Hearing: Challenges and Benefits of Employee-owned Small Businesses

Committee on Small Business

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 (11:30 AM)

2360 RHOB
Washington, D.C.
The Committee will meet to discuss the employee ownership mode, which gives employees a direct investment in the success of the business. Members will have the opportunity to learn about the benefits of employee ownership for business owners, their employees, and their local economies. The hearing will also explore some of the challenges businesses face in converting to an employee-owned model, as well as ways current federal programs can be optimized to minimize those challenges.

Witnesses

Mr. Daniel Goldstein
President & CEO, Folience, Cedar Rapids, IA

  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/13/2020 at 03:24 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/13/2020 at 03:24 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/13/2020 at 03:24 PM

Mr. R. L. Condra
Vice President of Advocacy and Government Programs, National Cooperative Bank, Arlington, VA

  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/13/2020 at 03:24 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/13/2020 at 03:24 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/13/2020 at 03:24 PM

Mr. John Abrams
CEO and Co-Owner, South Mountain Company, West Tisbury, MA

  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/13/2020 at 03:24 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/13/2020 at 03:24 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/13/2020 at 03:24 PM

Mr. Mark Gillming
Senior Vice President, Messer Construction Co., Cincinnati, OH

  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 02/13/2020 at 03:24 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/13/2020 at 03:24 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 02/13/2020 at 03:24 PM

Hearing Record

  • Hearing Notice [PDF]
  • Hearing: Witness List [PDF]

First Published: February 5, 2020 at 09:42 AM
Last Updated: February 13, 2020 at 03:24 PM