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Steve is a part-time Instructor in the College of Business Administration of Winthrop University where he teaches Corporate Taxation. Steve retired from Deloitte Tax LLP in 2008 where he had been a Firm Director in the Tax Controversy Services Group since 2003; working first in Chicago, Illinois, then in Detroit, Michigan. Previously, Steve had been the Assistant Vice President, Taxes & Chief Tax Officer of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1981 through 2002. Prior employment experience includes positions as Tax Counsel of Incom International Inc. in Pittsburgh from 1977 to 1981 and as Supervising Tax Specialist at Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) in Pittsburgh from 1973 to 1976.

Steve received his B.S. Degree in Accounting from The Pennsylvania State University in 1970 and his J.D. Degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1973. In addition to being an attorney, Steve is a Certified Public Accountant in Pennsylvania (inactive).

Steve is a member of the American, Pennsylvania and Allegheny County Bar Associations and their Tax Sections as well as the American and Pennsylvania Institutes of Certified Public Accountants, and their Tax Sections.

Steve had been an active member of Tax Executives Institute, Inc. serving as International Secretary, International Treasurer, a member of the Executive Committee from 1999 to 2002, Chair of the IRS Administrative Affairs Committee, Regional Vice President, Chapter Representative to Institute Board of Directors twice, Regional Conference Co-Chairman, and Pittsburgh Chapter President, Senior Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. Steve is the recipient of the 2003 Distinguished Service Award for lifetime service to the tax profession from the Pittsburgh Chapter of Tax Executives Institute, Inc.

Steve and his wife, Carol, live in Lake Wylie, South Carolina and have 3 adult children and 3 grandchildren.