Understanding ESOPs
Corey Rosen is the NCEO's senior staff member and former executive director. He cofounded the NCEO in 1981 after working for five years as a professional staff member in the U.S. Senate, where he helped draft legislation on employee ownership plans. Before that, he taught political science at Ripon College. He is the author or coauthor of many books and over 100 articles on employee ownership, and coauthor (with John Case and Martin Staubus) of Equity: Why Employee Ownership Is Good for Business (Harvard Business School Press, 2005). He was the subject of an extensive interview in Inc. magazine in August 2000; has appeared frequently on CNN, PBS, NPR, and other network programs; and is regularly quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and other leading publications. He has a Ph.D. in political science from Cornell University and serves on the advisory board of the Certified Equity Professional Institute.Scott Rodrick is the NCEO's director of publishing and information technology. He designed and created the NCEO's present line of publications and is the author or coauthor of several books himself, including the popular bookletAn Introduction to ESOPs.Since 1994, he has created and maintained the NCEO's presence on the Internet. He is an attorney and served at the U.S. Department of Labor as an attorney-advisor before coming to the NCEO.