“Our employee-owners get to share in the benefit that they are able to create for the company just by their service. It’s completely unique. In fact, we’re the only healthcare company that is based in Oklahoma City that is 100% employee-owned. In the ESOP community itself, we’re in the Top 100 ESOPs across the country because of our size.” - Brett Coble, Bridges Health President & CEO
“Ownership means to me that I have the right to make choices. Ownership means to me that I have the ability to create an atmosphere where we can be prosperous. Ownership means that I don’t have to depend upon someone else to do my job - I’m responsible for making my own job, making the place look immaculate.” - Kevin Shaw, Housekeeping Supervisor at The Timbers Skilled Nursing & Therapy in Edmond, OK.
“Today was really pretty special, to see folks that have been in the business for a long time figure out ways to do it differently. Really what separates every business from the other is how they take care of the people that work with them and for them. It’s never been important than today.” - U.S. Congressman Kevin Hern