Papers/Presentations

Monday Morning - General Session

Montana Petroleum Marketers Association of American (PMAA) Update
Ronna Alexander, State Executive, Montana Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association

Federal Highway Administration Update
Michael Dougherty, Program Analyst, Federal Highway Administration

AASHTO Update
Joung H. Lee, Associate Director for Finance & Business Development, Deputy Director – AASHTO Center for Excellence in Project Finance

American Petroleum Institute (API) Update
Brenda Hansen, ConocoPhillips and the Chair of the API Excise Tax Section

Uniformity Update
Canadian Fuel Tax Council Mal Bruce, (AB), Project Manager
US Uniformity Project Marcia Leichner, State of Nebraska
Robert Donnellan, Global Companies

Monday Afternoon - Concurrent Sessions

Session I - How Technology Can Help You
Mike Albin, ACS a Xerox Company
Bubba Lange, ZyTax
James Viano, Fast Enterprises

Session II - Virtual Audits
Sabrina Dudek, NuStar Energy LP
Jeremy Neeck, State of Minnesota
Diane Eck, Chevron Oil

Tuesday Morning - General Session

Internal Revenue Update
Richard Little, Sr. Program Analyst-Fuel Policy, Internal Revenue Service
Michael Johnson, Acting ExFIRS Manager, Internal Revenue Service

G Diesel
Peter Gunnerman, Advanced Refining Concepts, LLC

State of California New Laws
Lou Feletto, State of California

Molecular Marking of Fuel
Zach Scherr, Global LLC

National Chair’s Address and Awards
Wilda Ice, Auditor III, West Virginia Tax Department and the FTA Motor Fuel Tax Section National Chair

Tuesday Afternoon - Concurrent Sessions

Session I - Movement of Petroleum Products by Railroad and Barge

Petroleum Movement by Barge
Dean Reinauer, Reinauer Transportation
Jeff Farish, ExxonMobil

Petroleum Movement by Rail
Vicki Friedman, CSX Transportation
David Kennedy, ShipXpress

Session II - How States and Industry Transition from Paper to Electronic Filing
Jeremy Neeck, State of Minnesota
Scott Louie, Chevron Oil
Cheryl Gilson, ZyTax

Tuesday Morning - General Session

Greater Efficiencies in a Down Turned Economy
Dawn Lietz, State of Nevada

Current/Old Schemes
Martin Cano, State of Texas
Robert Bray, State of Ohio

Motor Fuel Taxes & Films of Clint Eastwood
David Retz