Washington, D.C. (May 2) – Ronald J. Gilbert, President and Co-founder, ESOP Services, Inc., Charlottesville, VA, has been elected to serve a two-year at large slot on The ESOP Association’s Board of Directors. The ESOP Association is the national association that represents companies with employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs).
Mr. Gilbert has served on the Board of Governors, as well as the Legislative and Regulatory Advisory Committee of The ESOP Association, for years. In addition, Gilbert has aggressively lobbied his Virginia Congressman and Senators on behalf of The ESOP Association.
ESOP Services, Inc., is an international consulting firm specializing in all aspects of ESOPs applications for both private and public companies. In addition, he is a published author of Employee Stock Ownership Plans: Business Planning, Implementation, Law and Taxation.
The Board of Directors is the premier governing group in the Association. Seven members of the nine person Board of Directors are elected by the Association’s Board of Governors.
Founded in 1978, The ESOP Association represents nearly 1,200 ESOP companies and 750,000 employee owners who believe that employee ownership will improve American competitiveness, increase productivity through greater employee participation and strengthen our free enterprise economy.