Cara Benningfield

Cara’s area of focus is employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) in privately held companies. She structures and facilitates the creation of new ESOPs and works with existing ESOPs in matters ranging from acquisition structuring to repurchase planning and analysis. Cara’s experience with ESOPs also includes providing financing assistance, tax planning, ongoing plan administration, employee communication, and structuring of executive incentive plans.

Cara is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants, The ESOP Association, The National Center for Employee Ownership, and Employee-Owned S Corporations of America.

She currently serves on the board of directors of the ESOP Association and the Women’s Fund of South Central Kentucky.