Loren Rodgers
NCEO Board Election Opens January 7
The election for the NCEO’s board of directors opens on January 7, 2025, for three-year terms that begin on April 1, 2025.
Employee Ownership Blog
Loren Rodgers
Loren Rodgers
The Assistant Secretary of Labor in Conversation with the NCEO
On September 19, 2024, the Assistant Secretary of Labor, Lisa M. Gomez, attended the NCEO’s Fall Forum to address attendees. In her role as the head of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Assistant Secretary Gomez is involved in key issues that affect the employee ownership community, including both regulation and promotion.
Loren Rodgers
Three Cheers for ERISA and Good Governance
One theme of most speakers at our conferences is that ownership culture makes employee-owned companies outperform their competitors. People say that because it’s true and supported by data from many independent researchers. The NCEO is proud to have contributed to that finding.
Loren Rodgers
DOL Appoints Hilary Abell as Head of DOL Division of Employee Ownership
With the appointment of an experienced worker ownership professional, Hilary Abell, as the division chief of the Division of Employee Ownership, the federal government now has a full-time staff member dedicated to helping employers and employees learn about employee ownership.
Loren Rodgers
Labor Official: Employee Ownership Life-Changing
On April 30, 2024, Assistant Secretary of Labor Lisa M. Gomez spoke at the NCEO’s annual conference in Tampa, Florida. Assistant Secretary Gomez leads the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA). As the head of EBSA, she is at the center of some of the most important decisions affecting ESOPs and employee ownership.
Loren Rodgers
Private Equity Giant Blackstone Commits to Employee Stock Grants
On May 21, the Wall Street Journal reported that the alternative asset manager Blackstone would grant equity to the 18,000 employees at its portfolio company Copeland. The Journal article states that under a new initiative Blackstone plans to announce this week, the practice of broad-based ownership interests for employees will apply “to all new deals going forward in which its private-equity business buys control of a company.”
Loren Rodgers
2024 NCEO Board of Directors Announced
The NCEO is delighted to announce three new members of its board of directors: Daniel Goldstein, Howard Kaplan, and Kerry Siggins; their biographies are below. The three-year terms of the new directors will begin on April 1, 2024. Congratulations and thanks to our new directors!
Loren Rodgers
Two Ownership Culture Ideas You Can Borrow
At the NCEO, we talk with a lot of people from a lot of creative companies. Here are two of the thought-provoking ideas we’ve heard in the last few weeks. Please borrow and adapt these ideas – and let us know what you do with them!
Loren Rodgers
NCEO Board Election Opens January 3
The election for the NCEO’s board of directors opens on January 3 for three-year terms that begin on April 1, 2024. NCEO members in good standing will receive an email on January 3 with the subject line "Invitation to the ballot for the NCEO board elections," which will include a link to a confidential electronic ballot. Directors will be selected through this election and by appointment by the existing board. Balloting will end on January 19.