Director of Taxes
The Hillman Company
E-Mail mmpoljak@hillmanco.com
Mark M. Poljak is the Director and Controller of Tax for The Hillman Company. The Hillman Company is a privately held, Pittsburgh-based diversified investment holding company, with investments in private and public equity.
Richard M. Roderick
Dead River Company
http://www.deadriver.com/
Richard Roderick is the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Dead River Company. In July of 2005, he was elected to the Board of Directors. Dead River is one of the largest distributors of petroleum products to residential and commercial customers in northern New England. Dead River also operates a Properties Division, with ownership of approximately 35 commercial buildings or shopping centers, primarily in New England and Florida.
Stephanie E. Silverman
Venn Strategies
www.vennstrategies.com
Stephanie Silverman helped found the S Corporation Association in 2001. Prior to S-Corp, Ms. Silverman was a senior advisor in the Washington, D.C. office of Manatt, Phelps and Phillips where she designed and managed client advocacy initiatives before the U.S. Government and foreign governments, launched two trade groups, managing their Washington, D.C. and national public affairs efforts, and spearheaded their campaigns to pass three major new tax laws in the past 5 years. In the early 1990s, Ms. Silverman was also an associate in the global financial strategies unit of Citibank (now Citigroup)/New York. Prior to joining Citibank, Ms. Silverman founded and operated an economic consulting practice in Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia.
Chairman Emeritus
Robert A. Blair
Blair Law PC
Robert Blair is President of Blair Law PC and is a businessman and entrepreneur. The original founder of S-Corp, Bob is now a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the National Advisory Board of IPG Photonics Corporation, a multinational fiber optics/laser company that is the number one designer, manufacturer and seller of unique fiber lasers and amplifiers and diode lasers that enable a growing number of applications in materials processing, telecom, medical, aerospace, government and scientific markets. He is a Trustee of the Winkler Family Trust, which was the primary source of equity capital for the Mark Winkler Company, a real estate company with a portfolio valued at over $2.3 billion, and which now is an investment vehicle. He is also managing partner of several real estate partnerships and a principal in other new ventures. He serves on the governing Board of The College of William and Mary and on the Board of Advisors of the Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy. He served two terms on the Governor’s Economic Advisory Council in Virginia and the Board of Commissioners of the Virginia Port Authority.
S-CORP Advisory Board
The Advisory Board is a small team of well-regarded professionals who service the S corporation community. This team advises the Board of Directors on substantive and technical S corporation matters.
James S. Redpath, CPA / Chairman of the Board of Advisors
Vice President
HLB Tautges Redpath, Ltd.
Certified Public Accountants and Consultants
4810 White Bear Parkway
White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Phone: (651)407-5802
Fax: (651) 426-5004
jredpath@hlbtr.com
http://www.hlbtr.com/
Jim Redpath is the senior tax officer of HLB Tautges Redpath, Ltd. and serves on the company Board of Directors. Jim specializes in business structuring, ownership succession and ESOP issues as well as corporate, partnership, individual and estate/gift tax planning and consulting on both national and international levels. HLB Tautges Redpath is a full-service accounting firm helping clients focus on the future with proactive ideas and sound advice. Whether preparing a tax return, consulting with an international company, or providing audit services, HLB Tautges Redpath helps clients succeed. The firm ranks in the top 15 largest CPA firms in the Twin Cities and is 100 percent employee-owned.
Walter H. Deyhle
Partner
Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman, CPAs
Phone (301) 951-9090
Fax (301) 951-3570
wdeyhle@grfcpa.com
Walter H. Deyhle is currently the Director of Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman’s Tax and Financial Planning Division. He and his staff provide in-house computerized preparation of individual, corporate, partnership, estate and trust, and nonprofit tax filings. Located in Bethesda, Maryland, Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman has been providing auditing, tax, accounting and financial management consulting services to clients throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area for more than twenty years.
Nancy J. Fannon, CPA*ABV, ASA, MCBA
Fannon Valuation Group
100 Commercial Street, Suite 307
Portland, Maine 04101
Phone: 207-775-5111
Fax: 207-775-5101
nancy@fannonval.com
www.fannonval.com
Nancy has been providing business valuation and litigation support services for over eighteen years to a wide variety of clients. She has also worked extensively on acquisition structures and terms, cash flow forecasting for business planning and financial needs, and various closely held business issues. Nancy is a frequent speaker both locally and nationally on the topic of business valuation and damages, and is a regular contributing author for several national valuation journals. Fannon Valuation Group is a small, niche business valuation practice operating out of offices in the Old Port district of Portland, Maine. It has been in operation for almost 20 years.
