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Community Conversations | The Employee Ownership Effect: How ESOPs Change Lives

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Continuing Education Credit Offered: SHRM

Discover why employee ownership is a game-changer for employee-owners, offering the opportunity to build wealth and a solid path to retirement security.

We'll review the basics of how employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) work and explore the profound impact they have on multiple levels. We'll explore employee ownership’s significant benefits for companies, from increased retention to a stronger, more resilient culture. Finally, we'll zoom out to examine just how important ESOPs are in today's economy, and how they provide a tangible path to address the retirement crisis in America.

Learning objectives:

1) Understand the basics of how ESOPs help employee-owners build wealth and ownership stakes in their companies.

2) Recognize the benefits of employee ownership through research showing how ESOPs create positive outcomes for individual employee-owners and companies.

3) Discover a supportive community network of other employee-owners across the country and the NCEO resources available to you.

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Presenters

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Nancy Wiefek

Nancy is the research director at the NCEO. As such, Nancy analyzes and reports on trends and developments relating to employee ownership. This work includes conducting executive compensation and other surveys, maintaining a comprehensive database of all ESOPs and their characteristics, and contributing analysis for NCEO publications. Most recently, she authored Employee Ownership and Economic Well-Being, demonstrating the positive economic impact of employee ownership on workers over time. Nancy earned a PhD at Penn State University in political science with a focus on survey methods.
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Timothy Garbinsky

Timothy Garbinsky is the Communications Director at the NCEO. In his role, Tim works with volunteers, allied organizations, and the press to creatively and effectively disseminate information about employee ownership and advance the NCEO's mission. He earned his BA from Duke University in 2009 and has since worked as a content creator and an educator, skills which he transfers to the NCEO. Originally from Maryland, Tim now lives California's central valley with his wife.
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Ramona Rodriguez-Brooks

NCEO members are the heart of the employee ownership community. As Membership Director, Ramona supports the success of thousands of employee-owned companies and employee ownership experts. Ramona leads member communication, account management, and new member initiatives. She creates content and curates educational resources for members.  Ramona earned a BA in Sociology and a BA in Theatre from the University of California, San Diego.