MEGA 2025

Erin Daiber

Erin Daiber is a relatable and results-oriented CPA turned coach, speaker & change agent in the accounting profession.  She is the founder of Well Balanced Accountants LLC and is known for her fresh approach and tailored solutions designed to uniquely suit your team of accountants.

Well Balanced Accountants started after she went from a high-performing accountant to a burned-out, now-recovering CPA.  Erin specializes in working with CPA firms to create a culture where accountants love to work, addressing key challenges such as engaging top talent, building an internal leadership pipeline, scaling growth, and planning for succession. 

She believes that leading in today’s environment requires a new level of leadership, creativity, and a willingness to break free from the status quo.  As a speaker, she shows accountants & bookkeepers how to develop the skills they need to transform themselves and their organizations so that they can spend more time on what matters most.

Adrienne Robertson

Adrienne L. Robertson is an ERISA counsel and owns Robertson Retirement Law, LLC. She has more than 35 years of industry experience and is based in Denver. Her expertise is in ERISA and the tax laws governing qualified plans, including fiduciary concerns; operational compliance; plan design strategy; merger, acquisition, and controlled group issues; and recordkeeping and administrative considerations. She received her law degree from Widener University School of Law and worked as an attorney at Sherman & Howard LLC in Denver, and at Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (now Faegre Drinker) in Philadelphia. Prior to that, she was in-house counsel at the Vanguard Group. Ms. Robertson is a credentialed member of the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA), holding the Certified Pension Consultant and Qualified Pension Administrator designations. She is an at-large member of ASPPA’s Government Affairs Committee, was previously a member of the ASPPA Education and Examination Committee, and she is active in her local chapter of the Western Pension & Benefits Council (WPBC), having previously served on the WPBC Board. She has authored numerous articles for 401(k) Advisor, and frequently presents for clients, advisors, and industry groups.

H. French Brown IV

French Brown offers clients more than fourteen years of experience practicing law and lobbying in the area of state and local taxation.  French specializes in all Florida taxes including sales tax, corporate income tax, motor fuels tax, communications services tax, property tax, and documentary stamp tax.

French began his legal career at the Florida Department of Revenue, quickly rising to the position of Deputy Director of the Office of Technical Assistance and Dispute Resolution. Additionally, French served as the Department of Revenue's Legislative and Cabinet Affairs Director and staffed the 2012 Communications Services Tax Working Group.  In this role, he worked directly with Legislators, longstanding legislative staff, and the Governor and Cabinet offices.

Over the last ten years, Mr. Brown has been deeply involved with most major tax legislation moving through the Florida Capitol.  Through his representation of some of Florida's largest trade associations and taxpayers, French has directly worked on and advocated for tax legislation to benefit both companies and taxpayers.  

During that time, Mr. Brown has passed dozens of pieces of tax legislation, which have saved his clients and Floridian's billions in reduced state and local taxes.  This includes more than a billion dollars in corporate income tax refund paid in 2020 and 2022, which was a result of unintended state consequences of the Federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.  French was also instrumental in Florida adopting remote seller and marketplace facilitator provisions after the Supreme Court's 2018 Wayfair decision. 

In 2018, Mr. Brown served as counsel to the successful constitutional proposal to permanently preserve the State's annual ten-percent cap on commercial property tax increases, which passed by 66.5%.  

He assists his clients with Florida tax planning and controversies before the Florida Department of Revenue and local Property Appraisers, while maintaining a professional and amicable relationship with those that he used to work next to at the agency.

Jordan Goodman

Jordan is a partner in HMB’s State and Local Tax (SALT) Group and focuses his practice on resolving complex SALT controversies for Fortune 1000 corporations and wealthy families, nationwide.

Jordan represents operationally complex companies in manufacturing, retail, financial services, e-commerce, broadcasting and telecommunications. As an attorney and CPA with decades of experience, Jordan has successfully resolved tax controversies in nearly every state and has counseled clients on the full range of tax issues and organizational structures affecting their businesses. He also represents numerous clients in multistate unclaimed property litigation and advises on a wide range of compliance issues.

Clients seek Jordan’s help on a full range of tax issues including corporate income, sales and use, franchise, local licenses, gross receipts, business and occupation, single business, capital stock and unclaimed property matters. He regularly advises on nexus, apportionment, business income, unitary business groups and residency, credits, losses, exemptions and the tax base.

Jordan represents clients in all facets of unclaimed property issues - from audit notifications and audit defense to protecting sensitive information and resolving legal challenges. Further, Jordan regularly partners with businesses to establish compliance through the voluntary disclosure process and strategic planning.

A sought-after lecturer and author on multi state tax issues, controversies and planning, Jordan is very active in the SALT community as a frequent staple to many major SALT institutions’ conferences and publications.

Roger Scarborough

Roger is the Director of the Florida Board of Accountancy and has been serving in this role since July of 2019. He retired from Farm Credit of Florida in 2018 after he served as CFO of Farm Credit of North Florida for 12 years. He currently resides in Gainesville, where he is married and has 4 daughters. 

Vanessa Rivera

Vanessa Rivera is the Sr. Manager of Membership Operations for the Florida Institute of CPAs. A proud graduate of the University of Central Florida, she has worked for over 10 years in the non-profit sector serving families of children undergoing medical treatment, ranging from acute to terminal diagnoses. 
After the events of the global pandemic in 2020, she decided to step out of her comfort zone and undergo a career transformation. During the past 4 years of working with the FICPA, Vanessa has developed a deep respect for our members and continuously strives to ensure they are set up for success. 
Vanessa is an Orlando native and currently resides in Kissimmee with her husband.  

