James (Jim) Steiker

Jim is Chairman of SES ESOP Strategies, an affiliate of the Stevens & Lee Companies. He is a corporate, pension and tax attorney and financial advisor with more than 35 years of experience in ESOPs and other employee ownership matters. He focuses his practice primarily on ESOP design, transactions and compliance in entrepreneurial companies.

Jim has served on the ESOP Association Board of Governors and is a past Chair of the ESOP Association’s Advisory Committee on Finance. He is also a former Trustee of the Employee Ownership Foundation and a former member of the Board of Directors of the National Center for Employee Ownership. He is a Director and Co-Chair of the Employee Ownership Expansion Network and also serves as a Director of seven ESOP companies.