28th Annual Tuesday & Wednesday, January 29‐30, 2019 Hya� Regency Columbus, Columbus, Ohio Workshop GG The State of Economic Incentives in Ohio, Negotiations, Drivers and the Compliance Burden Wednesday, January 30, 2019 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Biographical Information Kelli J. Saunders, Senior Director Incentives & Site Selection DHL Supply Chain, 570 Polaris Parkway, Westerville, OH 43082 614-865-8423 Fax: 614-865-8879 Kelli.saunders@dhl.com Kelli started her career with Deloitte Tax LLP in Columbus, Ohio in 2003 as a tax analyst in business tax services. Kelli joined DHL Supply Chain in 2005 with responsibility for Federal, State and Local income tax compliance. DHL Supply Chain is the North American leader in contract logistics, providing customer- focused solutions to a wide range of industries including automotive, consumer, retail, engineering and manufacturing, life sciences and healthcare, technology, energy and chemicals. In 2012, DHL Supply started an Economic Incentives & Tax Credits function within its legal department. Kelli assumed the role of Director, Economic Development in May of 2012. Beginning January 2015, Kelli is responsible for Economic Development for all divisions of DHL Americas; including the Express, Global Forwarding, and Parcel businesses. Kelli has worked on multiple incentive deals at the Federal, State and Local levels in over 20 states. Kelli is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with a B.S. in Accountancy and is a Certified Public Accountant. Chris Magill, Economic Development Director, Ice Miller LLP Arena District 250 West Street, Suite 700, Columbus, OH 43215 614-462-1141 614-222-4245 (Fax) cmagill@icemiller.com Chris Magill is the Economic Development Director for Ice Miller and leads a collaborative team of professionals and attorneys to assist public and private sector clients in achieving growth strategies through economic development consulting. For corporate clients, Chris provides consulting on capital investment projects and has strategically negotiated and analyzed tax credit, grant and loan-financing solutions for capital investment projects in 16 different states. In addition to his consulting on capital investment projects, Chris delivers economic development compliance strategies, best practice government compliance consulting and compliance report-filing. For public sector clients, Chris advises local governments in building strategic economic plans and creating sustainable economic development tools at the state, regional, county and municipal levels in an effort to enhance an area’s standard of living. Chris works closely with Ice Miller’s attorneys in Bond Financing, Broadband, Brownfield & Environmental Remediation, Government Law, Municipal Finance, Real Estate and Tax Law to provide true end-to-end strategies for both public and private sector clients. Prior to joining Ice Miller, Chris served as the executive director of the Ohio Tax Credit Authority (Authority) for the Ohio Department of Development (ODOD), a board consisting of the Director of the ODOD and four other members appointed by Ohio’s governor, the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate. As executive director of the Authority, Chris was responsible for managing more than $100 million in business tax credit programs annually including Ohio’s flagship business tax credit programs, the Job Creation Tax Credit (JCTC), Job Retention Tax Credit (JRTC) and the Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit (OMPTC). Chris has a comprehensive understanding of state and local tax credit programs and was instrumental in transitioning Ohio’s JCTC and JRTC programs through major legislative changes, which included a complete overhaul of both long-standing programs from an individual employee-based system to a payroll-based system. Chris also played an integral role with ODOD’s team in structuring the Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit and served on ODOD’s Insurance Tax Credit Task Force. In August of 2014, Chris was recognized as the only private-sector employee by Columbus Business First as one of “20 People to Know in Government,” given his unique combination of experience in government administration, public sector and private sector economic development consulting. Education Bachelor of Science, Bowling Green State University Master in Business Administration, Ohio University
Biographical Information James R. Seiwert, Global Director, Grants & Incentives, Government Affairs Owens-Illinois, Inc., , One Michael Owens Way, Perrysburg, Ohio 43551-2999 Office: (567) 336-1443 Mobile: (419) 902-3815 james.seiwert@o-i.com Jim is employed at Owens-Illinois, Inc. and is responsible for obtaining grants and incentives to assist with capital projects and strategic initiatives. Jim coordinates, tracks and oversees the grants and incentives process in all regions of O-I’s global business. Jim represents O-I in various state and federal government affairs’ activities including working with government officials and politicians, NGOs and industry and trade associations to develop support for O-I’s business priorities. Prior to the grants and government affairs position, Jim worked in the Owens-Illinois Tax Department and had responsibility for all Canada and U.S. state and local taxes – including tax provision, tax planning, audits, appeals, compliance and transfer pricing. Jim is the former Chairman of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce Taxation Committee. He is currently Chairman of the Waterville Finance Committee and is on the Board of the Waterville Community Foundation. Jim is Past President of the Tax Executive Institute, Detroit Chapter, and he served on the NW Ohio / SE Michigan Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Committee. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants. Jim is a Certified Public Accountant with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Akron. Debora (Dardinger)McGraw JD, LLM,CPA, Member, Zaino Hall & Farrin LLC 41 South High Street, Suite 3600, Columbus, OH 43215 614-349-4813 Fax: 614-754-6368 dmcgraw@zhftaxlaw.com Deb is a member of the firm's Federal and Multistate Tax Practice Group. Deb has significant experience representing clients in various state and local tax controversies, including settlement negotiations. She also assists clients with a variety of federal income tax issues. Deb has significant experience in conducting refund reviews and in assisting clients with tax planning including implementation by working with various client operational groups. Deb has worked with clients in various industry groups and has developed particular experience in the financial services and utility industries. Prior to joining the firm, Deb was a Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers where she worked for 16 years. Prior to leaving PwC, Deb led the Columbus large company tax practice and served as the lead contact for many Columbus based companies. She assisted clients with a variety of federal and state tax considerations including tax planning, corporate restructurings, federal and state controversy, corporate compliance, financial statement audits, etc. In particular, Deb excels at conducting federal and multi-state refund reviews for clients looking to improve cash flow or review their current tax positions. Deb led PwC's Ohio tax efforts nationally including negotiation of multiple Fortune 100 and 400 company audit settlements. She frequently used her refund review experience as offsets in Ohio and other state audits or to argue alternative positions. Deb handled the legislative analysis for the firm and acted as a national resource for other offices. She drafted updates that were circulated internally and to clients. Deb spoke regularly on client webcasts introducing new Ohio legislation, as well as, on federal and multistate tax considerations for internal PwC trainings. Deb served as the chair of PwC's local Women's Networking Circle for two years and the board for two additional years. The group was aimed at mentoring women in public accounting and providing them networking and support opportunities. She was voted coach of the year for the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana cluster of PwC in 2009, the first year the award was offered. Deb is a frequent speaker and served as an adjunct professor at Capital University Law School.
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