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Loren Rodgers

Loren Rodgers

November 15, 2022

U.S. Treasury Program to Support EO Transactions and Working Capital: Update

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the 31 states that have received credit funds totaling $10 billion under the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI). The states, in alphabetical order, are Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, and West Virginia.

Loren Rodgers

October 03, 2022

The 2022 Fall ESOP Forum: Thank You!

The NCEO's Fall ESOP Forum was held in St. Louis last week, and we offer a huge thank-you to the people who joined us there and showed so much enthusiasm for making employee ownership thrive. It's always our fondest hope here at the NCEO that participants leave every NCEO event not simply with a new piece of information or a bunch of notes on corporate governance but instead with the ability and readiness to do something when you get home that you couldn't do before.

Loren Rodgers

October 03, 2022

Happy Employee Ownership Month 2022!

Today is the first day of Employee Ownership Month 2022! Congratulations to all employee-owners and to all the people who make employee ownership happen. You are the reason employee ownership makes companies stronger, communities more durable, employees more secure, and our nation better.

Loren Rodgers

September 23, 2022

Employee Ownership Month: Four Tips from the Pros

The NCEO's Innovative Communication Coalition met on Monday to talk about Employee Ownership Month. Although no summary can capture the richness of the conversation, I took home four new ideas about how to get the maximum impact from Employee Ownership Month.

Loren Rodgers

September 15, 2022

The NCEO Launches the ESOP Finance Toolkit and Lender directory

Business bankers see companies of different sizes, ages, industries, and they may think there are no surprises left… until they see what an ESOP does to a company’s financials.

Loren Rodgers

July 14, 2022

Employee Ownership and Skill-Assessment Tools

Is employee assessment different in employee-owned companies than in traditional businesses? The NCEO’s CEO roundtable addressed tools for skills assessment in its meeting, and the results were thought-provoking.

Loren Rodgers

July 13, 2022

The NCEO Welcomes Our New Senior Director of Events

The NCEO is delighted to announce that, following a national job search, we have filled a new position that will oversee all of the NCEO's in-person and virtual events. The new position, our senior director of events, will be filled by Jaymie Oviedo, who is moving to this position from her prior NCEO staff role as our conference coordinator.

Loren Rodgers

July 01, 2022

Academic Fellows in Employee Ownership: 2022 to 2023

The Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing at Rutgers University announced the latest scholars awarded fellowships to study employee ownership and related topics for the coming academic year.

Loren Rodgers

March 31, 2022

The New Chair of the NCEO's Board of Directors

Victor Aspengren has succeeded Mary Boettcher as the chair of the NCEO's board of directors as of today. Mary had been the chair of the NCEO's board of directors since 2019; as the chief steward of the organization's mission to help employee ownership thrive, Mary says, " I am grateful for the opportunity to have served as chair of this extraordinary organization for the past three years. What a tumultuous time period for any organization, and none displayed more strength, determination, and agility than the NCEO. NCEO staff continues to deliver outstanding critical educational resources and research to support our employee ownership community and their passion to serve and grow employee ownership is ever-present. I look forward to continuing to serve as immediate past chair on the board of directors for the next two years!"

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