Gregory C. McCaffery is the President and Chief Operating Officer at BNA. He began his BNA career in 1986 as a reporter and editor, then held managing editor positions on several BNA publications until 1996, when he became BNA's Director of Marketing and Product Development. He was named Vice President and Editor-in-Chief in 2000, added the responsibilities of publisher in 2001, and was elected Chief Operating Officer in 2003. He was named BNA's president in April 2007.
Greg has been a member of BNA's board of directors since 1997 and is a member of its Executive Committee, Corporate Investment Committee, and Retirement Trust Investment Committee. He also serves as president of BNA subsidiary company Tax Management Inc. and is a member of the board of directors of BNA subsidiary companies BNA International Inc., McArdle Printing, IOMA, Kennedy Information, and STF.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in political science from American University, completed course work at the University of London, and earned advanced certificates at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the California Institute of Technology.
Darren McKewen, Vice President and Group Publisher, oversees editorial, marketing, and business development operations for BNA Tax & Accounting. He is a member of the BNA board of directors and also serves on the boards of the Tax Management Inc. and BNA International subsidiaries.
Darren began his BNA career in 1987 and worked in a variety of editorial positions: research analyst, writer, copy editor, and then managing editor. He held several positions working on new product development and product enhancements, leading up to Director of Product Development. Subsequently, Darren served as executive editor and group publisher for the Human Resources & Payroll Publishing Group. He has led Tax Management since 2005.
Prior to BNA, Darren was an English teacher at the British Cultural Center in Asuncion, Paraguay, and worked as a research assistant at the Center for Strategic & International Studies in Washington, DC.
He holds a degree in political science from the University of Virginia and a certificate in information technology management from George Mason University.
Glenn Davis is Executive Editor, Federal Tax Services, at BNA Tax and Accounting (a.k.a. Tax Management). Glenn joined Tax Management in February 1985 as a Tax Law Editor and was promoted to Managing Editor in July 1986. He assumed his current duties in October 1991. Prior to joining BNA, Glenn spent three years as a Tax Law Specialist in the IRS National Office’s Employee Plans and Exempt Organizations Division, as well as several years’ general law practice.
Glenn holds a Master of Laws in Taxation degree from the Georgetown University Law Center, a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law, and an A.B. from Brandeis University.
George R. Farrah, CPA, is BNA Tax & Accounting's Executive Editor for State Tax and Accounting. George, who joined BNA in 1988, developed the State Tax Portfolios, the Weekly State Tax Report, and the Multistate Tax Report, which launched in 1994. He also developed BNA's State Tax Library, which launched in April 2000. More recently, he developed the Accounting Policy & Practice Report.
Prior to joining BNA, George worked as a CPA in both the public and private sector. George received a B.S. degree in accounting from the University of Connecticut and an M.S. in Taxation from Georgetown University.
Harold W. Pskowski is Managing Editor for Estates, Gifts, and Trusts; Tax-Exempt Organizations; and U.S. International Taxation. Harry has worked in the tax and estate planning fields for more than 25 years at BNA, a law firm, and an international accounting firm. He has detailed knowledge of the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping tax system; the federal and state regulation of tax-exempt organizations; and the taxation of international transactions of individuals and business entities subject to the U.S.'s jurisdiction.
Harry holds a B.A. in English literature from Boston University, an M.A. and a J.D. from Northeastern University, and an LL.M. in taxation from Boston University.
Lisa Fitzpatrick, Marketing Director of BNA Tax & Accounting, oversees the company's marketing, product management, and product development efforts and has more than 20 years of marketing and publishing experience. Prior to BNA, she was the Vice President of Marketing at MarketResearch.com, where she led rebranding efforts and redesigned websites to increase online lead generation and sales through search engine optimization and pay-per-click advertising. Before that she led direct marketing efforts at Thompson Publishing Group as Marketing Director. There, she significantly improved marketing expense-to-revenue ratios through package testing and financial model analysis. In addition, Lisa tested and launched several new regulatory compliance products in the financial and healthcare areas. Previously, Lisa founded and launched German Life magazine, a special interest magazine featuring German culture, history, travel, and German influences in North America.
