Robin Klemm has been named the director of Oregon State University's Austin Family Business Program.

Klemm, who has worked in the position on an interim basis since last August, previously had been a private consultant in Seattle since 2005. She spent 12 years before that as the CEO and co-founder of Optimus Consulting, a family-owned business that specialized in business economics and strategy.

The Austin Family Business Program is a university-based family business program providing inspiration, education, outreach and research to support the success and survival of family businesses.