Decades of Wisdom Working for You
Ira Jaffe helps business leaders, families, corporations & private foundations explore their full potential and establish a path for sustainable success.
About Ira Jaffe Consulting
Leveraging 50+ years of executive-level legal, management, corporate, board member & private foundation expertise, Ira delivers thoughtful, unbiased & highly personalized guidance across a wide range of business challenges & opportunities.
Ira has proven experience working with some of the nation’s most successful entrepreneurs and foundations.
Decades of Experience
Ira Jaffe has been a recognized leader in creative business, foundation & estate planning since 1968. As a graduate of MIT and the founder of a nationally recognized business law firm, he understands what it takes to create, nurture, guide, grow and seamlessly exit a successful organization.
Ira’s commitment to building a culture of respect, inclusivity & appreciation within his firm eventually morphed into a passion for serving entrepreneurs. Over the years, he has served as the Trustee, Board Member Chairman, President or CEO of high-profile family offices, corporations, nonprofits, charitable foundations and public institutions.
- CEO, COO The Fisher Group LLC (Max & Marjorie Fisher Family Office)
- Chairman/Trustee, The Fred A. & Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation
- Vice Chairman of the Board, Cranbrook Educational Community
- Chairman, Cranbrook Institute of Science
- Trustee, McGregor Fund
- Chairman, Beyond Basics
- Board of Trustees, The Parade Company
- Board of Directors, Detroit Zoological Society
- Advisory Committee, eLab Ventures
- Advisory Committee, Michigan Capital Advisors
Services
Corporate Business Planning
Having personally held a variety of leadership positions
over his career, Ira is well equipped as an advisor for corporate business planning, can assist with corporate operations and/or serve as a board member of your private company and business endeavors.
Plan Review & Critique
If you need an expert perspective on new or existing financial, estate and business plans, Ira Jaffe can help. Ira has crafted dozens of successful plans across all three areas, and knows, what does and does not work.
Estate & Wealth Planning
Ira has long served as a trusted estate and wealth planner to individuals and families across Michigan. Ira can examine the financial needs and assets of you, your heirs and employees, and help develop plans for your relevant considerations.
Business, Family and Estate & Trust Disputes
Estates and trusts often involve multiple parties with conflicting interests—even among companies and family members. Ira Jaffe works creatively, strategically and transparently to understand your dispute, present options and organize and develop a plan to address the relevant issues. He can also serve as a mediator or arbitrator of such disputes.
Family & Private Foundations
Ira will assist your family foundation—whether you’re just starting out in your philanthropic journey, looking to explore fresh ideas or simply needing an enlightened view from the outside.
Expert Collaboration
Ira Jaffe will work with your existing legal, accounting and financial counsel/advisors to act as a value-add across multiple functions of your business, philanthropic and personal life. Ira’s unique skills, personality and experience can greatly strengthen existing counsel relationships.
Business Succession Planning
The thought of passing the business torch to a successor or exiting the company you’ve built from the ground-up can be disheartening. Ira hasn’t just consulted in these situations, he’s experienced them firsthand—and can present options for a smooth and successful transition, both operationally and emotionally.
Board Membership
Ira Jaffe is available to serve as a board member or equivalent to private businesses, organizations and entrepreneurs. His decades of experience and accomplishment in similar positions makes him a highly qualified presence within your board.