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Founded in 1988, Blue Ridge ESOP Associates serves the ESOP community by providing the highest quality administration services for ESOP ...
Welcome to Wisconsin ESOP!

 

The Wisconsin Chapter provides the only regularly-scheduled opportunities in the State of Wisconsin for ESOP networking with other employee owners and ESOP professionals. As part of The ESOP Association, the Wisconsin Chapter has been actively assisting ESOP Companies grow in their technical knowledge and communications skills with their employee owners.

 For information on membership and a member application form, go to:  http://www.esopassociation.org/membership/ 

2012 Chapter Award Winners Announced!

Company of the Year:  Park Manor, Ltd.

Employee Owner of the Year:  Lance McTrusty, Priority Sign

                              

Park Manor, Ltd. has been named the 2012 ESOP Company of the Year by The Wisconsin Chapter of The ESOP Association.  Park Manor, Ltd. is a 147 bed Medicare/Medicaid certified nursing home located on the shore of the Flambeau River in the small Northern Wisconsin community of Park Falls. 
"Park Manor, Ltd. promotes a strong ownership culture through their teams focusing on Wellness, Safety, Quality Care, and Culture.  They have a great motto of "One Company - One Team!", and they've developed an educational series called "Business Basics for Employee Owners".  Park Manor is a great example of an ESOP company!" said Sherri McDermott, President of The Wisconsin ESOP Chapter. Read more
 
Lance McTrusty, Priority Sign, has been named 2012 Employee Owner of the Year by The Wisconsin Chapter of The ESOP Association. 
Priority Sign is a 100% employee owned global sign/project management company offering complete image branding for their clients.
"Lance was the first President of Priority Sign's ESOP Committee when it started in 2010.  It is important to get your committee off to a great start, and under Lance's leadership they did that - creating by-laws, a budget, scheduling meetings, and planning dozens of events.", said Sherri McDermott, Wisconsin ESOP Chapter President, when presenting Lance with his award.  Read more
The awards were announced at the Chapter's Annual Meeting on March 13, 2012, at Sprecher Brewery in Glendale, Wisconsin.
 
Park Manor, Ltd. and Lance McTrusty will compete against award recipients from 17 other state and regional Chapters for the National Company of the Year and Employee Owner of the Year.  The winners will be announced at The ESOP Association's 35th Annual Conference in Washington, DC in May, 2012. 
 
I hope to see you at the various 2012 ESOP meetings and events!
Sherri McDermott
President, The Wisconsin Chapter of The ESOP Association
 
VP Human Resources
Sentry Equipment Corp.