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Society Welcomes New Board Members As a managing director in the Washington National Tax Services office of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Don Carlson provides strategic advice as well as legislative, executive branch, and regulatory representation for domestic and international clients of PwC Donald G. Carlson* Managing Director, WNTS Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP on a broad spectrum of issues including tax, international trade, Social Security, budget, and appropriations. Carlson's 34-year Capitol Hill career includes work for Rep. Bill Archer (TX) and as chief of staff to Rep. John Culberson (TX). Earlier, he worked for Congressmen Don Riegle and James Harvey, both of Michigan. Carlson has extensive international experience, both representing Rep. Archer and as an advisor, with foundations, committees, and on delegations involved in trade and other international issues. Carlson earned his Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the School of International Service at the American University, Washington, DC. He served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 1970 to 1976. Jennifer LaTourette brings nearly two decades of experience, 5 THE CAPITOL DOME Jennifer LaTourette Vice President McDonald Hopkins Government Strategies both as a professional lobbyist and as a Congressional staff member, to her work at a major independent lobbying company. She has created and overseen campaigns to change the perspectives of both the general public and official Washington, resulting in major changes in legislation, policy, and opinion. Her clients have included various educational, municipal, medical, transportation, financial services, corporate, and nonprofit entities, for whom she has provided policy and appropriations support. LaTourette has been responsible for securing federal funding for health care institutions, as well as advocating for their health policy priorities. She has effectively represented both individual organizations and consortium projects. Initially, LaTourette worked for Members of the House and Senate for a decade, with various responsibilities for advising on legislative issues and project requests and working with committee staff. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College and her Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center. David W. Regan oversees all operations of the National Automobile Dealers Association's (NADA) Capitol Hill office, including communicating with Members of Congress and their staffs, directing strategy for legislation that affects new-car and -truck dealers, and helping to coordinate NADA's Washington Conference each fall. Regan also oversees the Mark Shields Political Analyst PBS NewsHour and Syndicated Columnist Dealers Election Action Committee, NADA's political action committee. Before joining NADA in 1999, Regan served as legislative counsel for Sen. Wendell Ford (KY). Regan also practiced law for several years. In the Washington, D.C. area, his practice focused on representing clients before the U.S. Congress. Regan holds a B.A. in Economics from Wake Forest University in WinstonSalem, NC, and a J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law. He is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Kentucky (inactive status). writing his column in 1979. Since 1988, Shields has provided weekly political analysis and commentary on national campaigns for PBS NewsHour. For 17 years, Shields was moderator and panelist on CNN's Capital Gang and is now a regular panelist on Inside Washington. A native of Weymouth, MA and a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Shields served as an enlisted man in the U.S. Marine Corps before coming to Washington, where he began working in 1965 for Senator William Proxmire (WI). Shields worked on Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign and later helped manage campaigns from the courthouse to the White House in some 38 states. In addition to attending 22 national party conventions and working on or covering the last 12 presidential elections, Shields has taught American politics and the press at the University of Pennsylvania and Georgetown University; he was a fellow at Harvard. Mark Shields has worked in Washington through the administrations of ten U.S. presidents. He was an editorial writer for The Washington Post, where he began The Honorable Ellen O'Kane Tauscher (CA) served seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. She then served as Under Secretary of State for Arms David Regan* Executive Vice President, Legislative Affairs National Automobile Dealers Association Control and International Security Affairs but retired from full-time government service in February 2012. While in Congress, Tauscher served in leadership positions for centrist Democrats and on the House Armed Services Committee; she also served on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Tauscher was born in Newark, NJ and graduated in 1974 from Seton Hall University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in early childhood education. She then began a 15-year Wall Street career. At age 25, she became one of the first women to become a Member of the New York Stock Exchange and later served as an officer of the American Stock Exchange, after which she worked as an investment banker. In 1989, Tauscher moved to California and eventually founded the first national research service to help parents verify the background of childcare workers. She is also the author of The ChildCare Sourcebook and headed the Tauscher Foundation, which provided funds for elementary schools to buy computers and Internet access. Hon. Ellen O'Kane Tauscher Special Envoy for Strategic Stability and Missile Defense State Department John Tuck originally joined Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC in 1992. He has served within the government John C. Tuck* Senior Public Policy Advisor Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC in many different functions, most recently as Senior Adviser to Ambassador Howard H. Baker Jr. at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. Prior to joining Baker Donelson, Tuck served as Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy and was also chief operating officer for the department. Earlier, he served in the White House as Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, as Deputy Assistant for Legislative Affairs, as Executive Assistant to the White House Chief of Staff, and as Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs in the Senate. His Capitol Hill career began in 1974 where he was assistant to the Republican leaders of the House of Representatives before becoming Chief of Minority Floor Information Services. In 1981 he moved to the Senate, where he was named Assistant Secretary for the Majority. Tuck received his B.S. from Georgetown University and was commissioned in the U.S. Navy in 1968, rising to the rank of Captain in the U.S. Naval Reserve until his retirement in 1997. * denotes returning Board of Trustees members SPRING 2013

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