National Association of Enrolled Agents
For more information: Gigi Thompson Jarvis, CAE
202.822.6232, ext., 119
gjarvis@naea.org
For Immediate Release
125 Tax Practitioners Complete Rigorous National Tax Practice Institute™ and Earn Elite Designation
Washington, DC, August 05, 2015 – One hundred and twenty-five tax practitioners have earned the prestigious Fellow
designation from the National Association of Enrolled Agents (NAEA), America’s tax experts, for completing the three
levels of the National Tax Practice Institute™ (NTPI®). This achievement demonstrates their dedication to protecting
taxpayer rights and attests to their expertise in tax.
NTPI Fellows have completed a demanding three-part curriculum that has uniquely prepared them to effectively represent
their clients before all administrative levels of the IRS. Having successfully completed coursework covering all variances
of examinations, audits, collections and appeals, and having studied best practices and role-playing, Fellows know the
entire representation process from both the client and IRS perspective. While earning the EA license denotes competence
and the right to represent taxpayers, Fellows have made the commitment to a higher level of knowledge and excellence
which further sets them apart. The course, open only to enrolled agents, CPAs and tax attorneys, was developed to
prepare licensed representatives to protect their clients’ rights by disseminating the most recent information about IRS
laws and procedures critical to representation.
Enrolled agents (EAs) are a diverse group of independent, federally authorized tax practitioners who have demonstrated a
high level of technical competence in tax and are licensed to practice by the United States government. The only
federally-authorized tax practitioners with unlimited rights of representation before the IRS, EAs advise and represent
taxpayers who are being examined by IRS, are unable to pay taxes or are trying to avoid or recover penalties. EAs also
prepare tax returns for individuals, partnerships, corporations, estates, trusts and any other entities with tax-reporting
requirements. Unlike tax attorneys and CPAs, who may or may not choose to specialize in taxation, all EAs specialize in
taxation and are required by the federal government to maintain their professional skills with continuing professional
education. Enrolled agents are “America’s Tax Experts®!”
Grant Abo, EA
Phylicia Yvette Jackson, EA
Jennifer L. Penrod, EA
John B. Alade, EA
Patricia Gil Jenkins, EA
Felix D. Perez, EA
Keith Altobelli, EA
Lynn Johnson, EA
Gary W. Plumtree, EA, CPA
Sergio F. Alves, EA
Doyle R. Johnstun, EA
Noemi Balmonte Ramos, EA
Oscar Barrameda Antonio, Jr., EA
Fred W. Keefer, EA
Gunaselvam Rathinasamy, EA
Alfredo G. Arce, EA
Amanda Kendall, EA
Shane D. Ravn, EA
Andy T. Balingao, EA
James Kirkwood, EA
Nancy Remo, EA
Jonathan W. Barnes, EA
Barbara Frieda Knirlberger, EA
Philip R. Reza, EA
Laurence J. Bernhardt, EA
Gowri B. Kolluru, EA
David Richards, EA
Nina T. Borremans, EA
Jitesh B. Kothari, EA
Christina B. Rivas, EA
Beulah Burnette Bracey, EA, ATA
Linda Koziol, EA
Adam W. Roberts, EA
Joseph M. Bromm, EA
Christine Langowski Kuglin, EA
Carlos A. Ruiz, EA
Paul Buenting, EA
Charles LaMar, EA
Mari L. Sayama, EA
Noel Canon, EA
Ronald A. Larson, EA
Robert L. Scarbrough, EA
Rebecca Chaney-Riggins, EA
Seung Lee, EA
Laurence B. Schuster, EA
James Christen, EA
Peter Lim, EA
Robert K. Sischka, EA
Lillian M. Copeland, EA, USTCP
Fangxia Lin, EA
Donna S. Smith, EA
Mary Kathleen Coughlin, EA
Jeffrey S. Linders, EA
Barbara Sonin, EA
Mona Coury, EA
Rosa Maria Lopez, EA
Olabode Sowemimo, EA
J. Keith Craig, EA
Carlene Lyndon, EA
Susan Steinbach, EA
Keith Nixon Crossley, CPA
Adel M. Madbouly, CPA, EA
Joellen Thackston, EA
Hugh E. Cunningham, EA
Dennis J. Magilton, EA
William Neil Thomas, EA
Merlin R. Davis, EA
Anthony Malik, EA
Aida Q. Torres, EA
Diogenes Delossantos, EA
Diane M. Martin, EA
Daniel Alan Traxler, EA
Barbara Lynne DeRenzo-Donovan, EA
Jim McClaflin, EA
Naga K. V. Vedula, EA
Ana R. Duke, EA
A. A. Toni McIntyre, EA
Carlos R. Vizhnay, EA
Patricia R. Evenstad, EA
Brian C. McKee, EA
Judith Von Ruden, EA
Leonard Fehrle, EA
Alexende Mesidor, EA
Amy M. Wall, EA
Terry L. Francis, EA
Michael John Miller, EA
Stella Walsh, EA
Susan E. Gallagher-Smith, EA
Ernesto Mireles, EA
John Warren, EA
Richard L. Garner, EA
Varish G. Modi, EA
Marcus Warren, EA
Stephen C. Gilbert, EA
Lloyd G. Morrison, EA
Patrick Ellisten White, EA
Reginald W. Glasgow, EA
Mary L. Muller, EA
Carol M. Wild, EA
Thomas Gorczynski, EA, USTCP
Ronald D. Munoz, EA
Alfred W. Wise, EA
Artemio Gragasin, EA
Janine G. Naemura, EA
Tom Wood, EA
Hugh W. Green, EA
Terri Neeson, EA
Scott Woody, EA
Rachel Hanks, EA
Diana L. Nelson, EA
Charlene Zack, EA
John Harrington, EA
John W. Ng, EA
Deborah K. Zajac, CPA
Jill Hartzheim, EA
Irene M. O'Leary, EA
Lorraine Zistler, EA
Dennise Annette Haymaker, EA
Fe M. Orbigoso, EA
Brian Zuniga, EA
Mary Jane Hourani, EA
Rosie Luz Orozco, EA
Frank L. Zwiener, EA
Allen P. Huber, EA
Larmon Parker, EA
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About NAEA
The National Association of Enrolled Agents (NAEA) is a professional society whose members are dedicated to honest,
intelligent and ethical representation of the financial position of taxpayers before the IRS. Its efforts are supported
nationwide through a network of affiliated state and local chapters. Members of NAEA must fulfill continuing professional
education requirements that exceed the IRS’ requirements. NAEA membership also entails stringent adherence to a Code
of Ethics and Rules of Professional Conduct, as well as compliance with the Treasury Department’s Circular 230
regulations. NAEA members are experienced, well-trained tax professionals who effectively represent their clients and
work to ensure the tax code is fairly applied and reasonably enforced.
To find an enrolled agent in your area, visit www.eatax.org and click on the “Find an EA in Your Area” link.