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2013 POLICY CONFERENCE
"THE FUTURE OF STATE CHARITIES REGULATION"

Draft Papers

Jurisdictional Boundaries: State/Federal, State/State Relationships

Evelyn Brody
Professor of Law
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology

James J. Fishman
Professor of Law
Pace University School of Law
Fmr. Assistant Attorney General, New York

Frances R. Hill
Professor of Law
University of Miami School of Law

The Fundamental Role Of States In Governance Issues

Karen Gano
Assistant Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General, Connecticut

Michael Peregrine
Partner
McDermott, Will & Emery

Linda Sugin
Professor of Law
Fordham University

Political Activity / Advocacy by The Sector And The States' Role  

Tim Delaney
President & CEO
National Council of Nonprofits
Fmr. Solicitor General and Chief Deputy Attorney General, Arizona
 

Anthony Johnstone
Assistant Professor
The University of Montana School of Law
Fmr. Solicitor General, Montana
 

Transparency, Media And Technology:  New Expectations, New Opportunities

Rick Cohen
National Correspondent
Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine

Hugh R. Jones
Supervising Deputy Attorney General
Tax Division
Office of the Attorney General, Hawaii

Challenges And Interests Of The States In Social Mission / Hybrid Organizations

Dana Brakman Reiser
Professor of Law
Brooklyn Law School

Elizabeth Grant
Attorney-in-charge
Oregon Office of the Attorney General

David Edward Spenard
Assistant Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General, Kentucky

John Tyler
General Counsel, Secretary, and Chief Ethics Officer
Kauffman Foundation

Robert A. Wexler
Principal
Adler & Colvin

Mapping The Trajectory: The Changing Role Of The State Regulators

Marion R. Fremont-Smith
Adjunct Lecturer
Senior Research Fellow
Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Fmr. Assistant Attorney General and Director, Division of Public Charities, Massachusetts

Scott Harshbarger
Senior Counsel
Proskauer Rose LLP
Fmr. Massachusetts Attorney General

Karin Kunstler-Goldman (Paper is currently embargoed)
Assistant Attorney General
New York Attorney General’s Office
Section Chief, Charities Bureau

and

Belinda Johns (Paper is currently embargoed)
Senior Assistant Attorney General
California Attorney General’s Office
Charitable Trusts Section

Emerging Issue: State Jurisdiction Over Religious Organizations

Mark E. Chopko
Chair, Nonprofit & Religious Organizations
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

William P. Marshall
Professor of Law
University of North Carolina School of Law
Fmr. Deputy White House Counsel and Deputy Assistant to President of the United States
Fmr. Solicitor General of Ohio

Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law
University of Notre Dame Law School

Emerging Issue: Changing Landscape Of Charitable Solicitation 

Putnam Barber
Project Associate
Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, The Urban Institute
Visiting Lecturer
University of Washington Evans School of Public Affairs

Emerging Issue: The Dynamic Role Of States In Nonprofit Healthcare

Mary Beckman
Chief of Non-Profit Organizations/Public Charities Division
Office of the Attorney General, Massachusetts

and

Eric Carriker
Assistant Attorney General
Office of The Attorney General, Massachusetts
Non-Profit Organizations/Public Charities Division

Doug Mancino
Partner
Hunton & Williams LLP

Envisioning The Future: New Structures

Marcus S. Owens
Member , Caplin & Drysdale
Fmr. Director, Exempt Organizations Division of the Internal Revenue Service

GEORGE JEPSEN, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CONNECTICUT
“The Role of State Charities Regulators in Protecting Public  Trust in Charitable Responses to Disaster”

ROBERT COOPER, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TENNESSEE
“Deaccessioning and Donor Intent – Lessons Learned from Fisk’s Stieglitz Collection”

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