28 years teaching and researching for the trade union and labour movement at UWIC. Over the last 4 years have, together with colleagues at UWIC and the Management Centre at Kings College London, started to research the role of worker cooperatives, secondary cooperatives and the social economy. Specific research projects at the moment relate to 6 year experience of Tower Colliery - a worker cooperative employing 400 in South Wales - and cooperative development with young people in Cardiff in performing arts. Papers on Tower are now being presented to conferences and the other projected should be completed by December 2001.

Jerry Kalish
President
National Benefit Services, Inc.
309 W. Washington Street, Suite 1250
Chicago, IL 60606
Ph. 312-372-2150
Fx. 312-372-7673
www.nationalbenefit.com

Isabel Fernandez. Consultant, Grupo OTEIC Consulting - Spain
ifernandez@oteic.com

Date of birth: 1971
Nationality: Spanish

Education:
University of Deusto, San Sebastián, Spain; 1989-1994; M.Sc. Economics and Business Administration
Buckinghamshire College, Brunnel University, UK; January 1994-June 1994; European Business Studies (EC- Erasmus Programme)

Ms. Fernandez has 8 years experience working in different fields. In the initial years of her career, she was actively involved in
restructuring and privatization projects in developing countries (central and east European countries) at a macroeconomic level (EC Projects, WB Projects, etc.). More recently, she has focused her career on companies, traditionally industrial, in the basque region of Spain, and works as a consultant advising SMEs in improving their processes through new modern
managerial techniques. During the last year, she has actively participated in a working team responsible for investigating the level of worker participation in company management at a regional level. She wrote the article summarizing the key findings of this working group and is currently investigating, together with the University of Deusto, the potential economic benefits to SMEs from empowering their workforce and encouraging >increased participation in company decision-making.

Ma. Adela Oliveros de Miranda, Organization: RORAC research and educational center for workers.
Baja California 26
Temamatla 56650
Edo. de México.
México.

John McCartney,
SIPTU Research Dept.
Canal House,
South Circluar Road,
Kilmainham,
Dublin 8.

Tel. + 353 1 4530199.
Fax. +353 1 4530194.

My work in SIPTU's research department.involves, inter alia, national and
local work on financial participation. At national level, I was a member of
a working group established by Government to examine the tax treatment of
financial participation. In addition, I am engaged in the ongoing lobbying
of Government on supports for financial participation. At local level, I
negotiate and facilitate the introduction and development of financial
participation schemes within enterprises.

Before joining the union, I worked in the Government Department of
Enterprise, Trade, and Employment, and in the Applied Economics Department
of the University of Ulster. I have a BA in Economics and Sociology, a MA in
European Social Policy and my Ph.D. is on new forms of work organisation in
Ireland.

RICHARD D. FOLEY

6040 N. Camino Arturo, Tucson, AZ 85718 TEL 520-742-5168 FAX
520-742-6963 Email <rerailer@earthlink.net>

Born: June 2, 1946, Arcadia, Florida
Wife: Raelene Ann (Ballard) Foley, Registered Nurse - ICU & ER
Children: Daughter Heather, Son Nathaniel, Daughter Ariangilee.
Education: Middle Tenn. State University, Pima Community College, U.S. Navy
School & various professional and continuing education courses.

6-66 to 7-98 Union Pacific Railroad Company (previously the Southern Pacific Transportation Company) Conductor & Brakeman, Freight Service. Manager and supervise crews for safe movement of trains, and switching operations. Team Leader Quality Improvement. Retired occupational disability.

6-67 to 6-71 U. S. Navy. Petty Officer 2nd Class Personnelman.
Supervise office staff of 6, responsible for all levels of enlisted personnel
function for Naval Air Squadron of 300 members. Special duties: Top Secret
Communications Courier, East Coast Port Nucleus Crew Fleet Medical
Supply Coordinator.

6-86 to 1994 American Employees Stock Ownership Association, Inc.,
("AESOA") Founder and Chairman. A non-profit educational organization.
Participated as a "Party of Record" before the ICC on the sale of the SP railroad. First shareholder in the history of Corporate America to win a proxy contest (5 - 1988, at Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corporation).
First employee shareholder to run an opposition proxy contest for a seat on the board of directors of a major American corporation. Conducted numerous training seminars on employee ownership, shareholder rights and ESOPs. Called as
an expert witness on shareholder rights to testify before the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications & Finance. Set several precedents in SEC rulings and policy. The most recent example is SEC ultimate development of a policy promoting the use of plain english in reports to shareholders.

11-86 to 1993 United Shareholder Association (USA) Tucson Chapter Chairman, coordinating local shareholder rights activities of membership and media relations. Recipient of USAs first award for outstanding performance.

