WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, with ranking member Sen. Max Baucus, are convening a roundtable to consider white papers in responseto the bipartisan staff discussion draft of proposed reforms of tax-exempt organizations. Today,Grassley released the names of the roundtable participants, whose white papers will be posted at finance.senate.gov today.
The roundtable is scheduled for Thursday, July 22, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building. The committee chose the participants after soliciting white papers fromindividuals and organizations interested in participating.
“A lot of people in the tax-exempt field have views and expertise they’d like to share withthe committee," Grassley said. “This roundtable will give them the opportunity to comment on thestaff discussion draft of reforms or anything else on charitable governance. I’m very pleased withthe strong response from the charitable community."
The roundtable will be closed to the public and media to encourage maximum participationin the event. It follows the committee’s June 22 hearing on charitable governance reforms. The participants’ list follows.
Mr. Ira Millstein Senior Partner Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Ms. Marion Fremont Smith Senior Research Fellow Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations Harvard University
Ms. Frances Hill Professor of Law and Director, Graduate Program in Taxation University of Miami School of Law
Ms. Betsey Buchalter Adler Chair of ABA Section Taxation Committee on Exempt Organizations
Ms. Evelyn Brody Reporter for the American Law Institute’s Project on Principles of the Law of Nonprofit Organizations Professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law Illinois Institute of Technology
Ms. Diana Aviv President and Chief Executive Officer Independent Sector
Ms. Jane Nichols President and Chief Executive Officer Goodwill Industries Chattahoochee Valley, Inc.
Mr. Brian Gallagher President and Chief Executive Officer United Way of America
Ms. Dorothy S. Ridings President and Chief Executive Officer Council on Foundations
Mr. Pablo Eisenberg Senior Fellow Georgetown Public Policy Institute
Mr. Vaughn Henry Henry and Associates Gift and Estate Planning Resources for Professionals
Ms. Audrey R. Alvarado Executive Director National Council of Nonprofit Associations (NCNA)
Mr. John H. Graham IV President and CEO The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE)
Mr. Peter V. Berns Chief Executive Officer Standards for Excellence Institute
Ms. Paulette Maehara President and Chief Executive Officer Association of Fundraising Professionals
Mr. Daniel Coleman American Hospital Association
Ms. Kathleen Kenyon General Counsel Deaconess Billings Clinic (MT)
Mr. Alexis H. Johnson Attorney
Source: Ranking Member’s News
