EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP AS A TOOL FOR REDUCING THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP

Dr. Mark DeHaven, Dean W. Colvard Distinguished Professor at the College of Health and Human Services, said employee-owned companies can be sustainable engines of wealth generation — if business owners embrace the idea.

“We’re trying to look at it in more of an innovative way,” he said. “How do we begin to close this wealth gap in a way that we can have sustained, improved wealth generation?”