Standing Committees and 2024 Chairs
Serving on a committee of your association, IPT, is not simply just a way to get your name in print. IPT´s standing committees are active and represent an important part of IPT´s benefits and services. Although most committees meet at some point during the year, quite a large portion of committee work is handled by telephone and email. Contact a committee chair or the IPT office if you are interested in participating.
Annual Conference
2024 Annual Conference Program
OVERALL CHAIR
Caroline Cain, CMI
Grant Thornton LLP
Credits & Incentives Chair
Garrett Fischer, Esq.,LLM
Thompson Coburn LLP
State Income Tax Chair
DeAndre R. Morrow, Esq.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Property Tax Chair
Martin Guenther, CMI, MAI
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
Sales Tax Chair
Anthony Gulotta, Esq., CPA
Ryan, LLC
Credits and Incentives Education
To coordinate the activities of the credits and incentives committees to assure continued improvement and consistency in the administration of the credits and incentives education programs.
Overall Chair
Jennifer Thompson, CPA, Chair
The Coca-Cola Company
2024 Credits and Incentives School
To develop and administer a curriculum, including identification and coordination of instructors, to teach advanced topics in sales and use taxation.
Chair
Blair Burns Westmoreland, CCIP
Deloitte Tax LLP
Vice Chair
Marty Wilson, CCIP
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
2024 Credits and Incentives Symposium
To develop and administer a program, including obtaining and coordinating speakers, on current credits and incentives topics of importance to the membership.
Chair
Melissa Wiseman
Entertainment Partners
State Income Tax Education
To coordinate the activities of the income tax education committees to ensure continued improvement and consistency in the administration of the income tax education programs.
Overall Chair
Glenn C. McCoy, Jr., CMI, Esq.
Ryan, LLC
2024 State Income Tax School
To develop and administer a curriculum, including identification and coordination of instructors, to teach basic income taxation.Co-Chairs
Co-Chairs
Mark A. Loyd, Esq., CPA
Dentons Bingham Greenebaum LLP
Mark L. Nachbar, Esq., CPA
Ryan, LLC
2024 State Income Tax Symposium
Chair
Jennifer Waryjas
Jones Day
Vice Chair
Jeff Cook, CPA
Grant Thornton LLP
Property Tax Education
To coordinate the activities of the property tax education committees to ensure continued improvement and consistency in the administration of the education programs.
Overall Chair
Annette Prehn, CMI
Marathon Petroleum Company LP
2024 Property Tax School
To develop and administer a curriculum, including identification and coordination of instructors, to teach the fundamentals of property taxation.
Chair
Joshua E. Estes, CMI, Esq.
Estes & Gandhi, P.C.
2024 Personal Property Tax School
To develop and administer a curriculum, including identification and coordination of instructors, to expand upon the fundamentals of personal property taxation taught in the basic school.
Chair
Tommy L. "Chip" Twomey, II , CMI
Marathon Petroleum Company, LP
2024 Real Property Tax School
To develop and administer a curriculum, including identification and coordination of instructors, to expand upon the fundamentals of real property taxation taught in the basic school.
Chair
Melanie Brigante, CMI
Simon Property Tax Group
2024 Property Tax Symposium
To develop and administer a program on current property tax topics of importance to the membership, including obtaining and coordination of speakers.
Chair
Jessica MacLean, Esq.
Worsek & Vihon, LLP
Sales and Use Tax Education
To coordinate the activities of the sales & use tax education committees to ensure continued improvement and consistency in the administration of the sales & use tax education programs.
2024 Sales Tax School I:Introduction to Sales and Use Taxes
Chair
Emily Gauthier, CMI
KPMG LLP
Vice Chair
Leslie Hahn, CMI
BDO USA
2024 Sales Tax School II: Theory and Practice for the Experienced Sales and Use Tax Professional
Theory and Practice for the Experienced Sales & Use Tax Professional - To develop and administer a curriculum, including identification and coordination of instructors, to teach advanced topics in sales and use taxation.
Chair
Kathleen M. Holston, CMI, CPA
WebsterRogers LLP
Vice Chair
William J. McConnell, CMI, CPA, Esq.
Zayo Group LLC
2024 Sales and Use Tax Symposium
To develop and administer a program, including obtaining and coordination of speakers, on current sales and use tax topics of importance to the membership.
Chair
Rachael Averett, CMI
Advantous Consulting, LLC
Co Vice Chair
Joshua Veith, JD, LLM
Ryan Law Firm, PLLC
Co Vice Chair
Jennifer S. White, Esq.
Reed Smith LLP
VAT Education
2024 Value Added Tax School
To develop and administer a program, including obtaining and coordinating speakers, on current value added tax topics of importance to the membership.
