American Taxation Association

Committee Members

Roby

Sawyers, Overall Chair

North Carolina State University

roby_sawyers@ncsu.edu  

(919) 515-4443

IRS Practice and Procedures Sub-Committee

Daryl

Brown, Chair

Illinois State University

chickenduck@gmail.com

(508) 517-3609

Beth

Stetson

Oklahoma City University

tstetson@okcu.edu

(405) 833-5308

Tina

Quinn

Arkansas State University

tquinn@astate.edu

(870) 972-3038

Tax Accounting Sub-Committee

Richard

Leaman, Chair

University of Denver

rleaman@du.edu

(303) 871-2079

John

Barrick

Joint Committee on Taxation

john.barrick@mail.house.gov

(202) 225-1825

Nancy

Nichols

James Madison University

nicholnb@jmu.edu

(540) 568-8778

C-Corporation Taxation Sub-Committee

Don

Samelson, Chair

Colorado State University

samelson@lamar.colostate.edu

(970) 491-6420

Caroline

Craig

Illinois State University

ckcraig@ilstu.edu

(309) 438-7147

Ronald

Marcuson

DePaul University

marcusonr@yahoo.com

(312) 362-7207

S-Corporation Taxation Sub-Committee

Larry

Crumbley, Chair

Louisiana State University

dcrumbl@lsu.edu

(225) 578-6231

Bill

Harden

UNC – Greensboro

jwharden@uncg.edu

(336) 256-0188

Ken

Orbach

Florida Atlantic Uni

orbach@fau.edu

(561) 297-2779

Partnership Taxation Sub-Committee

Bill

Harden, Chair

UNC – Greensboro

jwharden@uncg.edu

(336) 256-0188

Gregory

Carnes

University of North Alabama

gacarnes@una.edu

(256) 765-4245

Frances

McNair

Mississippi State University

fmcnair@cobilan.msstate.edu

(662) 325-1636

Individual Taxation Sub-Committee

Kay

Sheridan, Chair

Troy University

ksheridan@troy.edu

(334) 670-3154

Ellen

Cook

University of Louisiana - Lafayette

edcook@louisiana.edu

(337) 482-6212

Phil

Harmelink

University of New Orleans

pharmeli@uno.edu

(504) 280-6427

Janet

Trewin

University of Nebraska at Kearney

trewinj1@unk.edu

(308) 865-8107

International Taxation Sub-Committee

Beth

Stetson, Chair

Oklahoma City University

tstetson@okcu.edu

(405) 833-5308

Ronald

Marcuson

DePaul University

marcusonr@yahoo.com

(312) 362-7207

Adrian

Sawyer

University of Canterbury

adrian.sawyer@canterbury.ac.nz

64 3 3642617

Ralph

Tower

Wake Forest University

tower@wfu.edu

(336) 758-5735

State and Local Taxation Sub-Committee

Michael

Schadewald, Chair

University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

schade@uwm.edu

(414) 229-5005

Christopher

Jones

University of South Florida

jonesc@coba.usf.edu

(205) 393-6009

Elizabeth

Plummer

Texas Christian University

c.e.plummer@tcu.edu

(817) 257-5104

Kathleen

Wright

California State University-Fullerton

kwright@fullerton.edu

(415) 359-8895

Estate and Gift Taxation Sub-Committee

Caroline

Strobel, Chair

University of South Carolina

strobel@moore.sc.edu

(803) 777-2713

Allen

Ford

University of Kansas

aford@ku.edu

(785) 864-7523

John

Janiga

Loyola University

jjaniga@luc.edu

(312) 915-7104

Kent

Royalty

St. Mary’s University

kroyalty@stmarytx.edu

(210) 431-2037

Exempt Organizations Sub-Committee

Bill

Raabe

Ohio State University

raabe@fisher.osu.edu

(614) 292-4023

Michael

Brown

Millikin University

mbrown@millikin.edu

(217) 424-6381

Richard

Leaman

University of Denver

rleaman@du.edu

(303) 871-2079

Employee Benefits Sub-Committee

Gregory

Carnes, Chair

University of North Alabama

gacarnes@una.edu

(256) 765-4245

Larry

Crumbley

Louisiana State University

dcrumbl@lsu.edu

(225) 578-6231

Richard

Powell

Pepperdine University

rpowell@pepperdine.edu

(805) 496-5101

Charges

1

Monitor legislative and regulatory activity for the purpose of identifying topics for consideration by the Tax Policy Committees.

2

Work with the External Relations Faculty Committee to identify and recommend ATA members to serve on AICPA Technical Resource Panels, committees and task forces.

3

Develop a database of ATA members that would be willing to write up comment letters and otherwise respond to the Treasury, IRS and legislators when they ask for input on various issues.  This database would also incorporate members’ interests in specific tax legislative and policy topic areas.