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Bobby L. Burgner
Chair
Senior Tax Counsel and Director - State and Local Tax
General Electric Company
Atlanta, GA
(770) 698-4541
bob.burgner@ge.com

John J. Pydyszewski
Vice Chair
Director, State Tax Policy
Johnson & Johnson
New Brunswick, NJ
(732) 524-3331
jpydysz@corus.jnj.com

Terrence D. Frederick
Treasurer
Director, State & Local Corporate Tax
Sprint
Overland Park, KS
(913) 315-5820
terry.frederick@sprint.com

Theodore H. Ghiz, Jr.
Secretary
Senior Tax Counsel
The Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta, GA
(404) 676-3181
tghiz@na.ko.com

Stephen P. Olivier
Immediate Past Chair
Manager, Excise Tax
Chevron Corporation
Concord, CA
(925) 680-3015
spol@chevron.com

Robert F. Montellione
Past Chair
Vice President, State Taxes
Prudential Financial
Newark, NJ
(973) 802-5688
robert.montellione@prudential.com

Douglas L. Lindholm
President
President & Executive Director
Council on State Taxation
Washington, D.C.
(202) 484-5212
dlindholm@statetax.org


board of directors
Deborah R. Bierbaum
Director External Tax Policy
AT&T
Bedminster, NJ
(908) 234-8323
bierbaum@att.com

Bobby L. Burgner
Senior Tax Counsel and Director - State and Local Tax
General Electric Company
Atlanta, GA
(770) 698-4541
bob.burgner@ge.com

Susan Courson-Smith
Senior Manager, State Tax Reporting
Pfizer Inc.
Memphis, TN
(901) 215-1243
susan.courson@pfizer.com

Terrence D. Frederick
Director, State & Local Corporate Tax
Sprint
Overland Park, KS
(913) 315-5820
terry.frederick@sprint.com

Theodore H. Ghiz, Jr.
Senior Tax Counsel
The Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta, GA
(404) 676-3181
tghiz@na.ko.com

Robert S. Hersh
Tax Consultant
Alcoa Inc.
Fountain Hill, AZ
(480) 215-2282
robert.hersh@alcoa.com

Jeffrey L. Hyde
Senior Tax Counsel
GE Capital Corporation
Stamford, CT
(203) 316-7032
jeffrey.hyde@ge.com

Beth Ann Kendzierski
Director of Tax
Apria Healthcare, Inc.
Lake Forest, CA
(949) 639-2012
beth_ann_kendzierski@apria.com

Jonathan A. Liss
Director of State Tax Audits and Planning
Rohm & Haas Company
Philadelphia, PA
(215) 592-2884
jliss@rohmhaas.com

J. Hugh McKinnon
Director, State Tax Planning
Covidien
Mansfield, MA
(508) 452-4296
hugh.mckinnon@covidien.com

Robert F. Montellione
Vice President, State Taxes
Prudential Financial
Newark, NJ
(973) 802-5688
robert.montellione@prudential.com

Stephen P. Olivier
Manager, Excise Tax
Chevron Corporation
Concord, CA
(925) 680-3015
spol@chevron.com

Rebecca J. Paulsen
Vice President - State Tax
U.S. Bancorp.
Minneapolis, MN
(612) 303-4347
rebecca.paulsen1@usbank.com

Richard Prem
Vice President Indirect Taxes & Tax Reporting
Amazon.Com
Seattle, WA
(206) 266-2708
richprem@amazon.com

John J. Pydyszewski
Director, State Tax Policy
Johnson & Johnson
New Brunswick, NJ
(732) 524-3331
jpydysz@corus.jnj.com

Bruce J. Reid
Sr. Director - State Taxes
Microsoft Corporation
Redmond, WA
(425) 706-1753
brucerei@microsoft.com

Frances B. Sewell
Director, State and Local Tax
Tyco International (US), Inc.
Boca Raton, FL
(561) 322-7838
fsewell@tyco.com

John H. Stagmeier
Director, State & Local Tax
Georgia-Pacific LLC
Atlanta, GA
(404) 652-2667
jhstagme@gapac.com

Amy Thomas Laub
State & Local Tax Manager
Tempur-Pedic International Inc.
Lexington, KY
(859) 514-4869
amy.thomas@tempurpedic.com

Warren D. Townsend
Senior Director Non Income Tax
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Bentonville, AR
(479) 273-6433
warren.townsend@wal-mart.com

R. Paul Weatherford
Director, State Income Tax
Sears Holdings Management Corporation
Hoffman Estates, IL
(847) 286-5317
pweath2@searshc.com

Barbara Barton Weiszhaar
Director, Global Transaction Taxes & Americas Taxes
EDS Corporation
Plano, Texas
(972) 605-1220
barb-tax.barton@eds.com

James Williams
Second Vice President & Associate General Counsel
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Springfield, MA
(413) 744-7354
jwilliams@massmutual.com