50th Annual Meeting 2019 | Council On State Taxation (COST) | 22 October 2019 | JW Marriott Washington, DC, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA

This program offers sessions for every state tax and government affairs professional with tax responsibilities. The meeting presents an extensive program covering all types of state and local taxes that business taxpayers are confronted with today. The ever-popular audit sessions and state chamber of commerce roundtables are included, and other conference sessions provide updates on key SALT issues and insight regarding state tax trends and opportunities. Targeted to all SALT types and levels of experience.

2019 Speakers

John Fletcher
Jones Walker

Arthur Rosen
McDermott Will & Emery

Marilyn Wethekam
HMB

William Backstrom
Jones Walker

Mary Ann Horgan
RELX

Rhonda Sparlin
RubinBrown

Jeremy Abrams
Reed Smith

Scott Schiefelbein
Deloitte

Angie Monahan
Crowe

Jennifer Waryjas
Jones Day

Justin Hill
KPMG

Drew VandenBrul
Grant Thornton

Matt Hedstrom
Alston & Bird

Michael Porter
Hemenway & Barnes

Rebecca Lee
PwC

Marc Simonetti
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

Douglas Stransky
Sullivan & Worcester

Priscilla Parrett
Reed Smith

Robert Peters
Duff & Phelps

Lindsay LaCava
Baker & McKenzie

Michael Bowen
Akerman

Mark Richards
Ice Miller

Matt Boch
Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/Dover Dixon Horne

David Cole
Business Council of Alabama

Dale Craymer
Texas Taxpayers and Research Association

Jason DeCuir
Ryan

Christopher Grissom
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings

Kenneth Jewell
Deloitte

Dennis Rimkunas
Jones Day

Jennifer Karpchuk
Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry

Jonathan Liss
City of Philadelphia

Maria Todorova
Eversheds Sutherland (US)

Todd Lard
Eversheds Sutherland (US)

Brian Pedersen
Alvarez Marsal & Taxand

Eric Fader
BDO

Jennifer Jensen
PwC

Nikki Dobay
COST, Portland, OR

Craig Fields
Morrison & Foerster

Stephen Jasper
Bass Berry & Sims

Joe Carr
BDO

Sara Lima
Reed Smith

Glenn McCoy
KPMG

Mike Shaikh
Baker & McKenzie

Gene Burner
Manufacturers’ Alliance of Maryland

Christine Buteas
NJ Business and Industry Association

Ashley Duckman
Maryland Chamber of Commerce

Carl Marrara
Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association

Eileen McAnneny
Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation

Ken Pokalsky
Business Council of New York State

Marty Dakessian
Dakessian Law

Matt Hunsaker
Baker & Botts

David Shipley
McCarter & English

Brian Kirkell
RSM

Carolynn Kranz
Industry Sales Tax Solutions

James Taylor
Alliance Data

Michael Bryan
Deloitte

June Summers Haas
Honigman

Matthew DiDonato
Grant Thornton

Mark Koch
DuCharme, McMillen & Associates

Zach Gladney
Alston & Bird

Stephen Kranz
McDermott Will & Emery

Seth O’Hara
Grant Thornton

Diane Yetter
Yetter

Robert Gutierrez
California Taxpayers’ Association

Mike Stober
Oregon Business & Industry

Bruce Ely
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings

Fred Nicely
COST

Steven Wlodychak
EY

Eric Coffill
Eversheds Sutherland (US)

Terry Frederick
Barnwell Consulting

David Pope
Baker & McKenzie

Richard Anklam
New Mexico Tax Research Institute

Rusty Cannon
Utah Taxpayers Association

Ashley Harpstreith
Wyoming Taxpayers Association

Miguel Legarreta
Associated Taxpayers of Idaho

Kevin McCarthy
Arizona Tax Research Association

Howard Stephenson
Utah Taxpayers Association

Kate Pascuzzi
ConocoPhillips

Leah Robinson
Mayer Brown

Kyle Sollie
Reed Smith

Zachary Rhyne
Ryan

Brad Tomlinson
Zaino Hall & Farrin

Greg Abbott
Alvarez Marsal & Taxand

Matthew Boch
Dover Dixon Horne

David Ebersole
McDonald Hopkins

Diann Smith
McDermott Will & Emery

Mitchell Newmark
Morrison & Foerster

Robert Porcelli
PwC

Jeremy Chitlik
Altus Group(US)

Reed Hollander
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

Charles Mercer
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

Lucky DeFries
Coffman, DeFries & Nothern

Beth Kadoun
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce

Anthony Long
Ohio Chamber of Commerce

Ray McCarty
Associated Industries of Missouri

Carol Portman
Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois

Tom Sands
Iowa Taxpayers Association

Keith Staats
Illinois Chamber of Commerce

Bill Waltz
Indiana Chamber of Commerce

Ros Barr
EY

David Robertson
EY Law

Christina Zurowski
Grant Thornton

Eric Anderson
Andersen

Jaye Calhoun
Kean Miller

Hugh McKinnon
Raytheon

Nikki Dobay
COST

Richard Fry
Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs

Doug Sigel
Ryan Law

Annie Huang
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

Nicole Johnson
Morrison & Foerster

Glenn Newman
Greenberg Traurig

2019 Sponsors

• ADP
• Alston & Bird
• A&M
• Ashland
• BakerMcKenzie
• Barnwell Consulting
• Bass Berry Sims
• Bingham Greenbaum Doll
• Bradley
• Deloitte
• EY
• Eversheds Sutherland
• HMB
• ISTS
• Jones Walker
• KMPG
• Mayer Brown
• McDermott Will & Emery
• Morrison Foester
• Multistate
• Pillsbury
• PwC
• Rath Young Pinatelli
• ReedSmith
• RSM
• Ryan
• Sovos
• Step Up
• Tax Analytics
• Thompson Tax