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Employment and Jobs

Employee Ownership Ideas Forum – 2024: Speakers

The Employee Ownership Ideas Forum brings together members of Congress and their staff, government officials, practitioners, researchers, think tanks, philanthropy, investors, and the leaders of employee-owned companies to learn about and discuss the latest in policy, research, finance, and practice. This year’s forum, “Employee Ownership on the Ground,” brought innovative employee share ownership initiatives and speakers from around the country to DC to highlight how this bipartisan approach to improving jobs, wealth creation, and business performance is helping create more equitable economies in states, cities, and rural communities. Click to view our videos, photos, briefs, speakers, and agenda.

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Christine Adee

Co-Chief Executive Officer, OwnersEdge, Inc.


Barbara Baksa

Executive Director, National Association of Stock Plan Professionals


Joseph Blasi

Director, The Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing


James Bonham

CEO/President, The ESOP Association


Margot Brandenburg

Senior Program Officer, The Ford Foundation


David Brown

Director of Policy, Office of the Administrator, US Small Business Administration


Anthony Cimino

Vice President and Head of Policy, Carta


Maureen ConwayMaureen Conway

Executive Director of the Economic Opportunities Program.
A Vice President of  the Aspen Institute


Chris Cooper

Director, Ohio Employee Ownership Center


Christine Curella

Former Senior Policy Adviser to Deputy Mayor of New York City,

Economic Development Consultant


Evan Edwards

Chief Executive Officer, Project Equity


Mariann Fuller

Chief Financial Officer, Columbia Chemical


Gwyneth Galbraith 

Vice President, Global Small Business Philanthropy, JP Morgan Chase

 


Leroy Garcia

Chief of Staff, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, US Department of Agriculture


Daniel Goldstein

Chief Executive Officer, Go ESOP LL.
Executive Fellow, Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing


Lisa Gomez

Assistant Secretary for Employee Benefits Security Administration, US Department of Labor


Chris Griswold

Policy Director, American Compass


Jeff Guo

Co-Host and Reporter for Planet Money, NPR


Mowa Haile

President, Sky Blue Builders


Headshot of Molly HemstreetMolly Hemstreet

Founder and Co-Executive Director, The Industrial Commons
Executive Fellow, Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing


Jonathan Holloway

President, Rutgers University


Melissa Hoover

Special Projects Director, Democracy at Work Institute
Senior Fellow, Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing


Alex Jacquez

Special Assistant to the President for Economic Development and Industrial Strategy, National Economic Council, The White House


Mary Josephs

Founder and CEO, Verit Advisors
Contributor, Forbes


Sarah Keh

Vice President, Inclusive Solutions, Prudential Financial


Paul Kinghorn

Director, Center for Business and Innovation Growth and Advance Iowa, University of Northern Iowa


Jenny Levy

Executive Vice President, People, Community & Environment, Hypertherm


Wilma Liebman

Former Chair, National Labor Relations Board.
Visiting Distinguished Scholar, Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations


Anna-Lisa Miller

Founding Executive Director, Ownership Works


Joey Nestegard

Chief Financial Officer, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories


Mike Padden

State Senator, Washington


Robert Patricelli

Senior Advisor, InTandem Capital Partners


Rick Plympton

Chief Executive Officer, Optimax Systems, Inc.


Dan Porterfield

President, The Aspen Institute


Phil Reeves

Founding Partner, Apis & Heritage Capital Partners


Naquetta Ricks

State Representative, District 40, Colorado House of Representatives


Corey Rosen

Founder and Senior Staff Member, National Center for Employee Ownership.
Faculty Fellow and Member, Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing


Bernie Sanders

US Senator
State of Vermont


Zoe Schlag

Cofounder and Managing Partner, Common Trust.
Executive Fellow, Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing


Kerry Siggins

CEO, StoneAge


Jim Sorenson

Founder, Sorenson Impact Group


Aquilina Soriano Versoza

Executive Director, Pilipino Workers Center.
Executive Fellow, Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing


Zach Warmbrodt

Financial Services Editor, Politico


Jason Wiener

Member, Colorado Employee Ownership Commission.
Executive Fellow, Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing


Michael Williams

Chief Financial Officer, Black & Veatch

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