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Carolinas Chapter Awards

The Carolinas Chapter gives two awards each year—ESOP Company of the Year and Employee Owner of the Year. All nominees are honored at a chapter event and winners are automatically entered in the national competition; winners of the national award are recognized throughout The ESOP Association and across the country.

The deadline for entering this year’s ESOP Company of the Year and Employee Owner of the Year award is February 2, 2023

To start preparing your next entry, please see the information below.

Employee Owner of the Year Award

This award honors an exemplary non-management employee owner of an ESOP company who has taken the initiative to learn about the ESOP, educate and motivate colleagues, and actively promote the employee ownership culture.

The individual should be involved in the employee ownership activities of the company and The ESOP Association. Only one employee may be nominated from each ESOP company.

Want advice on applying? See our tip sheet.

Enter Employee Owner of The Year

ESOP Company of the Year Award

This award is given to an ESOP company that shows a strong commitment to employee ownership through its involvement with The ESOP Association and its programs, its clear communication with employees, and its commitment to The ESOP Association’s vision of endorsing employee participation,  wealth creation, and individual dignity and worth. The company should be financially solvent and have had in ESOP in place for more than two years.

It is not necessary that the company have a particular management style, but the majority of employees should feel a sense of ownership and that the ESOP is important to the company and its employee owners.

Advice on applying is available via our tip sheet.

Enter ESOP Company of the Year

Previous Winners

Employee Owner of the Year Winners

2022—Caitlyn Myers, WithersRavenel
2021—Andrew Blakeley, Salem Fabrication Technologies Group, Inc.
2020—Allyson Williamson, Chatsworth Products, Inc.
2019—Deb Cobert, Salem Distributing Company, Inc.
2018—Brenna Albright, Cross Companies
2017—Nick Verna, Social & Scientific Systems

 

ESOP Company of the Year Winners

2021—Emory Wilson Process, Inc
2020—WithersRavenel
2019—Salem Distributing Company, Inc.
2018—The Greenery of Hilton Head Island, SC
2017—Freedom Industries