11-89 to date The Foley Group, Inc. President & CEO, consulting on corporate and union strategic planning, shareholder relations and proxy contests. Designed and developed RailPlot a computer mapping program used daily throughout the Union Pacific by employees at all levels by managers and labor.

9-91 to date: Member of Citizen Ambassador Privatization Delegation, London, Warsaw and Berlin, first American member of Unia Wlasnosci Pracownicze, (the Polish Employee Ownership Association). Invited (but did not participate) by the USA & Canada Academy of Sciences to consult on Russian privatization and employee ownership projects. Similarly invited by the U.S. Baltic Foundation and the Governments of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania to work on legal reforms.

Similarly invited to visit in China, Viet Nam and most recently to South Africa. Participant in Foundation for Economic Development. Participant in the ESOP Association. Member of National Center for Employee Ownership. Member
of Center for Economic and Social Justice. Endowment Member NRA. Member of Democratic Party, elected Arizona Delegate 1992. Member of the United Transportation Union 1966 to date.

6-97 to date: The Patient Advocacy Foundation. Non-Profit organization dedicated to preserving the sanctity of the patient physician relationship and the right of all Americans to the best in health care. Serving as a member of the Board of Directors.

9-98 to date: Institute of Integrated Rural Development of Bangladesh (IIRD) a non-profit organization dedicated to working with the rural poor of Bangladesh to develop self sufficient employee owned industries in aqua farming, silk products, soaps, forestry and tree nurseries, candy, disease resistant plant tissue culture, water purification, sanitation and environmental control
projects. Currently over 300,000 people participating in Bangladesh. Appointed by IIRD as Director of Marketing for the United States.

5-99 to date: CEO of Election Technologies, www.GoBoycott.com, VoteByPhone.com, VoteByEmail.com, VoteByFax.com, VoteByCellPhone.com, VoteByMobile.com, VotePal.com, VoteWorldWide.com, ConfidentialVoting.com, VoteByVoice.com, CellularVote.com, FaxVote.com, SecretBallotVoting.com, ElectionTechnologies.com, VotingTechnologies.com, ExchangeAid.com, and TakeOwnershipNow.com

References:

(1) Gale L. Foley, Ret. Engineer AEDC, 196 Thomas St. Manchester, TN 37355
Phone (931)728-3457 (Relationship: Father)

(2) Lee K. Stikeleather, Ret. Command Sergeant Major, US Army Intelligence, NSA, 11 N. Rogers Ave., Arcadia, FL 33821 Phone (941) 494-3395 (Relationship: Uncle)

(3) Robert C. Osborne, M.D., President of Patient Advocacy Foundation, 800 North Swan Road, Suite 106, Tucson, Arizona 85711, Phone (520)-319-2093

(4) Dan Johnson, Vice President Administration, United Transportation Union, 14600 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, OH 44107-4250 Phone (216) 228-9400

(5) Robert A.G. Monks & Nell Minow, Lens Group, 1200 G Street, Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20005, Phone (202) 434-8723

(6) Maria Weisensee, Vice President, Georgeson & Co. Inc., Wall St. Plaza, 88 Pine St., 30th Floor, New York, NY 10005 Phone 800-445-1790

(7) Pat McGurn, Institutional Shareholder Services, 7200 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1001, Bethesda, MD 20814 Phone (301) 545-4555

(8) Norm Kurland, President, Center for Economic and Social Justice, PO Box 40711, Washington, DC 20016, Phone (703) 243-5155

(9) Fa. William Christensen founder of IIRD, House #5/10 Road # 48, Block E, Laimatia, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh

(10) Ronald E. Fults, Director of Legal Services - University of Tennessee, 226 Capitol Blvd. Bldg., Suite 400, Nashville, TN 37219-1804, Phone (615) 532-3699

(11) Dr. Gary Chao, Director Information Services, Crowley Shiplines, Oakland, CA, Phone (510) 251-7939

(12) Anthony Haswell, Founder National Rail Passenger Association, 3935 Calle De Jardin, Tucson, AZ 85711, Phone (520) 326-1828

(13) Paul Jones, President BLT, 505 Dover Ave. LaGrange Park, IL 60526 Phone ((708) 352-4321

(14) Landon Rowland, CEO, Stilwell Financial Corporation, 920 Main Street, 21st Floor, Kansas City, MO 64105-2008 Phone (816) 218-2146

(15) Mike Haverty, CEO, Kansas City Southern Railway, 114 West 11th St., Kansas City, MO 64105-1804 Phone (816) 983-1389