| Cookson, Kellie |
| Office Manager |
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| kellie@iltaxwatch.org |
Kellie Cookson has worked as Executive Secretary for the Taxpayers' Federation since December 1994. She was assigned Office Manager in October of 2007. Her primary duties are website maintenance, membership billing, publications and general office duties.
Prior to that, she was an MLS secretary / receptionist at the Springfield Association of Realtors.
She and husband, Rodger, their two sons and daughter reside in Springfield. |
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| Flanders, Courtney |
| Office Assistant |
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| courtney@iltaxwatch.org |
| Courtney Flanders joined the Taxpayers' Federation of Illinois in August 2007. Her main duties are meeting planning, and general office duties. She resides in Petersburg with her husband and three sons. |
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| Selinger, Scott |
| Legislative Director |
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| scott@iltaxwatch.org |
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| Johnson, Tom |
| President |
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| tom@iltaxwatch.org |
| Tom Johnson was appointed President of the Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois on April 1, 2006.
Prior to joining the Federation, Mr. Johnson had served on the Board of Trustees of TFI and was a member of the Board of the Illinois Tax Foundation. Mr. Johnson was formerly the Partner in Charge of KPMG’s Chicago State and Local Tax Practice.
Governor Pat Quinn appointed Tom to chair the Taxpayer Action Board in 2009 which was charged with identifying cost and operating efficiencies in Illinois’ government programs. He served as a member of the Property Tax Reform and Relief Task Force created by the General Assembly in 2007.
Before Joining KPMG, Mr. Johnson served as the National Director of State and Local Taxes for Grant Thornton. Before entering public accounting, Mr. Johnson was the Director of Revenue for the State of Illinois from 1980 to 1987. He served as President of the National Association of Tax Administrators, now known as the Federation of Tax Administrators during his tenure as Illinois’ Revenue Director.
While Director, Mr. Johnson served on President Reagan’s Task Force on Worldwide Unitary Taxation which was charged to review its impact on foreign trade and relations. Mr. Johnson’s knowledge and experience makes him a specialist in all aspects of state and local taxes, and his involvement in legislative and administrative deliberations over the last 30 years makes him an expert in Illinois’ tax system.
Prior to his appointment at Revenue he was the Director of the Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs. This agency was responsible for overseeing the state’s administration of real and personal property taxation before the function was transferred to the Department of Revenue. The agency also provided financial, management, and community development assistance to Illinois’ 6500 units of local government.
He served as an original member and then Chairman of the Illinois Gaming Board from 1990 until 1999. The Board was responsible for the development of and enforcement of the regulatory framework for casino gaming operations in Illinois.
Prior to his state government services, he was first County Auditor and the Administrative Aide to the County Board of DeKalb County, Illinois.
He has been a regular speaker at numerous state and national seminars and conferences. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Civic Federation of Chicago; Chairman of the Tax Committee of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce; a member of the Tax Committee of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce; a member of the Director’s Advisory Board of Illinois Department of Revenue; and, the Regional Development Committee of the Metropolitan Planning Council.
He has served as a member of the Advisory Boards of the Georgetown University Law School’s State and Local Tax Institute, the National Institute on State and Local Taxation, and on the AICPA and Illinois CPA Society’s state and Local Tax Committees.
Mr. Johnson was born and raised in DeKalb County and has been a resident of Cook County most of his professional career. He received a BS degree in Accounting from Northern Illinois University. He is a registered Certified Public Accountant in Illinois.
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