Corey Rosen

Corey Rosen is executive director and cofounder of the National Center for Employee Ownership, a private, nonprofit membership, information, and research organization in Oakland, CA. The NCEO is widely considered to be the authoritative source on broad-based employee ownership plans. He cofounded the NCEO in 1981 after working five years as a professional staff member in the U.S. Senate, where he helped draft legislation on employee ownership plans. Prior to that, he taught political science at Ripon College. He is the author or co-author of over 100 articles and numerous books on employee ownership, and co-author (with John Case and Martin Staubus) of Equity: Why Employee Ownership is Good for Business (Harvard Business School Press, 2005). He has appeared frequently on CNN, PBS, NPR, MSNBC, and other network programs; and is regularly quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, and other leading publications. He has lectured on employee ownership on six continents. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science from Cornell University. He previously served on he Board of Directors of the Great Place to Work Institute (creators of the “The Best 100 Companies to Work For in America” list). He currently is on seven ESOP company boards, is on the Advisory Board of the Certified Equity Professional Institute, the university-based organization that provides the only certification program for equity plan professionals. NCEO’s books are used as text for that program. He is also a Faculty Fellow at Rutgers University. The NCEO’s Web site is www.nceo.org. In 2009, he was awarded the Txemi Canterra Social Economy Award, given annually in Spain.