President, Board of Trustees
Kendall L. Houghton, Esq.
Alston & Bird LLP
Washington, DC

Vice President, Board of Trustees
Stephen Jasper, Esq.
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
Nashville, Tennessee

Secretary, Board of Trustees
William F. Buechler, CPA
Crowe LLP
Brentwood, Tennessee

Treasurer, Board of Trustees
John O. Pearce, CPA
EY LLP – Retired
Nashville, Tennessee

Troy Deason, CPA
HCA Healthcare, Inc.
Nashville, Tennessee

Lynn A. Gandhi, Esq.
Foley & Lardner LLP
Detroit, Michigan

Joe Garrett, Esq.
Deloitte Tax LLP
Birmingham, Alabama

Joseph W. Gibbs, Esq.
Bradley LLP
Nashville, Tennessee

J. William McArthur, Jr., Esq.
TE Connectivity – Retired
Berwyn, Pennsylvania

J. Mark McCormick, CPA
Retired
Atlanta, Georgia

Tony Robinson, Esq.
EY LLP
Chicago, Illinois

G. Michael Yopp, Esq.
Holland & Knight LLP
Nashville, Tennessee

Executive Director
Sameera Lowe
P.O. Box 1907 Brentwood, TN 37024
615-668-0222
Fax: 615-309-9345
sameera@hartmansaltforum.org

Camille O’Donnell
Event Manager
615-400-6644
support@hartmansaltforum.org

Trustee Emeritus
John L. Coalson, Esq.- Retired
Alston & Bird LLP
Atlanta, Georgia

Ronald Lee Grubbs, Jr., CPA
HCA Healthcare, Inc.
Nashville, Tennessee

Joe B. Huddleston, Esq., LL.D.
EY LLP – Retired
Washington, DC

James M. McCarten, Esq.
Cohen Pollock Merlin Turner
Atlanta, Georgia

Michael D. Sontag, Esq.
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
Nashville, Tennessee

Charles A. Trost, Esq.
Attorney at Law
Nashville, Tennessee

Brad Withrow
EY LLP – Retired
Nashville, Tennessee

Eric Anderson, Esq.
Andersen
San Francisco, California

William M. Backstrom, Jr., Esq.
Jones Walker LLP
New Orleans, Louisiana

Sharonne Bonardi, Esq.
Federation of Tax Administrators
Washington, DC

Karen J. Boucher, CPA
FIST Coalition LLC
Egg Harbor, Wisconsin

Clark Calhoun, Esq.
Alston & Bird LLP
Atlanta, Georgia

Barbara Coulter, CPA
PwC US Tax LLP
Atlanta, Georgia

Lorie Fale, Esq.
Akerman LLP
Miami, Florida

Christopher R. Grissom, Esq.
Bradley LLP
Birmingham, Alabama

Hollis L. Hyans, Esq.
Corteva Agriscience
Brooklyn, New York

Nicole Johnson, Esq.
Blank Rome LLP
New York, New York

Brian Kirkell, Esq.
RSM US LLP
Washington, DC

Matthew Landwehr, Esq.
Thompson Coburn LLP
St. Louis, Missouri

Kelvin Lawrence, Esq.
Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP
Columbus, Ohio

Greg Matson, Esq.
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
Washington, DC

Alysse McLoughlin, Esq.
Jones Walker LLP
New York, New York

Faranak Naghavi, CPA
Indirect Tax Technology & Transformation Services
Washington, DC

Richard Pomp, Professor of Law
University of Connecticut Law School & NYU
Hartford, Connecticut

Jéanne Rauch-Zender, Esq.
Tax Analysts
Falls Church, Virginia

Patrick Reynolds, Esq, CPA
Council on State Taxation
Washington, DC

Carley Roberts, Esq.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Sacramento, California

Amber Rutherford, Esq.
Deloitte Tax LLP
Nashville, Tennessee

Alexandra Sampson, Esq.
The Hearst Corporation
Charlotte, North Carolina

Breen Schiller, Esq.
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Chicago, Illinois

Mark F. Sommer, Esq.
FBT Gibbons LLP
Louisville, Kentucky

Justin Stringfield, CPA
KPMG LLP
Nashville, Tennessee

Maria Todorova, Esq.
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
Atlanta, Georgia

Andres Vallejo, Esq.
Vallejo Antolin Agarwal Kanter LLP
Walnut Creek, California

Marilyn A. Wethekam, Esq.
Counsel on State Taxation
Washington, DC

Chris Wilson, Esq.
Holland & Knight LLP
Nashville, Tennessee

Mark Yopp, Esq.
Verizon
Basking Ridge, New Jersey