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BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

• BENNETTE THRASHER & Co., Atlanta, GA 1988 to Present

  Partner and Shareholder
  Develop business strategies for Bennett Thrasher & Co.
  Supervise not-for-profit audits.
  Oversee business valuation.
  Perform divorce litigation support and forensic accounting.

  Manager
  Supervised preparation of tax returns for individuals, corporations, partnerships, trusts, and estates. Tax consulting.

• DELOITTE & TOUCHE, LLP, Atlanta, GA 1984 to 1986

Senior Accountant
Supervised the preparation of tax returns for individuals, corporations, and partnerships.
Focused on tax compliance requirements for international firms filing in multiple foreign jurisdictions.

Staff Accountant
Prepared individual, corporate and partnership tax returns.
Specialized in international clients and international tax law.

• OCCIDENTAL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Executive Assistant, Washington D.C. 1969 to 1975
  Helped established new subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation designed to promote international trade particularly in the then restricted areas of Libya and Russia.
  Arranged travel itinerary in coordination with the State Department.
  Supervised administrative staff and oversaw daily operations.

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

• POSTMASTER GENERAL W. MARVIN WATSON, Executive Assistant, Washington, D.C. 1968 to 1969
  Wrote speeches, supervised all scheduled appearances and ceremonies, arranged appointments and meetings, and served on the transition team between the Johnson and Nixon administrations.
• THE OVAL OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE, Personal Secretary, Washington, D.C. 1996 to 1968
  Worked closely with President Lyndon B. Johnson and Chief of Staff W. Marvin Watson by writing summarizations of inquiries from Heads of State and Cabinet Secretaries for Presidential review, processing inquires according to the President's wishes, and arranging the Presidential schedule.
• STATE DEPARTMENT, AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 1965 to 1966
  Receptionist, Washington, D.C.
  Performed daily tasks for the Director as needed.
• OKLAHOMA 1957 to 1972
  Directly participated in political campaigns of Governor, Senator and U.S. Congressman.

EDUCATION

• GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Atlanta, GA
  Specialization in Tax
  Beta Gamma Signa National Honorary Business Faternity Member
  Passed CPA exam in 1982
  Masters of Public Accounting
  Summa Cum Laude

HONORS
Recipient of the Financial Executive's Institute Honors Award for the Outstanding Accounting Student
Recipient of the George E. Manners Award for Scholastic Achievement
Recipient of the Federation of Schools of Accountancy Award
Awarded the Becker CPA Review Scholarship
Beta Alpha Psi National Honorary Accounting Fraternity Distinguished Service Award

• UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, Norman, Oklahoma
  Major: Spanish Minor: French and German
  State Chairman of the Teenage March of Dimes
  Delta Delta Delta Sorority

HONORS
Recipient of Outstanding Service Award by the Union Activities Council
Awarded Panhellenic Scholarship
Named "Big Woman on Campus"

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Certified Public Accountant
Cetified Valuation Analyst
Georgia Society of CPAs
American Institute of CPAs
Institute of Business Appraisers
Atlanta Estate Planning Council, Inc.
National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA)

CIVIC AND PERSONAL LEADERSHIP

Member of the Board of Governors and Treasurer of Holy Innocent's Episcopal Church Scholarship Foundation
Member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of Safe Kids of Georgia, Inc.
Member of the Board of Directors, The Executive Committee and Treasurer of The Margaret Mitchell House, Inc.
Treasurer of the Swan Ball Committee of Atlanta History Center
Member of the Board of Directors, The Ravinia Club, Chariman of the Ambassador's Council
Member of the Board of Directors, Lupus Specialist, Inc.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

"Prenuptial Agreements", "Buy-Sell Agreements" and "Family Limited Partnership Valuations", 2001 Family Business Academy, Kennesaw State University, May 2001
"Taking the Fear Out of Financial Independence", Visions Anew on Lake Burton, June 16-18, 2000
"Creating the Marital balance Sheet", Georgia Chapter 8 Association of Certified Fraud Examiner, June 2000
"The Business Valuation Expert in Domestic Relations Cases", 16th Annual Family Law Institute, May 1998.
"Taxation Relief Act of 1997", Atlanta Bar Family Law Section, September 1997.
"Taxation in Divorce" at the Atlanta Bar Family Law Section Annual Conference in January 1996
"A Better Divorce is Possible", Bennett Thrasher Financial Statements, Fall 1995.
"Filing Status for Divorcing Couples", The Expert, Fall 1995.