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Andreia Verissimo

Andreia Verissimo, the senior manager for US tax policy at Amazon, never set out to become a tax lawyer. That wasn’t the plan. What brought Verissimo to tax law was a curiosity about why so many people in her circle at law school discouraged others from pursuing it. “I wasn’t… Read more »

Mark Fadden

For Mark Fadden, tax director at Amgen, the path to a career in tax began with an unexpected discovery during his CPA exam preparation. “I loved the corporate tax part of the CPA exam,” Fadden recalls. “When I took the practice session, I had this huge corporate income tax question,… Read more »

Laura Lu

When Laura Lu was just fourteen years old, she left her home in Shanghai, China, to attend high school at the Emma Willard School in upstate New York. “It was genuinely one of the best experiences I’ve had,” she says. “It was a very small community. There were about 100… Read more »

Mark Caluori

Mark Caluori’s career in tax has been a journey of continuous learning and growth. From his early days at Deloitte and EY to his long tenure at Pan American Silver, where he is the vice president, tax, Caluori’s experiences have shaped him into a seasoned professional ready to tackle the… Read more »

Belinda Buvens

As a student at Hasselt University in Belgium, Belinda Buvens wanted to combine her studies with her passion for playing competitive table tennis. What she experienced ultimately set the stage for a three-decade career with Procter & Gamble (P&G). Buvens holds a master’s degree in business engineering. “When I came… Read more »

Gorka Echevarria

When Gorka Echevarria made the move to Lexmark in 2018, he realized an exciting opportunity to oversee the entire indirect tax function of the corporation. “The prospect of steering a significant transformation within the department, including the enhancement of tools and processes, was particularly appealing,” he says. As the global… Read more »

Josephine (Josie) Scalia

Josephine (Josie) Scalia developed an interest in tax in her first year at a Big Four accounting firm. Here’s her backstory: “I originally started my career in audit. When my husband and I decided to accept an opportunity to work in the US, I knew that we would need to… Read more »

Anne-Marie Nguyen

Anne-Marie Nguyen is what you might call a “dynamo.” Nguyen is currently a junior at the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University in Montreal, majoring in international business and minoring in management. She is also enrolled in a co-op program, which enables students to work while pursuing their… Read more »

David Gillman

David Gillman began his tax career at Peat Marwick, the predecessor to KPMG. “I came into their audit function and worked through that busy season,” he explains. “But partway through, I was introduced to their tax option program where you could apply for and be selected to go right into tax after… Read more »

Jonnell Quarrie

Editor’s note. At the time this article was written, Quarrie was director of tax at MOD Pizza but has since started as director of tax at Dutch Bros. When Jonnell Quarrie was taking accounting classes in college, she realized she didn’t like accounting. That happens. But she did like tax,… Read more »