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Researchers, professors, and educators advancing employee ownership knowledge through academic study, peer-reviewed research, and university programs on ESOPs, cooperatives, and broad-based ownership.

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Matthew Epperson

Georgia Cooperative Development Center
Local Outreach Coordinator at Georgia Center for Employee Ownerwship
Athens, GA, USA
# Investment Co-op# EO Fees# EO Plan Design# Co-op Principle 7+27 more
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Frank Cetera

Workers to Owners Collaborative (W2O)
Business Transfers Program Director
Syracuse, NY, USA
# EO Advisor# Worker Co-op# Broad-based Employee Ownership

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Mark Smith

Arrow Media
Independent Director - ESOP's and Owner at Summit Business Advisors.
Graeagle, CA, USA
# Executive Compensation# EO Audits# Quadratic Voting# ESOP

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Jack Veale

Esopmarketplace.com
Founder
West Hartford, CT, USA
# Succession Planning# EO Advisor# Executive Transition# Feasibility Study

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Anne-Claire Broughton

Broughton Consulting
Principal at Broughton Consulting LLC
Durham, NC, USA
# Succession Planning# EO Advisor# Open-Book Management

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Erich Schmid

Business Intermediary Services
Founder, CEO, President
Hilton Head Island, SC, USA
# Succession Planning# ESOP# Board of Directors# M&A

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Jeffrey Jamerino

Panelmatic
President and CEO | Board Member | ESOP Expert | M&A Expert
Troy, MI, USA
# Ownership Culture# ESOP# EO Accounting# Board of Directors

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Sam Gray

Pinemill Partners
Managing Partner at Liszka & Gray, LLC
Richmond, VA, USA
# EO Advisor# Deal Team

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Deborah Olson

MLG Foundation
Expert EO Attorney
Hanover, NH, USA
# EOT# Ownership Culture# ESOP# Worker Co-op+1 more

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Foster James McCarl

New Enterprise Stone and Lime Company
Independent Board Member / Business Strategist / Consultant
Leesville, SC, USA
# Ownership Culture# Board of Directors

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Haydee Caldero

Illinois Center for Employee Ownership
President
Chicago, IL, USA
# ESOP# EO Accounting# Board of Directors
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Loren Rodgers

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Executive Director
Oakland, CA, USA
# EO Plan Design# Succession Planning# Executive Compensation# Employee Retention+6 more
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Ellen G. Frank-Miller

Workforce & Organizational Research Center (WORC)
Founder & CEO
Chicago, IL, USA
# Employee Impact Index

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John Carroll

Big Sandy Furniture
Independent Director at ESOP owned Companies
Naperville, IL, USA
# ESOP# EO Accounting# Board of Directors

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Richard Van Doel

Performance Validation
CEO
Avon, IN, USA
# Post Transaction# EO Advisor# ESOP# S ESOP+1 more

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Scott Miller

ESI Equity
CEO, Founder, Entrepreneur and Board Member / Founder of ESI Equity
Pewaukee, WI, USA
# Ownership Culture# ESOP# Board of Directors

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Susan Kildahl

NHS Northstar
Chief Financial Officer
Duluth, MN, USA
# Ownership Culture# ESOP# EO Accounting# Board of Directors

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Tracy E. Till

Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing at Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations
Former CEO Independent Board Director
Rochester, NY, USA
# Executive Compensation# Ownership Culture# EO Committee# ESOP

EL

Edward Leventhal

Valco Industries
President and CEO
Springfield, OH, USA
# Ownership Culture# ESOP# Board of Directors

HC

Harry Cendrowski

Cendrowski Corporate Advisors
Founding Member and Managing Director
Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
# Ownership Culture# ESOP# EO Accounting# Board of Directors

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Kerry Siggins

Stoneage
CEO
Durango, CO, USA
# Trustee# Ownership Culture# ESOP# Board of Directors

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Mark Lewis

Woodfold Marco Manufacturing
Retired Trustee (prev. CEO)
Forest Grove, OR, USA
# Ownership Culture# ESOP# EO Accounting# Board of Directors

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Michael Quarrey

Web Industries
Vice President, Corporate Development
Marlborough, MA, USA
# Ownership Culture# ESOP# Board of Directors
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Nathan Schneider

University of Colorado Boulder
Assistant Professor
Denver, CO, USA
# EO Advisor

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Terry Leahy

NHS Northstar
President and CEO
Whitefish Bay, WI, USA
# Ownership Culture# ESOP# Board of Directors

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Todd Klimas

Wilson Electric Services
President and Employee Owner
Tempe, AZ, USA
# Succession Planning# Trustee# DOL# EO Fiduciary+7 more

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Andrew Delmonte

Cooperation Buffalo
Executive Director
Buffalo, NY, USA
# SBA# CDFI# Worker Co-op

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Daniel Goldstein

Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing at Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations
CEO
Norfolk, VA, USA
# EO Advisor# Ownership Culture# ESOP# EO Accounting

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Elena Vasconez

Aurora-South Metro Small Business Development Center
Associate Director
Denver, CO, USA
# SBA# Worker Co-op

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Emily Rickard

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Legal Associate at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLC
Philadelphia, PA, USA
# ERISA

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