BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f464ae88602b06248d8c987f27ca3597153 CATEGORIES:Southern California SUMMARY:Webinar | ESOPs: What Every Private Company Board Member Should Know DESCRIPTION:
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ESOPs have become a fixture of the private company business w orld, growing steadily more common. Indeed, thousands of companies in the U S now sponsor ESOPs, covering more than two million employees.
But wh at exactly is an ESOP? What can it offer to a privately held company? To th e company’s current owners? To the employees? What are the potential costs and disadvantages?
In this PDA webinar, seasoned experts in the field will cover this subject from the perspective of the boardroom. Every priva te company will at some point face the challenge of liquidating the ownersh ip interest of an existing owner. In that situation, an ESOP will be one of the options on the table. Be prepared to deal with that situation by atten ding this webinar.
| Jennifer Briggs |
Jennifer Briggs serves as a Senior Strat egy Consultant at the Rady School of Management, UCSD, in the Beyster Insti tute proving that business can be done different – purpose centered, missio n driven, and values powered using tenants of inclusive capitalism to attai n success. She serves as an outside independent director for PFSbrands, Eng ineering Economics, and Modern Times Beer and is a founding partner of GRIT T Business Coaching. She is a Rutgers University Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing Executive Fellow focused on corporat e governance and performance, a Commissioner and Vice Chair for Colorado of the Office of Employee Ownership, and a volunteer board member for the Roc ky Mountain Center for Employee Ownership. She has contributed to the Democ racy at Work Institute, and the reinventing work initiative with the Boston FED. She holds a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership, graduate studies in Enterprise Project Management, and a Bachelor of Science in Comm unity Health. She was a member of the New Belgium Brewing executive leaders hip team for over a decade as VP of Human Resources and Organizational Deve lopment and was the Chairperson of the Board for GISinc. headquartered in B irmingham, AL.
| Jeff Lopez |
Jeffrey Lopez is founder and current CEO and Board Member of Dekra-Lite Industries, Inc.
Founded in 1987, and loca ted in Santa Ana, California, Dekra-Lite is a full-service design firm spec ializing in commercial Christmas decorations for malls, retailers, shopping and lifestyle centers, cities, entertainment venues, and theme parks. The Company’s staff assists clients in every aspect of holiday décor, from desi gn to installation. In addition to carrying a wide array of products, Dekra -Lite also fabricates custom décor pieces. The Company offers a range of se rvices, including an in-house design team, year-round installation services , and an in-house printing department. The Company services clients in all 50 states. Further, the Company contracts with service providers in Canada under the Dekra-Lite Canada name in order to service the Canadian Christmas decoration market.
Jeffrey Lopez sold his company to his employees a s an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) in 2014, completing the transacti on in 2019 for 100% ownership to a core group of 55 employees
| Martin
Staubus |