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
Karen Brosi	Attorney	Brosi Tax
Joyce E. Cheng	Enrolled Agent	California Society of Enrolled Agents (CSEA)
Isai Cortez	Attorney	Bismark Tax
Julissa de Gonzalez	Deputy Director of Legislation and External Affairs	Office of Tax Appeals
Colin Grinnell	Staff Director	Homepage | California State Senate
Rob Gutierrez	President and CEO	California Taxpayers Association (CalTax)
Rebecca Hoffman	Governmental Liaison	Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Chad Van Houten	Principal | Tax, Advisory/Valuations	California Society of Certified Public Accountants
Danielle Kando-Kaiser	Principal	Sacramento Lobbying Firm | Kaiser Advocacy | California Government Relations & Policy Experts
Dan Kostenbauder	General Counsel and VP, Tax PolicyVice	Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Renee Rodda	Senior Vice President of Tax and Accounting	Spidell Home Page - Spidell
David Ruff	Chief Consultant	Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation
Terry Ryan	Senior Tax Director	Apple Inc.
Darien Shanske	Professor	UC Davis School of Law
Saba Shatara	Partner	Reed Smith LLP
David Sullivan	Vice President, US Stakeholder Relations	Intuit
Karen De Vaney	Director	California Tax Education Council (CTEC)
Marilyn Wethekam	Of Counsel	Council on State Taxation (COST)
Christy Woods	Certified Public Accountant (CPA)	Duffy Kruspodin, LLP
Kitty Wright	Director of State and Local Taxation Program	Golden Gate University