ESOP Holding Companies

Corey founded the National Center for Employee Ownership in 1981 after working five years as a professional staff member in the U.S. Senate, where he helped draft legislation on employee ownership plans. Prior to that, he taught political science at Ripon College. He is the author or co-author of over 100 articles and numerous books on employee ownership. He has a PhD in political science from Cornell University. He currently serves on a number of ESOP company boards.

Christine, President of Waukesha, WI-based OwnersEdge, Inc., an industry-leading and 100% employee-owned ESOP holding company with five portfolio companies “ Asche & Spencer, Baycom, CC&N, Implecho, and QComp Technologies. Christine provides OwnersEdge and the affiliate companies with business leadership and planning, financial and operations management, business growth with profit maximization, and productivity and efficiency improvements.  She leads the organizations, acquisition strategy and provides impacting guidance to the profitability and growth trajectory of each affiliate company. The 100-percent employee-owned (ESOP) structure of OwnersEdge and its portfolio companies adds to the complexity of her position since they are held to a higher level of fiduciary responsibility and compliancy.