You Have a Business Plan.
Do You Have a Family Plan?
A two-day couples retreat to design the vision, values, and legacy that will guide your family for generations
May 29–30, 2026
Loews Coronado Bay | San Diego, California
Limited to 100 Couples
You've Been Intentional About Success.
Have You Been Equally Intentional About Family?
Most accomplished couples have been highly disciplined about building external success. You've created businesses, careers, investments, and opportunities many only dream of. And yet, many successful couples quietly sense something unresolved:
You've been intentional about what you're building...but not always why.
You've created wealth...but haven't fully articulated the family culture you want to sustain it.
You and your spouse share values...but rarely slow down long enough to align on a long-term vision.
You wonder whether what you're building will actually hold together across generations.
This isn't a crisis.
It's a clarity gap.
And it's far more common among high-achieving couples than most people admit.
Led by Lonnie & Shelley Gienger
Lonnie Gienger is Partner and CEO of Wilkinson, a family-owned national real estate investment management platform that has transacted over $3 billion in real estate.
For more than 25 years, Lonnie and his wife Shelley have worked with business owners, executives, investors, and families of influence around the world—helping them integrate financial success with purpose, relationships, and long-term legacy.
“ They don't teach theory. They teach what they live.”
What Does It Mean to Build a Thriving Family?
Thriving families don't happen by accident.
They are designed — with the same clarity, discipline, and intentionality as great companies. True family wealth is more than money passed down. It's the strength of the culture, relationships, and direction that carry forward.
At the center of thriving families is a shared operating system — a clear framework that guides decisions, priorities, and relationships over time.
True Family Wealth: Five Forms of Capital
You already measure success across multiple dimensions in business—not just revenue. Your family deserves the same intentional approach.
Spiritual Capital
The why behind your family—like a company mission.
Relational Capital
Trust, connection, and collaboration—like high-performing teams.
Human Capital
Character, health, and capability—like talent development.
Societal Capital
Contribution beyond yourselves—like organizational impact.
Financial Capital
Resources that enable the other four—like working capital.
What This Retreat Actually Is
The Thriving Families Retreat is a two-day, in-person experience for married couples who want clarity, alignment, and a shared vision for the future of their family.
This is not:
A conference
Marriage therapy
Motivational hype
A Passive getaway
This is:
A guided, workshop-style experience
Built around proven frameworks
Designed for thoughtful, successful couples focused on practical outcomes and meaningful conversations
Everything is structured to help you and your spouse think clearly, speak honestly, and design intentionally
What You Will Create Together
Over two focused days, you and your spouse will be guided to:
1. Design Your Family Compass
1. Family values (what is non-negotiable)
2. Family mission (why your family exists)
3. Family vision (what you are building together)
2. Create a 100-Year Vision
1. The kind of family culture you want to sustain
2. The relationships you want to protect
3 The impact you want your family to have across generations
3. Align as Partners
Have the conversations most couples never make time for — with structure, clarity, and purpose.
4. Establish Relational Rhythms
Practical rhythms that help protect connection and alignment long after the retreat ends.
Why Only 100 Couples?
This retreat is intentionally intimate.
By limiting attendance to 100 couples, we create:
I. Depth of conversation
II. Meaningful peer connection
III. Space for thoughtful reflection
IV. An environment where real alignment can happen
Our goal isn't to fill a ballroom- Its to create the conditions where transformation is possible.
The Experience & Setting
The retreat is hosted at Loews Coronado Bay, a beautiful waterfront resort designed for calm, clarity, and connection.
The experience includes:
I. Guided workshops and couple exercises
2. Thoughtfully designed sessions with breaks for reflection
3. Built-in private Date Night
4. Excellent hospitality and on-site meals during scheduled sessions
The environment matters — and this setting supports the kind of conversations this work requires
Meet Lonnie & Shelley Gienger
Lonnie and Shelley know first-hand the tension between building external success and nurturing internal alignment.
Like many families, they poured tremendous energy into business and leadership — and learned through experience that thriving families require the same level of intention
Over decades of leadership, coaching, and family life, they've refined the principles that now form the Thriving Family System — helping families integrate purpose, relationships, faith, and impact alongside financial success.
Their approach is grounded, practical, and deeply human.
Trusted by Families of Influence
Matt H
Family Office
“I was so impressed by the thought, detail and the personal information that Lonnie and Shelley shared. It was one of the more meaningful discussions I have participated with in a long, long time.” –
Jerry Feitelson
Ph.D., CEO, Agribody Technologies, Inc.
“Lonnie’s talk was by far the most impactful to me personally of the entire two day conference and indeed for many years prior. I can’t express how emotionally resonant was his family’s extraordinarily well-defined story, learnings and clearly successful conclusion. It was truly a deep inspiration, and something that I’d dearly love to experience in my own business and family.”
Candice B
Managing Director, L Investments
“Lonnie’s workshop was a refreshing change filled with positivity and real guidance that you wouldn’t normally see in a business conference—it has helped me focus on my family which in return has helped my business.”
Event Details
Dates: May 29-30, 2026
Location: Loews Coronado Bay, San Diego, CA
Investment: $1,995 per couple
Attendance: Married couples only
Capacity: Limited to 100 couples
What's Included:
1. All retreat sessions and materials
2. Guided workshops and couple exercises
3. Planned Date Night experience
4. On-site meals during scheduled sessions
Lodging:
Hotel accommodations are not included Registered couples will receive access to a discounted room block at the resort
Who This Retreat Is For
This retreat is for couples who:
Have achieved professional or financial success
Value marriage, family, and long-term legacy
Want clarity, not surface-level inspiration
Are willing to slow down and engage intentionally
Believe thriving families are built on purpose
This retreat may not be a fit if you’re looking for:
A large, high-energy conference
Therapy or crisis intervention
A lecture-only experience
A vacation just for fun
Frequently Asked Questions
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The retreat is values-based and faith-friendly, but not a religious program.
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Yes. This experience is designed specifically for couples to attend together.
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No. This is a strategic, design-focused retreat — not therapy.
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The work applies regardless of life stage. This is about marriage, alignment, and legacy.
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Each day includes structured sessions, breaks, reflection time, and private couple work. Full details are provided after registration.