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Many ESOP companies are looking to diversify their board membership but have a hard time knowing where to look. Board members tend to come from existing networks of CEOs, and tend to be older white males.

Windings is a 100% ESOP company in New Ulm, Minnesota. It provides building components for custom contract motor manufacturers.

Mayor Thomas Henry of Fort Wayne, Indiana, has issued a proclamation officially recognizing October as Employee Ownership Month.

The NCEO recently published a table that highlights the main characteristics of four types of employee ownership, found in our web article Employee Ownership for Closely Held Companies: ESOPs vs. Equity Grants, Trusts, and Worker Cooperatives.

You can get a big picture overview of all things related to making an ESOP company work well at the Fall ESOP Forum, but most people I talk with have one aspect of ESOPs at the top of mind.

Last September, we had the privilege of seeing Gina Schaefer, the founder of ESOP-owned A Few Cool Hardware Stores, deliver the keynote address at our 2023 Fall Forum in Houston.

Jack Moriarty has announced the launch of Ownership America, a “public policy and grassroots advocacy organization founded to turn Americans into owners.” Founded by Jack Moriarty, who is now its director, Ownership America’s first efforts will focus on generating policy proposals and grassroots initiatives to help grow employee ownership.

The ESOP community has asked for a graduate-level course that will provide emerging consultants with the broad level of knowledge required of them, and the Beyster Institute is excited to announce a new academic course in partnership with the University of California, San Diego.

The Pennsylvania Center for Employee Ownership is pleased to announce that employee ownership legislation has successfully passed in the Pennsylvania House and is on to the Senate.

No area has been as much of a source of questions from ESOP companies than trustee and fiduciary matters.