      |
|
GEO's Academic and Government Council
GEO is pleased to welcome the following members to the Council: 
Danyle Anderson Danyle Anderson serves as the Executive Director of the Global Equity Organization (GEO), a member-founded and member-driven not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing knowledge and understanding of equity compensation worldwide through a global community of well-informed professionals. Prior to joining GEO, Danyle was the Programs Director for the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP). Danyle also served as head of Investor Relations and Shareholder Services for Tech Data Corporation, where in addition to leading the company’s Investor Relations efforts, she had responsibility for all aspects of shareholder services, including the company’s equity plans which provided benefits in more than 38 countries. Prior to Tech Data, Danyle was a member of the audit division of Deloitte & Touche LLP. Danyle has over twenty-four years of experience in the accounting and equity compensation fields and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Certified Equity Professional Institute. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of South Florida, is a Certified Public Accountant, a Chartered Global Management Accountant, a Certified Equity Professional and a frequent speaker on equity compensation related topics. 
Steven Balsam What have I done lately
Would like to hear
Dr. Joseph Blasi Joseph Blasi is the J. Robert Beyster Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University’s School of Management and Labor Relations and Director of the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Economic Opportunities Program of the Aspen Institute and Joseph’s main work involves the empirical study and policy analysis of varied forms of capital shares for workers, such as employee share ownership, profit sharing, gain sharing, and proposals for broad-based capital shares for citizens that are relevant to “basic income” discussions. His book, The Citizen’s Share: Reducing Inequality in the 21st Century (with colleagues Richard Freeman and Douglas Kruse) was published by Yale University Press in 2014. He studies share plans in American history, in corporations, and in different industries and countries. He teaches the graduate and undergraduate courses on corporate governance. For ten years Blasi has directed a national competitive fellowship program that now includes over 120 research fellows at over 40 universities and thirty U.S. states that study broad based share plans and sponsors two academic conferences a year on these subjects. He is the author of fifteen books and numerous academic articles. Recently, he directs the a two-year research project at Rutgers on the impact of employee share ownership in modest income workers and their families that is funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Joseph has been a frequent advisor to governments, Presidents and Presidential candidates, state legislatures, think tanks, and philanthropic foundations, he has authored op-eds and essays for The New York Times, Time Magazine, Fortune, and The Huffington Post, and appeared on MSNBC, Fox News, NPR, and many other TV and radio stations discussing these issues. He has authored op-eds and essays for The New York Times, Time Magazine, Fortune, and The Huffington Post, and appeared on MSNBC, Fox News, NPR, and many other TV and radio stations discussing these issues. Dr. Blasi’s other books include Employee Ownership (Harper and Row, 1988), The New Owners with D. Kruse (HarperCollins, 1991), Kremlin Capitalism with M. Kroumova and D. Kruse (Cornell University Press, 1996), A Working Nation with various co-authors (Russell Sage Foundation, 2000), In The Company of Owners with D. Kruse and A. Bernstein (Basic Books, 2003), Shared Capitalism at Work with D. Kruse and R. Freeman (University of Chicago Press, 2010). His articles have appeared in the British Journal of Industrial Relations, Industrial Relations, and the Industrial and Labor Relations Review, among others. 
Alex Brill 2017–2018 Louis O. Kelso Fellow, Rutgers SMLR Former Policy Director and Chief Economist, House Ways and Means Committee Top Issues for Council
Dr. Bill Castellano Dr. Bill Castellano is Chair of the Human Resource Management department and Professor of Strategic HR Management at Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations. He is also the Executive Director for the NJ/NY Center for Employee Ownership and an Executive Committee member of Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing. Bill is the former Associate Dean of External Engagement and Executive and Professional Education and former Director of the Center for HR Strategy. His research, teaching, and consulting activities are focused on understanding the impact of employee ownership and equity compensation strategies on individual and organizational outcomes, the effective management of human capital, employee engagement, and developing leaders for the challenges of the 21st century. Bill has over thirty years of experience working in corporate Fortune 50, entrepreneurial and research environments. Before joining Rutgers University, he was a Managing Partner at an executive search firm and a Chief Marketing Officer at a national HR outsourcing company. He also held senior HR management positions at Merrill Lynch and Manufactures Hanover Trust where he was involved with human resource strategies and practices that supported both individual business groups and the global enterprise. Bill is an accomplished researcher publishing his work in practitioner and academic journals and is a frequent speaker at national HR and business conferences. 
James Hayton What I have done lately:
Top 3 issues:
Don-Tobias Jol Don-Tobias Jol is a partner at Baker McKenzie’s Amsterdam practice, and he leads the firm’s Dutch Compensation & Benefits advisory group. He has practiced in the area of global equity and executive compensation for over 19 years, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Global Equity Organization. Don-Tobias has authored several articles on global compensation issues for Management Scope, CFO Magazine, Banking Review and the Bulletin for International Fiscal Documentation, among others. He is also a frequent speaker on a variety of global equity topics. Don-Tobias holds degrees in tax and civil law from the universities of Leiden and Amsterdam respectively. He is fluent in Dutch, English, French, German and Spanish. 
Prof. Dr iur. Jens Lowitzsch Faculty of Business Administration and Economics - Kelso Professor of Comparative Law, East European Business Law and European Legal Policy Director of the Inter-University Centre EUROPA-UNIVERSITÄT VIADRINA FRANKFURT (ODER) | FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN | SVEUČILIŠTE U SPLITU | UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON-SORBONNE Advisor to the European Commission and the European Parliament Coordinator of the HORIZON 2020 project ‘SCORE’ Supporting Consumer Ownership in Renewable Energies Latest Publications
Paige Ouimet Relevant Work
Top 3 issues for A&G Council to address
Andrew Pendleton Recent academic work
Top 3 issues for A&G Council to address
Erik Poutsma Institutional and cultural adjustment of plans Impact of Global equity Plans in context Psychological ownership development Issues:
Marshall Vance Recent academic work:
Issues for Council to address:
Karla Walter Policy research on ways to increase broad-based equity, employee ownership & profit sharing programs Top issues
Kilian Wawoe Just published a book on the ineffectiveness of Reward in achieving Performance Improvement Interested in hearing about studies on Reward 
Michael Wolff Publications in academic and practitioner journals in accounting and management such as Contemporary Accounting Research, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Management Accounting Research, etc. Latest relevant work
Top 3 issues for A&G Council to address
|
GEO's Academic and Government Council is comprised of a distinguished group of geographically-diverse academic and government members who have generously volunteered their time to provide broad vision and feedback to GEO.
