Individual Sessions
Virtual sessions are now open for this year's Employee Ownership Ideas Forum. Grab an all-day pass to take part in all discussions on our agenda, or sign up for select individual sessions on Zoom below.
Note: All programming is included with an all-day pass; you do not need to register for individual sessions.
Day One — April 9, 2025
12:00 p.m. ET — Fireside Chat: The Ownership Advantage
Dion Houtchins, Houtchens Industries, CEO and Chairman
Leslie Kass, CEO, Lewis Tree Service
Mary Josephs (moderator), Verit Advisors
1:10 p.m. ET — Securing the Future of America’s Critical Industries
Mike Garvey, Former CEO, M-7 Technologies
Greg Graves, Former CEO and President, Burns & McDonnell
Chris Griswold, Policy Director, American Compass
Fidan Kurtulus, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jack Moriarty, Executive Director, Lafayette Square Institute
2:10 p.m. ET — Owning It: Experiences from the Front Lines of Employee Ownership
Ashley Bell, Inventory Coordinator, A Few Cool Hardware Stores
Adrian Flores, Project Manager, Accent Landscape Contractors
Sarah St. Onge, Inside Sales Engineer, Admix
Juan Carlos Lopez, Executive Associate, Cooperative Home Care Associates
Tim Garbinsky (moderator), Communications Director, National Center for Employee Ownership
3:35 p.m. ET — The Ownership Agenda: Views from the Hill
Cassandra Brzezinksi, Policy Adviser, Office of US Senator Chris Van Hollen
Greg Facchiano, Vice President of Government Relations and Public Affairs, The ESOP Association
Richard Phillips, Pensions and Tax Policy Director, US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
Ike Brannon (moderator), President, Capitol Policy Analytics, Senior Fellow at the Jack Kemp Foundation
Day Two — April 10, 2025
9:15 a.m. ET — Five Big Ideas for Employee Ownership
Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Professor of Community Justice and Social Economic Development, Department of Africana Studies, John Jay College, City University of New York
Tammy Miller, 39th Lieutenant Governor, State of North Dakota
Phil Reeves, Founding Partner, Apis and Heritage
Jesse Walker, Book Editor, Reason Magazine
Leslie Wilson, Dean, Wilson College of Business, University of Northern Iowa
11:30 a.m. ET — The Future of the American Worker
Xavier De Souza Briggs, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institute
Chris Griswold, Policy Director, American Compass
Adria Powell, President and CEO, Cooperative Home Care Associates
Michael Quarrey, Vice President Corporate Development, Web Industries
Emma Goldberg (moderator), Reporter, The New York Times
Christos Makridis (closing remarks), Associate Professor, Arizona State University
1:35 p.m. ET — Bridging the Gap: Institutional Investment and Employee Ownership
Ted Margarit, Managing Partner, Paralign Capital Partners
Catherine Toner, Managing Director of Impact Investing, Gary Community Ventures
Lindsey Zizumbo, Executive Director, Sorenson Impact Foundation
Alison Lingane (moderator), Founder, Ownership Capital Labs
2:45 p.m. ET — Strengthening Small Business through Employee Ownership
Kevin Clegg, CEO, Clegg Auto
Rachel Hockenberger, CEO and Director, Parma Holding Companies
Sean-Tamba Matthew, Shareholder, SES ESOP Strategies
Anne-Claire Broughton (moderator), Founder and Board Vice Chair, North Carolina Employee Ownership Center
Loren Rodgers (closing remarks), Executive Director, NCEO
3:45 p.m. ET — Industry Spotlight: Health Care
Katrina Kazda, Vice President of Home Care Innovations, The ICA Group
Terry Leahy, CEO, MyPath Companies
Terrell Cannon, Director of Training and Workforce Development, Home Care Associates
Adria Scharf (moderator), Associate Director, Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing