Blue Ridge ESOP Associates Industry News

Blue Ridge is proud to support Employee Ownership efforts and is participating this month in ESOPATHON. "ESOPATHON is a month-long, activity-based, nationwide fundraising drive with a goal of raising one million dollars to support new and forward-leaning programming at the Employee Ownership Foundation."

Congratulations to Jessica Molnar of Wiley Wilson for being named the National Employee-Owner of the year at The ESOP Association Opening Reception and Awards Dinner last night. 

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – June 17, 2021: Blue Ridge ESOP Associates (“Blue Ridge”), the leader in ESOP administration, announced today the hiring of Bill Yoerger as CEO of Blue Ridge and Coastal Pension Services (“Coastal”). In his new role, Yoerger will lead Blue Ridge and Coastal in servicing their nearly 2,000 ESOP, 401(k), Money Purchase and Defined Benefit Plan customers and continue to grow the business both organically and through strategic acquisitions in the retirement industry.

It's time for the 35th Ohio Employee Ownership Conference - Virtual and Blue Ridge ESOP Associates is proud to be one of the sponsors for this great event. Registration is still open and for one low price, you can send multiple individuals from your company.

May 5-7, 2021

Bret Keisling of the EO Podcast invited Tom Roback, President of Blue Ridge ESOP Associates, onto the podcast to discuss Blue Ridge's acquisition of Coastal Pension Services, Inc. He explains in the podcast why this is a strong strategic move for both companies and gives more depth to the 401(k) administration services. Overall, both companies have operated under the same structure and are not financial advisors nor daily recordkeepers, so this will allow us to continue to work with any financial advisors and almost any 401k recordkeeper platform. The expansion of the Blue Ridge team allows us to keep in line with our mission which is to continue to be the ESOP and 401(k) administration firm of choice. The podcast can be heard here on our growing YouTube channel.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - APRIL 21, 2021: Blue Ridge ESOP Associates (“Blue Ridge”) is pleased to announce it has acquired Coastal Pension Services, Inc. (“Coastal Pension”), of Columbia, MD. The acquisition allows Blue Ridge to continue as the leader in ESOP administration while expanding its qualified retirement plan administration. In addition to our ESOP business, this will expand the administration of 401(k), Profit Sharing, Money Purchase and Defined Benefit plans to more than 1,000 qualified retirement plans. As we continue our leadership in the ESOP industry, the addition of Coastal Pension accelerates Blue Ridge’s efforts to grow through strategic acquisitions in the ESOP and 401(k) markets.

It's time for the NCEO Employee Ownership Conference and Blue Ridge is a proud sponsor.