May 22, 2019 RENAISSANCE ARLINGTON CAPITAL VIEW HOTEL CRYSTAL CITY, VIRGINIA
SPRING MEETING PROGRAM
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7:45-8:30 am Continental Breakfast Sponsored by Jackson Hewitt
8:30-8:50 am Welcome & Introductions Tim Hugo, CERCA Executive Director Kathy Pickering, CERCA Chair & Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Executive Director, The Tax Institute for H&R Block
8:50-9:25 am “Phew, The Tax Season Is Over” A Review of this past Tax Season by the CERCA Board Moderator: Kathy Pickering, CERCA Chair & Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Executive Director, The Tax Institute for H&R Block Panel: John Sapp, Vice President, Strategic Development, Drake Pete Isberg, Vice President, ADP Bill Nelson, President, Republic Processing Group, Republic Bank
9:25-9:50 am States’ Letters of Intent – Industry Perspectives Moderator: Timur Taluy, President, FileYourTaxes.com Panel: Mark Castro, Government/Industry Liaison, CrossLink Tax Professional Services Mimi Nolan, Director-Regulatory Affairs, The Tax Institute at H&R Block
9:50-10:00 am CERCA Announcements Tim Hugo, Executive Director
10:00-10:30 am Keynote Address: The Honorable Charles P. Rettig Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service
10:30-10:50 am Morning Break Sponsored by Leidos
10:50-11:30 am Overcoming Language & Cultural Barriers in the Tax Preparation Industry Moderator: Shannon Bond, Senior Director, Government Relations, Wolters Kluwer Panel: Seth Babb, Director of Consumer Product Management, TaxSlayer Michele Geraci, Vice President-Tax Products, Jackson Hewitt Carlos Lopez, Executive Director, Latino Tax Professionals PROGRAM 11:30 am - 12:15 pm A View from the Hill – Latest Happenings in Congress Moderator: Russ Sullivan, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Panel: The Honorable Phil Bond, President & CEO, Bond & Associates Steve Ryan, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery
12:15-1:30 pm Lunch Sponsored by Drake Software
1:30-2:00 pm Featured Speaker: David Alito IRS Deputy Commissioner, Wage & Investment
2:00-2:40 pm Understanding Today’s Cyber Attack Trends Jeff Laskowski, Director, Strategic Consulting Services, Mandiant - A FireEye Company
2:40-2:55 pm Coffee Break Sponsored by FileYourTaxes.com
2:55-3:20 pm The ISAC turns 3 and is growing up Denise Davis, Director, Return Integrity Operations, W&I, IRS
3:20-4:00 pm CERCA 25 Years And Counting Bernie McKay, Past CERCA Chair & Senior Vice President & Chief Public Policy Officer, Intuit Kathy Pickering, CERCA Chair & Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Executive Director, The Tax Institute for H&R Block Joe Sica, CERCA Past Chair & Founding Board Member & Chief Public Policy Officer, GreenDot/TPG
Please Join Us for a Post-Conference Reception Immediately Following the Conclusion of the CERCA Conference in Studio D
Sponsored by: River City Bank and Tax Act The Honorable Charles P. Rettig Keynote Speaker
Charles P. Rettig is the 49th Commissioner of the IRS. As Commissioner, Mr. Rettig presides over the nation’s tax system, which collects approximately $3.4 trillion in tax revenue each year. This revenue funds most government operations and public services. Mr. Rettig manages an agency of about 80,000 employees and a budget of approximately $11 billion.
In leading the IRS, Mr. Rettig is focused on improving service to the nation’s taxpayers, balancing appropriate enforcement of the nation’s tax laws while respecting taxpayer rights.
Previously, Mr. Rettig was with the law firm of Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez, P.C., for more than 36 years. In his practice, Mr. Rettig represented thousands of individuals, businesses and corporate taxpayers before the IRS, the Department of Justice Tax Division, federal and state courts and state taxing authorities. These cases involved civil examinations and appeals, criminal investigations and tax collection matters.
Mr. Rettig has held leadership roles in a number of professional organizations, most recently serving as Vice Chair-Administration, for the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation, and President of the American College of Tax Counsel. He was a member of the IRS Advisory Council (IRSAC) for three years beginning in 2008, and served as IRSAC’s chair from 2010 to 2011. He also served as Chair of the Taxation Section of the State Bar of California and has served on the advisory boards of both the Franchise Tax Board and the Board of Equalization in his home state of California.
Mr. Rettig has received numerous professional honors during his career from organizations across the country. He has been a featured speaker and panelist at hundreds of tax conferences throughout the U.S., Europe and Central America. And he has authored numerous tax-related articles.
He received a B.A. in Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles, as well as a J.D. with honors from Pepperdine University and an LL.M. in taxation from New York University.
