Dr. Tamara Cushing
Dr. Tamara Cushing is the Vice President of the SAF Board of Directors and Starker Chair of Private and Family Forestry at Oregon State University. She is an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Forest Economics, Management and Policy. Her primary expertise is in taxation of forests and forest products. Dr. Cushing holds a forestry degree from the University of Florida, two Master’s degrees—one in Forest Economics and one in Taxation—from Mississippi State University, and a PhD from the University of Georgia in Forest Finance. Her research focus is on the effects of tax policies on private landowners. In her Extension role, Dr. Cushing works to educate landowners, foresters and tax professionals about the economics of growing trees and the tax code interactions with forestry in addition to educating landowners about succession.
Mr. Joe Holcomb
Mr. Holcomb is an agriculture and timberland appraiser in the Property Tax Assistance Division at Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
CPA
Coming soon.