American Taxation Association

Tax Policy - Oversight Committee - 2009/2010

Roby Sawyers, CHAIR North Carolina State University (919) 515-4443 roby_sawyers@ncsu.edu  
Fran Ayers (advisory from Ext Relations) Oklahoma 405.325.5768 fayres@ou.edu 
Relationship with Treasury:  George Plesko Connecticut 860 486 6421 gplesko@business.uconn.edu
Relationships with Congress:  John Barrick BYU 801 422 9128 john_barrick@byu.edu
Relationships with IRS: Petro Lisowsky Illinois 217 244 8091 lisowsky@illinois.edu
IRS Practice and Procedures Sub-Committee
Roxanne Spindle, CHAIR Virginia Commonwealth 804-828-7113 rspindle@vcu.edu 
Richard Powell Pepperdine University 310-623-0888 rpowell@pepperdine.edu 
Tax Accounting Sub-Committee
Richard Leaman, CHAIR University of Denver 303-871-2079 rleaman@du.edu 
George Plesko Connecticut 860 486 6421 gplesko@business.uconn.edu
Brian Hogan Northeastern 617-373-3889 b.hogan@neu.edu
C-Corporation Taxation Sub-Committee
Gene Seago, CHAIR Virginia Tech 540 232-6564 seago@vt.edu 
Gil Manzon Boston College 617-552-4637 manzong@bc.edu 
S-Corporation Taxation Sub-Committee
Ken Orbach, CHAIR Florida Atlantic University 561-297-2779 orbach@fau.edu
Jeff Gramlich University of Southern Maine 207-228-8232 gramlich@maine.edu 
Partnership Taxation Sub-Committee
Ron Worsham, CHAIR BYU 801-422-2329 Ron_Worsham@byu.edu 
Sandra Kramer Univ Florida 352 273 0200 sandra.kramer@cba.ufl.edu
Individual Taxation Sub-Committee
Kay Sheridan, CHAIR Troy University 334-670-3154 ksheridan@troy.edu 
Ed Outslay Michigan State University 517-432-2912 outslay@bus.msu.edu 
John Everett Virginia Commonwealth University (804)-828-3163 jeverett@vcu.edu 
International Taxation Sub-Committee
TJ Atwood, CHAIR Florida State University 850-893-9279 tatwood@cob.fsu.edu 
Roy Clemons Florida Atlantic University 561-297-3008 rclemon2@fau.edu 
Paul Gillis Peking University 303-857-5138 gillis@gsm.pku.edu.cn 
State and Local Taxation Sub-Committee
Kathleen Wright, CHAIR Cal State Fullerton 714 278 7029 kwright@fullerton.edu
MaryAnn Hofman Appalachian State 828 262 2036 forsythtb@appstate.edu 
Chris Jones University of South Florida 813 974 4881 jonesc@coba.usf.edu 
Estate and Gift Taxation Sub-Committee
Caroline Strobel, CHAIR University of South Carolina 803-777-2713 georstrob@aol.com 
Dan Murphy Tennessee 865 974 1752 dmurphy@utk.edu
Ken Royalty St. Mary's University 830-755-4773 kkroyalty@stmarytx.edu 
Exempt Organizations Sub-Committee
Bill Raabe, CHAIR Ohio State 614.292.4023 raabe.12@osu.edu 
Pamela Smith UT San Antonio 210 458 5235 pamela.smith@utsa.edu
Employee Benefits Sub-Committee
Greg Carnes, CHAIR University of North Alabama 256.765.4245 gacarnes@una.edu 
Julia Camp Providence 401 865 1000 jcamp@providence.edu

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.

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