Mr. Rettig, who is married to Tam Rettig, is also active in numerous civic and philanthropic activities. He’s the founder of the UCLA Extension VETS COUNT Scholarship Fund and active in the Wounded Warrior Project, Advance Guard. CERCA SPRING 2019 Attendee List
COMPANY NAME TITLE (if provided)
Accenture Federal Services Jennie Alfaro Manager Michael Gavin Manager Maggie Houston Manager Terri Hogan Senior Manager Sandra Mulford Senior Manager
ADP Pete Isberg VP Government Relations
AICPA Greg LaFollette Strategic Advisor
Bloomberg Tax Technology Bob Bennett Sr. Product Manager
Bond and Associates The Hon. Phil Bond President and CEO
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Russ Sullivan
Bureau of Fiscal Service, US Treasury Craig Fischer Program Manager Tabitha Guyton Edita Rickard Brett Smith Director of Electronic Money Strategy
Canopy Tax Alan Larsen Government Relations
CERCA Karim Azero Staff Tim Hugo Executive Director Vickie Hull Deputy Executive Director Shreya Kanal Staff
CGI Federal Li Hawkins Senior Consultant Michelle Petersen Management Consultant
Computer & Communications Industry Association Chris Long Consultant Dave Macklin Consultant
CPS Consulting Cedric Swain Owner
Credit Karma Julie Magee Director, Tax Regulatory Affairs Christina Taylor Sr. Manager, Tax Operations
Crosslink Professional Tax Solutions Mark Castro Government Relations Rebecca McCaulley Tax Analyst CERCA SPRING 2019 Attendee List
COMPANY NAME TITLE (if provided)
CSC Corptax Lloyd Howlett VP Customer Operations
Deloitte Consulting Leigh Braunstein Specialist Leader Kathryn Karlman Managing Director Tim Li Principal Whitney Miller Sr. Manager Mark Price Principal Avi Sinha Principal
Drake Software Jared Ballew Government Liaison Jami Gibson VP Internal Operations Robin Miles Federal Tax Product Manager John Sapp VP Strategic Planning
Equifax Rob Edwards Account Executive
Experian Timothy Starkey Director, Strategic Accounts ezTaxReturn.com Ronald Leder Managing Member
FileYourTaxes.com Timur Taluy CEO
GAO Tara Carter Assistant Director Anna Cielinski Analyst Shannon Finnegan Assistant Director Tom Gilbert Assistant Director Bethany Graham Analyst Jessica Lucas-Judy Director Jay McTigue Director, Tax Issues Michael O’Neill Sr. Analyst Neil Pinney Assistant Director Julia Robertson Analyst Mark Ryan Sr. Analyst, Strategic Issues
Guidehouse Lisa McLane Director Julie Rushin
H&R Block Ben Deneka Program Manager Mimi Nolan Director Andy Phillips Director Kathy Pickering VP Regulatory Affairs Walter Pirnot VP Legal-Finance Nathan Rigney Tax Analyst Mike Slack Lead Tax Research Analyst Dan Turrentine VP Government Relations Susan Waldron Director, Marketing CERCA SPRING 2019 Attendee List
COMPANY NAME TITLE (if provided)
Happy Tax, CryptoTaxPrep.com, CryptoTaxAcademy.com Knox Wimberly Tax Director
Intuit Peggy Bogadi Consultant Daniel Eubanks Sr. Manager, Tax Regulatory Affairs and Policy Lauren Hagwood Sr. Manager, State Tax Regulatory Affairs Krista Holub Program Manager Chris Leahy VP National Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs Joe Lillie Director, Tax Office Bernie McKay Sr. VP Corporate Policy David Sullivan VP Tax Regulatory Afffairs Tony Tullo Consultant Dave Williams Chief Tax Officer
IRS David Alito Deputy Division Commissioner Melissa Beck Program Analyst Mike Beebe Director, RICS Jim Clifford Director, CAS Denise Davis Director, Return Integrity Operations Janice Foulk National Account Manager Diane Fox Industry Engagement and Strategy Geoff Gerbore Supervisory Tax Analyst, Wage & Investment, RICS Mel Hardy Director, National Public Liaison Kevin Hatton Program Manager Terry Lemons Chief, Communications & Liaison John Lipold Chief, Relationship Management and Tax Forums, NPL Peter Maser National Account Manager Wayne Mercado Sr. National Account Manager The Hon. Charles Rettig Commissioner Theresa Rossi-Franzke Program Manager, Wage and Investment RICS Curt Rueter Deputy Director, Submission Processing Juanita Wueller Director, E-File Services
IRS, Taxpayer Advocate Service Zachary Bend Presidential Management Fellow Ken Drexler Sr. Advisor to the National Taxpayer Advocate
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Michele Geraci VP, Tax Products Mark Steber Chief Tax Officer Gary Weinstein Sr. VP, Deputy General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer Jo Willetts Director, Tax Resources CERCA SPRING 2019 Attendee List
COMPANY NAME TITLE (if provided)
Latino Tax Professionals Carlos Lopez CEO, E.A.
