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As I wrote in a blog post from July 30, the Ohio Employee Ownership Center's conference is just around the corner. The event, scheduled for Thursday, August 20, from 8:30 a.m.

A number of members have asked how the NCEO is faring in the recession. I am pleased (and grateful) to report that we are doing quite well.

There are a number of ways people can help the NCEO accomplish its mission of providing good information on broad-based employee ownership.

Thank you to all of the members who voted in the 2017 board elections. The staff and board of the NCEO give our congratulations to the new and returning directors, who will serve terms from April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2020. The seven new directors are:

The NCEO welcomes three new members to its board of directors. John Brown is the founder and CEO of the Business Enterprise Institute, a national network of exit planners. Adele Connors is the CEO of Adworkshop, an ESOP-owned marketing agency.

Corey Rosen, NCEO's senior staff member, traveled to South Africa in February to meet with government officials and speak at workshops on how the South African government can expand employee ownership. There are currently an estimated 500 employee ownership plans in South Africa.

Thanks to the companies that have filled out the NCEO's survey on executive compensation in ESOP companies, we now have over 300 responses. People who completed the survey will receive a prerelease copy of the results as soon as they have been compiled.

Before President Obama signed the economic stimulus bill in Denver, he and Vice-President Biden toured Namaste Solar, an employee-owned company and upcoming case study at our annual conference in Portland, OR, on April 22-24.

The 2013 Employee Ownership Conference took place in Seattle last week, and a record-breaking 1,058 people participated.

Since the February 1 release of the NBC News Now story “Instead of ‘I quit,’ workers at these companies say they’re staying put and reaping rewards,” inspired by new NCEO research suppo