OwnersEdge, an employee-owned holding company focused on acquiring and growing healthy businesses, announced the completion of its planned leadership succession as the organization transitions back to a single-CEO structure.
Effective July 1, Co-CEO Rob Dillon will assume the sole role of CEO, and Co-CEO Christine Adee will retire from day-to-day leadership following 13 years with the organization.
Dillon brings more than two decades of business leadership experience to the role, including work as a management consultant serving Fortune 500 and other large public companies, time as a business owner and entrepreneur, and executive leadership roles at BAYCOM and OwnersEdge.
Prior to its acquisition by OwnersEdge in 2017, Dillon was President and Owner of Communications Service Wisconsin (CSW), which he led for five years. Following the acquisition, Dillon continued as President of BAYCOM, one of the operating companies in the OwnersEdge portfolio, which has grown approximately 3.5x since he joined the business. Dillon has been involved in six OwnersEdge acquisitions and, since becoming Co-CEO in January 2024, has been responsible for the financial performance of OwnersEdge and its portfolio companies.
A nationally recognized ESOP leader, Adee joined CC&N in 2013, the legacy operating company from which OwnersEdge was established. When OwnersEdge was formally founded in 2015 under Executive Board Chair Lisa Reardon, Adee served as CFO of the holding company before being named Co-CEO in 2023. During her tenure, she supported the organization’s financial strategy and acquisition growth, including 10 acquisitions over 10 years, as well as fiduciary governance and employee ownership culture. Following her retirement, she will remain active in the employee ownership community through continued service on the board of directors for The National Center for Employee Ownership and other ESOP-related organizations.
In January 2026, OwnersEdge appointed John Hooyman as Chief Financial Officer, adding deep ESOP financial and fiduciary expertise to the executive team and further enabling the organization to advance its planned succession timeline.
For more information on OwnersEdge and its operating companies, visit ownersedge.com.