Leidos Karen Bell Portfolio Manager Treasury Solutions & Development (TSD) Jackie Everett Vice President, Division Manager, Mission IT Jim Weaver Program Manager, Treasury Growth Executive
Liberty Tax Service Richard Ernst Compliance Counsel
Mandiant/FireEye Jeff Laskowski Director, Strategic Consulting Services
Maximus Federal Bill Gagne Sr. Analyst Nick Lopes Sr. Director Howard Marcus Analyst Verlinda Paul Consultant Larry Reagan Vice President Jacqueline Smith IT Services
McDermott Will & Emery David Ransom Partner Steve Ryan Partner
McKinsey & Company Dean Silverman Partner
Media Jonathan Curry Reporter, TaxNotes Today Justin Elliott Reporter, ProPublica Allyson Versprille Reporter, Bloomberg Tax
MetaBank Jermaine Shearin VP Sales
MITRE Clare Giardina Contractor Bobby Hunt Portfolio Director, Treasure and Finance Patty Reid System Engineering, Principal Rich Wysocki Portfolio Manager, IRS Business
MRS Tax Enterprises Inc. Thorman Jerry CEO
On-Line Taxes, Inc. Trisha Hale VP of Operations
Optima Tax David King CEO
Paychex, Inc. Jenine Hallings Compliance Manager
Refundo Roger Chinchilla CEO CERCA SPRING 2019 Attendee List
COMPANY NAME TITLE (if provided)
Republic Bank Carter Dempsey Vice President Bill Nelson President, Republic Processing Group Bill San Giacomo Vice President
SAIC Darryl Scott Sr. Manager Mengzhu Wang Manager
Savan Group Andrew Baker Manager
River City Bank Krystal Cornett Vice President David Kidner Tax Help Software Roger Nemeth President, E.A.
Tax Products Group & Green Dot Corp Chris Bagg Sr. Manager, Key Client and Product Owner Joe Sica Chief Public Policy Officer
TaxAct Rob Gettemy Chief Operating Officer Andrew Oswalt Tax Analyst Taylor Riley Senior Tax Analyst
Taxes and All, LLC Shaun Smith E.A.
TaxHawk, Inc. Rick Graham COO Calvin Whitehead Director of Product Development
TaxSlayer Seth Babb Director of Consumer Product Management
Thomson Reuters Geno Salo Sr. Director
TransUnion Paul Chesen Sr. Director
Unifund Steve Ashbacher Vice President
Wolters Kluwer Shannon Bond Sr. Director Government Relations Stephanie Plaza Product Manager
Angela Camp
Mark your calendars now for the CERCA Fall 2019 Conference l November 13, 2019 Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel in Crystal City 25 Years Ago – CERCA was founded in 1994 1994 was also proclaimed the International Year of the Family by the United Nations General Assembly, and so it is only fitting that the CERCA “Family” was established in that year (or what we today affectionately call “CERCA Nation”)
What else happened 25 years ago in 1994, well: • Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley got married creating a pop culture power couple • Forrest Gump won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1994 • Amazon was founded • Both Nintendo and PlayStation were launched changing video games forever • OJ Simpson trial shocked the nation • Nelson Mandela was elected President of South Africa • TV sitcom show ‘Friends’ first aired • The White House launches its web page • FDA approves the first GMO food (tomato) • NAFTA went into effect changing the trading sphere in North America • IRS Bulletin Board System was made to provide forms and publications online • Margaret Milner “Peggy” Richardson was the IRS Commissioner • Aldrich Ames arrested for spying • Bill Clinton was President • New Gingrich was the Speaker of the House and Senator George Mitchell was the Majority Leader • William Rehnquist was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court • A 1st class stamp was only 29 cents • Dallas Cowboys defeated the Buffalo Bills, 30-13, to win Super Bowl XXVII • Tonya Harding wins the national Figure Skating championship title but is stripped of her title following an attack on her rival Nancy Kerrigan • Major League Baseball Players Association begin a 232-day strike causing 1994 season to be cancelled • Yahoo was founded • E-commerce began popping up using the web • Best-selling novel ‘The Chamber’ by John Grisham was published • Apple releases the 1st Macintosh computer using the new PowerPC Microprocessors • Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin, & Shimon Peres win the Nobel Peace Prize • Dow Jones Industrial Average Closed at 3,834 • Average cost of a new home in the US was $119,050 • Average Income was $37,070 • Price of a Gallon of Gas was $1.09 • The longest running number-one single was “I’ll Make Love to You” by Boyz II Men, which logged 14 weeks at number-one, • Movie ticket price was $4.04 • Average price of a new car was $12,350 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: ______SILVER SPONSORS ______
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