Washington Institute for Graduate Studies Faculty

Student Login

Username	Password

Play Sample | Buy Course

Just one of the many courses Washington Institute for Graduate Studies has to offer!

Quick Links

Select a Quicklink Enrollment Application CLE/CPE Credit News Admission Requirements Course Updates Transcripts Course Request Tuition and Fees Newsletter Forum Store

Administration and Faculty

The Chairman and President of Washington Institute for Graduate Studies is Robert N. Hanson. Mr. Hanson brings over two decades of business expertise to his role at the school and holds a BBA in Finance (NC Central University) and an MBA (University of New Haven). Through a distinguished career, Mr. Hanson's work has exposed him to some of the most progressive organizations in the country, including:

• Utah Valley University, as Executive Director of the UVU Foundation, overseeing all aspects of fundraising for the State's 2nd largest university.
• Ohio State University's James Cancer Hospital planning/executing a $600m capital expansion.
• DCH Health System (Alabama) overseeing all aspects of a capital campaign for a new $40m Cancer Treatment Center.
• Arts councils and other health & human service organizations.
• United Ways in multiple states (NC, CT & OH)
• Laser Entertainment of the Carolinas, dba Ultrazone (Founder & CEO)
  

Mr. Hanson has been sought for a variety of boards (i.e., YMCA, NC Governor's SmartStart Initiative, Tuscaloosa's 211 Initiative, etc) and has chaired regional/national conferences and workshops around the country - primarily for fundraising professionals embarking upon complicated capital campaigns. Mr. Hanson is proud of his honorable service with the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division (3 years), as well as a mission for his church (2 years).

Other key personnel include: Kathryn Hanson (Academics and Administration), Wes Howell (Course Creation), Arthur McKinlay (Marketing), Bill Bridges (Program Accreditation/Certifications), Vincent Fordiani (Enrollment), Drew Williams (Program Expansion), Tim Schaap (Enrollment), Terri Hanson (Student Services) and Kyleigh Brashares (Student Services).

The adjunct faculty of the Graduate Tax Program of Washington Institute is as follows:

KULWANT SINGH BOORA is an Adjunct Professor of International Law with Washington Institute for Graduate Studies. Mr. Boora studied law at Sutton Coldfield College where he completed his Professional Dipolma in Law and Higher Professional Diploma in conjunction with the Institute of Legal Executives Tutorial College of Law. After completing his law studies with Sutton Coldfield College, he furthered his legal education and went on to complete his Graduate Diploma in Law/CPE (Law Society of England and Wales Common Professional Examinations) with Hertfordshire University School of Law. He also earned a Bachelor of Arts with Honors (B.A. Hons) from Staffordshire University. He has been a visiting lecturer at the University of Toledo, Ohio, and has served as a law tutor with ICLS and the National Association of Licensed Paralegals, England. He has also served as a judicial intern to a United States District Court Federal Judge and is also admitted as a Fellow and Legal Executive lawyer in the United Kingdom. Mr. Boora is also on Washington Institute's International Advisory Board, where he advises on international regulations and policy.

RYAN BORNSTEIN is an advisory faculty member of Washington Institute for Graduate Studies PhD program. B.S. (Accounting, University of Delaware), LL.M. (Villanova Graduate Tax Program). He is a member of the law firm of Harvey Ballard & Bornstein, LLC and concentrates on estate and income tax planning in addition to estate administration. He focuses particularly on certain federal tax aspects of planning for substantial estates, including generation skipping transfer tax. He works with clients on tax-advantaged opportunities, analyzing stock option plans. He is Professor of Law with the Adjunct Faculty of the Graduate Tax Program at the Villanova University School of Law where he teaches Taxation of Property Dispositions. He has written a number of timely tax articles. He is admitted to the United States Tax Court and practices before the Internal Revenue Service, and is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

THOMAS M. BRINKER, Jr., C.P.A., advisory faculty member of Washington Institute for Graduate Studies PhD program, B.S. (Acct., Cum Laude, Saint Joseph's University) M.S. (Acct., Widener University), M.S. (Taxation, Widener University), LL.M. (International Taxation, Regent University School of law), D.B.A. program (Acct. and Taxation, University of Sarasota), Ph.D. (Taxation, Washington Institute), professor of accounting at Arcadia University, formerly with Coopers & Lybrand and Arthur Young & Co. 

ROBERT S. BURDETTE, CPA, B.A. (Acct., Univ. of Utah), M.S. (Taxation, Washington Institute), Assistant Professor of Accounting at Salt Lake Community College, former member UACPA Taxation Committee, Who’s Who in Finance and Industry, received the Teaching Excellence Award for Region 7 from the ACBSP in 2004, the Technology in Education Award in 2005 for work in developing distance education classes for SLCC and the Teaching Excellence Award from SLCC in 2006.

DARREN T. COLE holds a JD from Creighton University Law School (1994) and has taught as adjunct professor at New Mexico State University, Purdue University, Indiana University and Columbia State College. His courses include Evidence, Constitutional La, Criminal Law as well as Spanish Contract Language and Survival Spanish for Law Enforcement. He has also lectured or taught of 80 tax seminars in corporate or educational settings. Mr. Cole has served s Chief Legal Officer for Pioneer Title and Search Initiatives. Mr. Cole is currently the CEO of Strategica BPO Worldwide.

RICHARD M. EDMUNDS, C.P.A., B.S. (Acct., B.Y.U.), M. Acct. (Financial Audit, B.Y.U.), MBT (Taxation, University of Southern California), Sole Practitioner specializing in individual and closely-held company taxation.

