Nikki Dobay

• Partner
• Greenberg Traurig

Nikki Dobay is nationally known for her deep experience and understanding of state tax policy and the legislative process. She also advises her clients on sophisticated multistate tax issues as well as the consequences and planning opportunities related to corporate M&A transactions and oversees state and local tax controversy matters, ranging from audits to appellate litigation, and involving sales and use taxes, income and franchise taxes, property taxes, and constitutional issues.

Nikki regularly engages with statewide business and taxpayer associations and departments of revenue, as well as national tax administrator organizations, including the Federation of Tax Administrators (FTA), the Multistate Tax Commission (MTC), and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), on key SALT issues impacting multijurisdictional taxpayers.

Nikki’s previous experience includes spending five years as senior tax counsel for the Council On State Taxation (COST). She also gained experience working in the national office of a Big Four accounting firm and at a large international law firm and a large corporate law firm in Oregon, where she assisted clients with multistate tax issues and Oregon tax controversy matters, including proceedings in the Oregon Tax Court.

Joe Huddleston

• Managing Director
• EY

Joe Huddleston is a managing director at Ernst & Young LLP’s National Tax Department serving the Indirect, State and Local Tax practice. He currently advises both national and multinational firms on planning and controversy issues. Prior to joining EY, Joe served for ten years as Executive Director of the Multistate Tax Commission. Additionally, Joe has also served as Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Revenue from 1987 to 1995. He served on the State Board of Equalization for six years and presiding officer for three years. During his tenure as Commissioner, he was president of both the Federation of Tax Administrators and the Southeast Association of Tax Administrators. Immediately after leaving the Tennessee Department of Revenue, Joe became chief financial officer for the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. In that position, he was responsible for all of the city's financial affairs, including more than $1.5 billion in annual expenditures.

Marilyn A. Wethekam

• Partner
• HMB Legal Counsel

Marilyn A. Wethekam is a partner at HMB Legal Counsel in Chicago. She has a national SALT practice representing multistate and multinational corporations in all areas of state tax. Ms. Wethekam advises her clients on multistate tax issues that involve income, franchise and transaction taxes. Her eighteen years of corporate tax experience with Mobil Oil Corporation and Montgomery Ward & Co. provide her with an understanding of the complex issues encountered by multistate and multinational corporations. This understanding allows her to develop innovative solutions for multistate tax issues as well as the practical resolution of multi-jurisdictional tax disputes. She has formulated multistate audit strategies, drafted legislation, and represented multistate and multinational corporations in income, franchise, transactional tax matters in more than thirty-five states. In addition, she has worked with clients to develop organizational structures that incorporate both an understanding of the business needs and address tax burdens.

Lauren E. Colandreo

• Senior State Tax Analyst
• Bloomberg Tax

Lauren Colandreo is a Senior State Tax Analyst with Bloomberg Tax, where she analyzes recent changes in state tax law, develops new products and maintains existing products, including Bloomberg Tax’s practice tools, navigators and portfolios. Lauren also co-authors an annual special report analyzing the results of the Bloomberg Tax Survey of State Tax Departments. Lauren’s primary focus is nexus-creating activities for corporate income tax and sales and use tax, as well as tax administration and property tax issues. She holds a B.S. and a B.A. from Salisbury University, a J.D. from the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America and an LL.M. in Taxation and Estate Planning Certificate from the Georgetown University Law Center.