadelphia specialty food importer pivoted from distribution to manufacturing and from its own brands to organic private label. Jason, who earlier this year succeeded his father Steve as CEO after serving as president and COO since 2020, also explains why every family member who joins begins on the hottest, hardest job on the plant floor.
Also in this episode, 2026 Transformational Women in Family Business honoree Tiffini Cox, second-generation president and managing partner of West Coast Commercial Realty, talks about the Seattle brokerage her parents founded nearly 40 years ago as early specialists in retail landlord representation. She discusses joining the business at 30 as a second career, taking over after her father's sudden death in 2017, learning from him without trying to copy him, and why collaboration matters more than ever for brokers.
This episode also features part 2 of our conversation with fellow Transformational Women honoree Sarah Lodge Tally, a fifth-generation board member at Lodge Cast Iron in South Pittsburg, Tenn. Sarah talks about growing up when no one knew if the business would survive past its 100th birthday, how the company brings far-flung family members back to town, and her advice for women figuring out their role in the family business.
Interested in being a guest or have a topic you’d like to hear us discuss? Contact host Zack Needles, editor-in-chief of Family Business Magazine, at: zneedles@familybusinessmagazine.com.
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