Greg Hagge
RSMI
3600 American Boulevard West, 3rd Floor
Bloomington, MN 55431
Phone (952)-921-7729
Fax (952)-240-0744
Greg Hagge is a Director in the National Tax Office supporting the Firm’s Financial Institutions Practice. Greg has legal, public accounting and industry experience and is an RSM McGladrey alum – he was part of our St. Paul, Minnesota practice in the early 1990s. Prior to returning to RSM McGladrey, Greg spent four years with TCF Financial Corporation in Wayzata, Minnesota. In that position Greg was responsible for tax research and planning in addition to initiating and implementing various tax planning initiatives for TCF. TCF is a $12 billion financial services company and is the parent corporation of TCF National Bank.
Stephen R. Litman
Shareholder
Leonard, Street and Deinard
150 South Fifth Street, Suite 2300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Phone (612) 335-1552
Fax (612-335-1657
stephen.litman@leonard.com
http://www.leonard.com/
Steve is an attorney practicing since 1973 with the law firm of Leonard, Street and Deinard in its Minneapolis office. He has been a partner or shareholder in the firm since 1979. Steve's primary areas of practice are tax, estate and business planning. He works with large family businesses and wealthy individuals on sophisticated tax and planning techniqes to reduce overall taxation of family assets and to assure a smooth transition of family wealth between generations. Stevehas spoken at many regional and national seminars on tax and estate planning; has been an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, teachinig advanced estate and tax planning; and is an elected fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, where he serves on both the business planning and business valuation committees. Leonard, Street and Deinard is a firm of approximately 200 attorneys, with offices in Minneapolis, St. Cloud and Mankato, Minnesota, and inWashington, D.C. Steve is very active in the firm, serves as Firm Treasurer, is a member of its Board of Directors, and serves on its Finance, Compensation and Benefits Committees.
Peter J. Prodoehl, CPC
Senior Vice President and Consultant
Principal Financial
1025 E. South River Street
Appleton, WI 54915
Phone (920) 882-4617
Fax (920) 734-9180
prodoehl.peter@principal.com
http://www.principal.com/
Pete Prodoehl is Vice President-Consulting at Principal Financial Group. His areas of expertise include the feasibility, design, and administration of employee stock ownership plans, other forms of equity and simulated equity plans, global stock plans, plan terminations, plan compliance issues, acquisitions, mergers, and spin-offs. He is a frequent speaker on employee benefit and ESOP related topics. In addition to speaking at employee ownership conferences and seminars on a national level, he also provides custom employee communication programs for clients. He has authored and co-authored numerous published articles.
Keith Yelinek
Ownership America
10 East Doty Street, Suite 1002
Madison, WI 53703
Phone (608) 294-1400
Fax (608) 257-7741
Dave Copham
Former Chairman of the S-Corp Board of Directors
Founder and former majority shareholder of Liberty Enterprises now part of John Harland Company. As an outspoken advocate of employee ownership, Dave was instrumental in gaining legislation that allowed S Corporations to include trusts on behalf of employees entitling them to own stock in their sponsor company. Dave retired from active day to day business but continues to consult when called upon for various industry and S Corporation matters.
S-CORP Staff
The S Corporation Association is located in Washington, D.C. and is staffed by professional small business advocates with decades of public policy experience.
Stephanie E. Silverman
President
www.vennstrategies.com
Stephanie Silverman founded the S Corporation Association in 2001. Prior to launching S-Corp, Ms. Silverman was a senior advisor in the Washington, D.C. office of Manatt, Phelps and Phillips where she designed and managed client advocacy initiatives before the U.S. Government and foreign governments, launched two trade groups, managing their Washington, D.C. and national public affairs efforts, and spearheaded their campaigns to pass three major new tax laws in the past 5 years. In the early 1990s, Ms. Silverman was also an associate in the global financial strategies unit of Citibank (now Citigroup)/New York. Prior to joining Citibank, Ms. Silverman founded and operated an economic consulting practice in Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia.
Brian Reardon
Executive Director
Brian Reardon joined the S Corporation Association after serving as a Special Assistant to the President for economic policy, working within the President’s National Economic Council, from 2003-2005. Prior to serving at the NEC, Mr. Reardon served as Staff Director and Chief Economist of the Senate Republican Policy Committee under the Chairmanship of Senator Larry Craig (R-ID). Mr. Reardon has also worked for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and then Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI).
Noelle Hawley
Vice President
Noelle Hawley is a Vice President with the S Corporation Association. A former associate with a major Washington, DC law firm, Ms. Hawley most notably served as legislative director for then-House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Archer (R-TX). Ms. Hawley holds a JD from the George Mason University School of Law and a BA degree from Duke University.
Christy Cleveland
Support Staff
Christy Cleveland is an Associate with the S Corporation Association. Before joining the team, she worked in the Office of Congressman Jon Porter. Miss Cleveland holds a BS degree from the University of Kentucky.
