Advisory board

The Advisory Board offers advice and support to our executive officer on various projects and programs we administer. The Advisory Board meet at least once a year and includes representatives from various organizations.

Advisory board representatives

Member	Role	Organization
Joe Bankman	Professor	Stanford University
Isai Bismark Cortez	Attorney	Bismark Tax
Karen Brosi	President	Brosi Tax
Chris Campbell	Chairperson	The State Bar of California
Karen De Vaney	Chairperson	California Tax Education Council (CTEC)
Jessica Deitchman	Consultant	Senate Governance and Finance Committee
Jim Eads	Principal, Taxpayer Advocacy	Ryan LLC
Lynn Freer	President	Spidell
Colin Grinnell	Staff Director	Senate Governance and Finance Committee
Rob Gutierrez	President and CEO	California Taxpayers Association (CalTax)
Danielle Kando-Kaiser	Consultant	California Tax Reform Association
Erica Kenney	West Coast Tax Counsel	Council on State Taxation (COST)
Dan Kostenbauder	Vice President, Tax Policy	Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Cynthia Leachmoore	Enrolled Agent	California Society of Enrolled Agents (CSEA)
Gary Renville	Governmental Liaison	Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
M. David Ruff	Chief Consultant	Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation
Terry Ryan	Senior Tax Director	Apple Inc.
Cory Stigile	Chairperson	CalCPA
David Sullivan	Vice President, US Stakeholder Relations	Intuit
Christy Woods	Partner	Windes
Kitty Wright	Professor	Golden Gate University