With the possibility of significant shifts in political leadership as a result of the upcoming elections, tax priorities may change, affecting everything from federal corporate and individual rates to state tax choices. Join us for a discussion of the wide-ranging implications. 

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Cara Griffith
President and CEO, Tax Analysts

As the moderator for our Taxing Issues webinars, Cara objectively analyzes issues and asks probing questions that challenge panelists to explain and defend their positions.

When she’s not moderating Taxing Issues webinars, Cara provides strategic oversight for Tax Analysts. She has led efforts to improve the Tax Notes suite of products and to aggressively pursue transparency in the administration of tax systems. Previously, Cara managed the editorial department, including the flagship daily news publications and weekly magazines. She has written for a broad range of tax policy publications, including Tax Notes State, The Tax Adviser, The Hedge Fund Law Report, and The Hill. She regularly speaks at tax conferences and other events, discussing a variety of technical tax issues as well as the need for transparency in tax administration.

Cara has a BA in political science and a BA in international studies from the University of Evansville and a JD from the George Washington University Law School.

William Gale
Arjay and Frances Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy at the Brookings Institution

William Gale is the Arjay and Frances Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy in the economic studies program at the Brookings Institution. His research focuses on tax policy, fiscal policy, pensions, and saving behavior. He is co-director of the Tax Policy Center, a joint venture of the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute. From 2006 to 2009, he served as vice president of Brookings and director of the economic studies program. Gale is the author of Fiscal Therapy: Curing America’s Debt Addiction and Investing in the Future (Oxford University Press, 2019).  

Kyle Pomerleau
Senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute

Kyle Pomerleau is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he studies federal tax policy. 

Before joining the institute, Mr. Pomerleau was chief economist and vice president of economic analysis at the Tax Foundation, where he led the macroeconomic and tax modeling team and wrote on various tax policy topics, including corporate taxation, international tax policy, carbon taxation, and tax reform. 

The author of many studies, Mr. Pomerleau has been published in trade publications and policy journals including Tax Notes and the National Tax Journal. He is frequently quoted in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. He has also testified before Congress and state legislators. 

Mr. Pomerleau has an MPP in economic and social policy from Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy and a BA in history and political science from the University of Southern Maine. 

Joseph Thorndike
Contributing editor and director of the Tax History Projects at Tax Analysts

Joseph is a nationally recognized historian of U.S. fiscal and economic policy and serves as the director of the Tax History Project at Tax Analysts. He is a co-creator (with Robert Goulder) of the “Five Minutes On” video series on tax-related topics. He first joined Tax Analysts as an intern in 1987 and later worked as a congressional reporter and a deputy editor in chief. He is the author or co-editor of several books, including Their Fair Share: Taxing the Rich in the Age of FDR, and he writes frequently for national publications and scholarly journals. Joe has a BA in history from Williams College and an MA and PhD in history from the University of Virginia.