PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERIENCE
Current
- Principal, Ryan, San Jose office
- Specializes in providing multi-jurisdictional transaction tax consulting services, including research, planning, and education, to clients in the semiconductor, software, energy, chemical, and manufacturing industries.
- Senior Manager, national accounting firm
- Ms. Fortune spent eight years working in public accounting, specializing in providing state and local tax services, including multistate research, multistate planning, and state and local tax education.
- Practice Leader for a five-state region responsible for strategic sales tax restructuring
PUBLIC SECTOR EXPERIENCE
Previous
- Auditor, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
Ms. Fortune lectures on various tax topics for Ryan clients and has appeared as a speaker for the following organizations:
- American Institute of Women Accountants, Houston chapter
- Council On State Taxation
- Institute for Professionals in Taxation
- Lorman Education Services
- National Business Institute
- Tax Executives Institute
BOARD & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Institute for Professionals in Taxation, Board of Governors
- Texas State University, Accounting Advisory Board
EDUCATION & ACCREDITATION
- Bachelor of Business Administration Degree, Accounting, Texas State University
- Certified Member of the Institute (CMI), Institute for Professionals in Taxation
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Licensed in Texas
(Ryan is not a CPA firm.)