Lisa holds a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and an M.B.A. in Finance and Marketing from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Karen Irby, Managing Editor, State Tax and Accounting, has 20 years experience with BNA Tax & Accounting, 16 of which she spent specializing in state and local tax matters. She assumed management of BNA’s SALT products in 1997, products which now include the Portfolios, the Weekly State Tax Report, the State Tax Digest, and the Green Incentives Navigator. In 2006, she added managing editor responsibilities for the Accounting Policy and Practice Series Portfolios.
Karen received her undergraduate degree from the University of Southern Mississippi and a J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans.
Karen Fickes is Managing Editor of the U.S. Income Group. As such, she is responsible for the U.S. Income Series Portfolios dealing with individual income taxation, the Real Estate Series Portfolios, Natural Resourses Portfolios, and Green Incentives Navigator. Karen’s primary areas of focus include individual deductions and credits, trade or business deductions and credits, first-year expensing and depreciation, energy incentives, incentives for economically distressed areas and disaster areas, losses, capital assets, interest expense deductions, like-kind exchanges, and real estate.
Karen received her B.B.A. from the University of Texas, J.D. from the University of Arkansas, and LL.M. in taxation from the University of Florida.
Allen Calhoun is Managing Editor, Federal Tax Services, at BNA Tax & Accounting. Allen’s primary subject matter responsibility is Business Entities and Tax Accounting. Allen joined the company as a Tax Law Editor in October 2001 after spending several years in private law practice in both large- and small-firm settings, focusing on estate planning and administration, corporate and institutional representation, and real estate development. Allen is licensed to practice law in both Missouri and South Carolina.
Allen has a B.A. in literature and history from Washington University, an M.A. in comparative literature from Indiana University, a J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School, and an LL.M. in taxation from Washington University School of Law.
Nicholas C. Webb is Managing Editor, International Tax, and has editorial responsibility for BNA's publications covering the tax systems of foreign countries as well as international tax treaties. Nick edits BNA's Business Operations Abroad Portfolios Series, International Forum, and International Journal. Prior to joining BNA, Nick spent five years with IK Inland Revenue (now HM Revenue and Customs) and seven years with IBFD Head, Asia-Pacific Group. He has done freelance work for both KPMG and Deloitte.
Nick holds a B.A. from Reading University, England, and Full Tax Training, UK Inland Revenue.
Rita McWilliams, Managing Editor of BNA Tax & Accounting's Transfer Pricing Report, follows U.S. and foreign-country policies on apportioning profits for tax purposes on cross-border intercompany transactions. She came to work on the Report at its founding in 1992 from the PBS show American Interests, which focused on the intersection of business and U.S. international policy. She has 25 years of reporting and editing experience at the local, state, national, and international levels, and she has published in numerous policy journals. Rita's current areas of focus are transfer pricing and other international cross-border issues, including permanent establishment and thin capitalization.
Rita graduated from Washington College and received an M.S. from Boston University. She has taught upper-level government reporting as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland.
Kathy Wise, Managing Editor, Federal Tax, at BNA Tax & Accounting, currently oversees Tax Practice, federal DVDs, and federal primary source content.
Kathy holds a B.A. from the University of Maryland, a J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law, and an LL.M. in taxation from George Washington University.
Susan Webster, Managing Editor of BNA Tax & Accounting's Accounting Policy & Practice Report, has 30 years reporting/editing experience—25 of them at BNA—covering policy developments in Congress, the federal regulatory agencies, and the courts. In 1991, she launched the award winning Health Law Reporter for BNA. Susan's experience includes coverage of financial institutions during the savings and loan crisis, legal issues in the health care industry during the Clinton administration's push for reform, and developments in accounting and financial reporting during the largest financial system meltdown since the 1930s.
Susan earned her B.S. in Journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park.
Sharon Fountain is Managing Editor, Compensation Planning at BNA Tax & Accounting. In this role she covers tax code, ERISA and other legal, design and implementation aspects of retirement, health and executive compensation plans. Prior to joining BNA, Sharon was an associate at a law firm in Bethesda, MD, where her practice included M&A, business formation and other corporate transactions; civil litigation; alternative dispute resolution; estate planning; commercial contracts; and employment and executive compensation agreements. She is the editor of two books published annually, ERISA: The Law and the Codeand ERISA Regulations.
Sharon received her B.S. in Finance from Clarkson University, J.D. from George Washington University Law School and LL.M in Taxation and Certificate in Employee Benefits Law from Georgetown University Law Center.