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PAMELA ALEXANDERSON has practiced public accounting since 2008 and has specialized in providing tax services to not-for-profit organizations for the past two years. She has presented on various topics, including presentations of an organization's Form 990 to not-for-profit Board of Directors. Ms. Alexanderson has taken a lead role in guiding not-for-profit clients through the various elements for the Form 990 to enhance their understanding of the form and the Internal Revenue Service regulations. She has a wide range of experience in dealing with schools and their foundations as well as large community service organizations. MARLA CASTNER is a senior tax manager at Moss Adams, LLP, with 30 years of experience in public accounting. The main focus of her career has been taxation; and some of the primary areas of concentration have been estate and gift taxation, and not-for-profit taxation. Prior to moving to New Mexico in 2000, Ms. Castner worked for a small certified public accounting firm in New York, where she gained significant experience in estate, gift and fiduciary taxation. She also is experienced in corporate and partnership taxation and provides consultation for real estate related taxation issues such as like-kind exchanges and installment sales. Ms. Castner has provided public speaking to clients and organizations on an array of topics, including record retention, estate and gift taxation; like-kind exchanges; and family limited partnerships. She is licensed to practice as a certified public accountant in New Mexico and New York and is a member of the AICPA. Ms. Castner also is a treasurer for Keep New Mexico Beautiful. ROBERT J. DESIDERIO currently practices with Sanchez, Mowrer and Desiderio, P.C., in the areas of tax-exempt organizations, tax law and business transactions. He was dean of the University of New Mexico School of Law from 1979 to 1985 and from 1997 to 2002, and served as a professor of law for the school over several decades. Mr. Desiderio wrote numerous publications relating to his areas of expertise. He was the executive director of Con Alma Health Foundation. Mr. Desiderio was co-chair of the State Bar Study Committee and was a consultant to Southern New England Law School. In addition to his responsibilities as dean, he chaired the Judicial Selection Commission in New Mexico and chaired the Professional Tax Study Committee. Mr. Desiderio also co-chaired the Public School Capital Outlay Task Force. Currently, he is vice-chair of the New Mexico Education Trust Board and is still a professor emeratus at the University of New Mexico School of Law. Mr. Desiderio's research interests include tax-exempt organizations, and state and local taxation and remedies. He earned his B.S. degree from St. Joseph's University in Pennsylvania and his J.D. degree from Boston College. MARJORIE A. ROGERS is a shareholder with the Albuquerque firm of Modrall Sperling, where her main areas of practice are estate planning, estate administration, tax planning, pension planning, pension administration and tax-exempt organizations. Ms. Rogers earned her B.A. degree from Carnegie Mellon University; her J.D. degree from Albany Law School, Union University; and her LL.M. degree from Georgetown University. She is a member of the American (member; Taxation and Real Property, and Trust sections), New York State and New Mexico Women's bar associations; the State Bar of Michigan; the District of Columbia Bar; the State Bar of New Mexico (past president, Taxation Section); and the New Mexico Estate Planning Council (past president). She also is a fellow of the American College of Trusts and Estate Counsel. JEANINE R. STEFFY is an attorney at the law firm of Swaim, Finlayson & Puma, P.C., practicing primarily in the areas of estate planning, business planning, taxation and probate. A Santa Fe native, Ms. Steffy received her Master's in Accounting degree, as well as her J.D. degree, from the University of New Mexico. She is a certified public accountant, as well as an adjunct accounting professor at the UNM Anderson School of Management. She is a member of the Taxation and Elder Law sections of the New Mexico State Bar, the New Mexico Society of CPAs, the New Mexico Estate Planning Council, the American Bar Association, the Association for Women in Communications, and the American Association of Attorney-CPAs. Ms. Steffy serves on the boards of the YMCA of Central New Mexico and the Elder Law Section of the New Mexico State Bar.
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