ROY MESSING

EXECUTIVE Director, MICHIGAN Center for Employee Ownership

MICHIGAN

Before his time with EOX, Roy was a large part of the success of the Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC) spending 8 years as the OEOC’s Director. Over 30 businesses became employee-owned during this timeframe in part due to the assistance provided the OEOC. Prior to working at the OEOC, Roy was a community-based lender, having provided financial services to the cooperative member-owners of Farm Credit Services of West Michigan.

He has a BS in Agricultural Economics from Michigan State University and an MBA (finance concentration) from the University of Dayton (Ohio). In 2010, Roy received his Certified Exit Planning Advisor designation, and in 2017 received his Certified Value Builder Advisor designation.