Business View Magazine - July 2023

44 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 7 YEE-OWNED IVE he National Center for Employee Ownership has been at the forefront of empowering businesses since 1981. With a strong commitment to its mission, the organization’s primary objective is to assist people in making informed decisions, offering a range of resources from reliable technical information to inspirational content that helps companies maximize the potential of employee ownership. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with 1,700 members, NCEO is a vital resource for employee- owned businesses, providing up-to-date research, and valuable information, and fostering ownership cultures through events and support. Executive Director, Loren Rodgers, recounts, “We exist to make employee ownership thrive. We see thriving as being two things, making it bigger, meaning more people being participants in some kind of employee ownership plan. And making it better, trying to make sure that it achieves all the hopes and aspirations that people have when they put employee ownership into place, empowered workforces, more effective companies, transfer of wealth to people who wouldn’t otherwise have it, all that good stuff.” T Through education and advocacy efforts, NCEO helps to guide employee- owned businesses