Advisory Board

The New Jersey/New York Center for Employee Ownership welcomes participation on our advisory board. Members should have a desire to support and promote a better understanding of employee ownership in New Jersey and New York. For more information, please contact castellano@smlr.rutgers.edu.

Gregory Cygan
Director of Corporate Equity & Stock Plan Administration / Associate Director Corp Legal Operations
PubMatic

Phillip DeDominicis
Managing Director - Investment Banking
Menke & Associates, Inc.

Aziz J. El-Tahch
President, ESOP Advisory Practice 
Stout

Steven B. Greenapple
Partner
SES ESOP Strategies

James F. Higgins, Jr.
Managing Director
Pilot Hill Advisors

Mary Josephs
Founder and CEO
Verit Advisors

Leslie A. Lauer
Managing Director - Private Wealth Advisor
RBC Wealth Management

Christopher Mackin
Founder and President
Ownership Associates
Partner
American Working Capital

Joseph Marx
Vice President, ESOP Consulting
Principal Financial Group

Richard C. May
Managing Partner
American Working Capital

Thomas Roback
President of Sales, ESOP 
Blue Ridge ESOP Associates

Ashley Sarokhan
Managing Director, NY/NJ Market Leader 
Lazear Capital

Joseph Sholler
Business Head, Corporate Services & Equity Plans
Webull Financial

James G. Steiker
Chairman
SES ESOP Strategies

John N. Vitucci
Principal
PKF O'Connor Davies

Stephen A. White
Managing Partner
Onyx Partners Group

Rutgers Advisors

Professor Joseph Blasi
Director, Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing

Professor Doug Kruse
Associate Director, Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing

Christopher Michael
Assistant Professor of Practice
Senior Fellow, Joseph Cabral, Louis O. Kelso, and Q.A. Shaw
McKean Jr. Fellow