21st Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference Highlights

Speaker presentations from the 3 sets of concurrent panels can be found here in the OEOC Online Library

Plenary Speeches
Doug Cowan
Chairman of the Board, Davey Tree Expert Company

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Lee Fisher
Lieutenant Governor, State of Ohio

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Award Presentations

Casa Nueva Restaurant and Cantina for "Building a Sustainable Local Economy"
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Leslie Schaller (right) of Casa Nueva and Karen Thomas (left) of the OEOC

 

The Antioch Company for their "Commitment to Triple Bottom Line Reporting"
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Lee Morgan, President of the Antioch Company

Prentke Romich Company for "Getting Their ESOP Off to a Good Start"
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The contingent from the Prentke Romich Company

Karen Conrad for "Furthering the Cause of Employee Ownership in Ohio"
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Karen Conrad

Other Highlights
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Kent State University's new president, Dr. Lester Lefton, introduces Davey Tree's Doug CowanCarolyn Long of Rable Machine,
John Greenway of the Ohio Department of
Development's Office of Energy Efficiency,
and Karen Conrad of the Ohio Department of Development chat at the Network
Company Reception
Ohio's Employee-Owned Network Company Reception, R.J. Martin Electrical ContractingThe overflow crowd at the Morning Plenary Panels: Employee Ownership as an Economic Development Tool - (l to r) Gerry Meyer, Greater Cleveland Partnership; Lynn Gellerman, Adena Ventures; Wendy Patton, Office of the Governor of Ohio; and Jay Goyal, Ohio House of Representatives, District 73