CHRISTOPHER M. HARVEY, J.D., CPA, LL.M Taxation, managing member in the law firm of Harvey Ballard & Bornstein, LLC, Counsel to the law firm of Harvey, Casterline & Vallini, L.L.P. Formerly the managing partner of Harvey & Mortensen handling estate and tax planning for closely-held business owners and high net worth individuals. Worked as a certified public accountant for Price Waterhouse, L.L.P. in New York City and Chase Manhattan Bank.  Bachelor of Science in Accounting (cum laude) from the University of Delaware and his Juris Doctor (magna cum laude) and Master of Laws in Taxation from the Villanova University School of Law where he was Associate Editor of the Law Review, Certified Public Accountant, admitted to the Pennsylvania and New Jersey bars and the United States Tax Court. Adjunct professor at Villanova University School of Law's Graduate Tax Program teaching Taxation of Property Dispositions, Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates, Post Mortem Estate Planning and Estate Planning for Small Business Owners.

BONITA L. HATCHETT, LL.M. (Labor and Employment and Certificate in Employee Benefits Law, Georgetown University Law Center), J.D. (Rutgers University Law Center), B.A. (Religious Studies, University of Michigan), partner in the Employee Benefits practice at the law firm of K&L Gates LLP Chicago, Illinois.  

W. KEVIN JACKSON, Esq. of the law firm of Jensen, Duffin, Carman, Dibb & Jackson, B.S. (Finance, Univ. of Utah), J.D. (B.Y.U.), LL.M. (Taxation, Boston Univ.), Dean of the Graduate Tax Program of Washington Institute for Graduate Studies.

DAVID S. KERZNER, Esq. (Emeritus) Principal, The Law Offices of David S. Kerzner, BA (Hons. Bus. Adm., Ivey), J.D. (Queen’s University), LL.M. (International, New York University), LL.M. (Taxation, New York University), Ph.D. (Candidate, Queen's University).  Member of the bars of New York, Ontario, and Roll of Solicitors of England & Wales.  Formerly with KPMG LLP, Washington National Tax, Washington D.C.

KEVIN A. KYLE, Esq., of the firm of Green Schoenfeld & Kyle LLP, Fort Myers, Florida, B.B.A., Accounting (with highest distinction), Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; J.D. (with honors), University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; LL.M. (Taxation), New York University, New York, New York; Florida Board Certified Tax Attorney; Florida Board Certified Wills, Trusts and Estates Attorney.

RALPH B. LARSEN, C.P.A. of the accounting firm Ralph B. Larsen, CPA, B.S. (Acct., Univ. of Utah), M.B.A. (Univ. of Utah), M.B.A. (Univ. Utah), M.S. (Taxation, Washington Institute), UACPA and AICPA, former acting Comptroller of the 12th Coast Guard District, Commanding Officer, USCG Reserve, former Vice-Pres., Emery Energy, Inc.

PHILIP LERNER, Esq. (New York), CPA (New York & New Jersey), B.A. (Brooklyn College), M.S. Taxation (Washington Institute for Graduate Studies, Summa Cum Laude), J.D. (Brooklyn Law School), L.L.M. Taxation (Washington Institute for Graduate Studies, Summa Cum Laude). Admitted to practice law in all State Courts in the State of New York, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. District Courts; the Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of New York, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. Member of the American Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. Former chairman of the tax sub-committee, Estates, Gifts, and Trusts, New York County Lawyers Association, Former Trustee Heisman Memorial Trust..

BRUCE L. OLSON, Esq., shareholder with law firm of Ray, Quinney & Nebeker, B.S. (Acct., Magna Cum Laude, B.Y.U.), J.D. (Cum Laude, B.Y.U.), Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel, Chair, Nonprofit/Tax-exempt Section Utah State Bar, Former Chair, Tax Section Utah State Bar, Member, IRS Central Mountain Exempt Organization Council, Former Chair, IRS Dallas Key District Exempt Organization Council, Former Chair ABA Tax Liaison Committee (Southwest Region), Former Chair, Salt Lake IRS District Advisory Council, Former Chair, IRS Southwest Region Bar Association, Original Member, IRS Ogden Service Center Advisory Council, Former Chair Utah Limited Liability Company Act Revision Committee, Principal drafter, Utah Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act, Utah Editor, Limited Liability Company Law, Aspen Law Publishers, Colonel, United States Army Reserve.

RYAN PACE, Esq., attorney Of Counsel with the law firm of Smith Knowles P.C., B.S. (Finance, University of Utah), M.T. (Taxation, Arizona State University), J.D. (with honors, Washburn University), LL.M. (Taxation, New York University).

RICHARD J.  SPEAD, PhD, MST, PA, EA, CFE, CFS, CBM,  ATA, ATP, ABA, DABFA, FACFEI;  Founder and Managing Member of  the Spead Tax Group, PLLC (Tax, Insolvency and Forensic Accountants);  Licensed to Practice as a Public Accountant by the State of New Hampshire; Enrolled to Practice before the Internal Revenue Service; Certified Fraud Examiner; Certified Fraud Specialist; Certified Business Manager; Accredited Tax Advisor; Accredited Tax Preparer; Accredited Business Advisor; Diplomat of the American Board of Forensic Accountants; and a Fellow of the American College of Forensic Examiners Institute; Advanced Studies Harvard Law School Program of Instruction for Lawyers; Master of Science in Taxation, Summa Cum Laude (Washington Institute for Graduate Studies); Doctor of Philosophy in Taxation, with Honors (Washington Institute for Graduate Studies); published author of numerous tax articles and a nationally known lecturer on bankruptcy and tax related issues.  PhD Advisor and Faculty Member at the Graduate Tax Program of the Washington Institute for Graduate Studies.