Chair
Carlos Hernandez, CMI
Microsoft Corporation
Vice Chair
Elzbieta Choina
Ernst & Young LLP
2024 Value Added Tax Symposium
To develop and administer a program, including obtaining and coordinating speakers, on current value added tax topics of importance to the membership.
Chair
Philippe Stephanny
KPMG LLP
Joint Education Committees
2024 ABA/IPT Advanced Tax Seminars
To develop and administer a program, including obtaining and coordination of speakers, on current topics of importance in sales, property and income taxation.
Overall Chair
Charles J. Moll, III, Esq.
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
2024 ABA/IPT Advanced State Income Tax Seminar
Chair
Matthew J. Landwehr, Esq.
Thompson Coburn LLP
2024 ABA/IPT Advanced Property Tax Seminar
Chair
Thomas R. Wilhelmy, Esq.
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
2024 ABA/IPT Advanced Sales Tax Seminar
Chair
Doug Sigel, Esq.
Ryan Law Firm LLP
Virtual Education
This committee is responsible for the continuing development of IPT’s online learning opportunities and in particular for identifying topics that would complement the Institute’s face-to-face programs. The committee shall identify appropriate subjects for distance learning, specify the duration of the course, determine the mode of delivery, and secure presenters and course materials, all with a view toward acceptance of the same by accrediting bodies for Continuing Education purposes.
Overall Chair
Robert D. Butterbaugh, CMI
Global Tax Management, Inc.
Professional Designation Committees
To coordinate the activities of the three CMI committees to ensure continued improvement and consistency in the administration of IPT´s professional designation programs.
CCIP
Chair
Minah C. Hall, CCIP, Esq.
Compass Key Site Solutions
State Income Tax
To administer the CMI professional designation program in income taxation. Membership on the Committee is limited to individuals possessing the CMI professional designation.
Chair
April Marie Nevarez, CMI
Michaels Stores, Inc.
Property Tax
To administer the CMI professional designation program in property taxation. Membership on the Committee is limited to individuals possessing the CMI professional designation.
Chair
Greg Cardwell, CMI
Phillips 66 Company
Sales and Use Tax
To administer the CMI professional designation program in sales & use taxation. Membership on the Committee is limited to individuals possessing the CMI professional designation.
Chair
David K. Rohlmeier, CMI
Grant Thornton LLP
Other Standing Committees
Admissions
To review new membership applications to ensure membership requirements are met.
Chair
Ken Shook, CMI
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
Awards
To administer the awards program ensuring that deserving or outstanding efforts by individual members are recognized by the Institute.
Chair
Heidi R. Thomas, CMI
Early Warning Services LLC
Legal
The committee is responsible for reviewing, pursuant to established IPT policies and procedures, all requests received from litigants asking that IPT file an amicus curiae brief in connection with a pending case. The committee is responsible for advising, in consultation with Corporate Counsel, the Board of Governors in connection with such requests.
Chair
Kyle O. Sollie, CMI, Esq.
Reed Smith LLP
Local Luncheon Liaison
To provide assistance to the Local Luncheon Groups and act as a liaison to the Board of Governors.
Chair
Jessica Nowlin
Best Buy Enterprise Services, Inc.
Nominating
Chair
April Marie Nevarez, CMI
Michaels Stores, Inc.
Professional Ethics
Regular Members - Appointed by the President with the Board of Governors´ approval (as prescribed in IPT By-Laws). To investigate any allegations and/or charges of violations of the IPT Code of ethics by an IPT member that may be submitted by members and non-members of the Institute and present recommendations to the Board of Governors for resolution of the issues.
Diane D. Brown, CMI (2021-2024)
Kinder Morgan, Inc.
Leslie S. Hahn, CMI, CPA (2023-2025)
BDO USA LLP
Mark S. Hutcheson, CMI, Esq., CRE (2023-2026)
Popp Hutcheson PLLC
Kathleen M. Lusk, CMI, CPA (2023-2025)
USG Corporation
William J. McConnell, CMI, CPA, Esq. (2020-2023)
Zayo Group LLC
William J. McConnell, CMI, CPA, Esq. (2023-2026)
Zayo Group LLC
Jeff McGhehey, CMI (2022-2024)
The Home Depot
Tommy L. “Chip” Twomey, II, CMI (2022-2024)
Marathon Petroleum Company LP
Scholarship Committee
Chair
Jan Nash, CMI
Tyson Foods, Inc.
University Relations
Chair
Gwendolyn S. Evans, CMI
GSE
Young Professionals
Chair
TBD
IPT Committee Participation
Serving on a committee of your association, IPT, is not simply just a way to get your name in print. IPT´s standing committees are active and represent an important part of IPT´s benefits and services. Although most committees meet at some point during the year, quite a large portion of committee work is handled by telephone and email. Contact a committee chair or the IPT office if you are interested in participating.