Jordan Goodman

Jordan is a partner in HMB’s State and Local Tax (SALT) Group and focuses his practice on resolving complex SALT controversies for Fortune 1000 corporations and wealthy families, nationwide.

Jordan represents operationally complex companies in manufacturing, retail, financial services, e-commerce, broadcasting and telecommunications. As an attorney and CPA with decades of experience, Jordan has successfully resolved tax controversies in nearly every state and has counseled clients on the full range of tax issues and organizational structures affecting their businesses. He also represents numerous clients in multistate unclaimed property litigation and advises on a wide range of compliance issues.

Clients seek Jordan’s help on a full range of tax issues including corporate income, sales and use, franchise, local licenses, gross receipts, business and occupation, single business, capital stock and unclaimed property matters. He regularly advises on nexus, apportionment, business income, unitary business groups and residency, credits, losses, exemptions and the tax base.

Jordan represents clients in all facets of unclaimed property issues - from audit notifications and audit defense to protecting sensitive information and resolving legal challenges. Further, Jordan regularly partners with businesses to establish compliance through the voluntary disclosure process and strategic planning.

A sought-after lecturer and author on multi state tax issues, controversies and planning, Jordan is very active in the SALT community as a frequent staple to many major SALT institutions’ conferences and publications.

Roger Scarborough

Roger is the Director of the Florida Board of Accountancy and has been serving in this role since July of 2019. He retired from Farm Credit of Florida in 2018 after he served as CFO of Farm Credit of North Florida for 12 years. He currently resides in Gainesville, where he is married and has 4 daughters. 

Vanessa Rivera

Vanessa Rivera is the Sr. Manager of Membership Operations for the Florida Institute of CPAs. A proud graduate of the University of Central Florida, she has worked for over 10 years in the non-profit sector serving families of children undergoing medical treatment, ranging from acute to terminal diagnoses. 
After the events of the global pandemic in 2020, she decided to step out of her comfort zone and undergo a career transformation. During the past 4 years of working with the FICPA, Vanessa has developed a deep respect for our members and continuously strives to ensure they are set up for success. 
Vanessa is an Orlando native and currently resides in Kissimmee with her husband.  

Sherry Lam

Sherry is a Senior Manager in Crowe LLP's Fort Lauderdale office, and has over 20 years of experience providing tax and business consulting services, specializing in state and local sales and use tax matters. 

Sherry's client service experience includes assisting clients in tax process improvement studies, refund analysis, audit defense, voluntary disclosure negotiations, nexus studies, mergers and acquisitions, transactional consulting, product and service taxability reviews, procedures documentation, ASC 450 reviews, exemption certificate reviews, sales tax outsourcing, and bankruptcy matters. 

Sherry has extensive experience with public and private companies in numerous industries including retail, manufacturing, technology, information services, professional services, construction contracting, telecommunications, and utility.

Paul Brown

Paul Brown joined the FICPA in November 1992 and is the Director of Technical Services for the Florida Institute of CPAs (FICPA). One of Paul's main duties is to serve as the technical reviewer in Florida for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Peer Review Program.  The program administers approximately 350 reviews annually in Florida and oversees approximately 90 peer reviewers.  Paul also assists members in the areas of professional ethics and professional standards. As part of his role in the peer review program Paul has previously been an instructor and author of continuing education programs for the AICPA and FICPA, for which he had received several outstanding discussion leader and author awards.  Paul serves on the AICPA's Peer Review Standards Task Force, Technical Reviewers Advisory Task Force to the Peer Review Board and serves as staff liaison to two committees of the FICPA.

Amanda Ribeiro

Amanda is a tax professional in KPMG’s state and local tax group, specifically focused on indirect tax. She serves as a technical resource for her expertise in Florida sales tax and administrative procedure.

Amanda has over a decade of state indirect tax experience, including extensive work in the consulting and state tax controversy space. Prior to joining KPMG, Amanda was with a boutique law firm that focused exclusively on Florida state and local tax. Her work ran the gamut from white collar criminal defense to sales and use tax audit defense and litigation. Throughout her career she has served numerous clients ranging from the Fortune 500 to the middle market and has strong experience in a variety of industries including manufacturing, distribution, retail, transportation, hospitality and healthcare. Amanda is based out of Fort Lauderdale and serves clients throughout the state with technical Florida tax issues.

Cory Van Arnum

Cory is a tax professional in KPMG’s state and local tax group, specifically focused in indirect tax.  Practicing since 2018, he assists private and public companies with a wide range of indirect tax consulting and controversy needs.  His experience spans across the construction, ecommerce, healthcare, manufacturing, power and utilities, technology, and telecommunications industries.  Cory is a frequent speaker and author for KPMG on state and local indirect tax issues

Laurie Lee

Laurie has practiced business law for over twenty years. She opened her own law firm, The Legal Department for Service Professionals, in 2015 after recognizing the need for experienced and quality legal counsel for small professional service firms and practices. Since then, Laurie and her team at the Legal Department have served over 400 small businesses in Florida and that number is rapidly growing. Her goal is to share knowledge and provide advice so that educated, licensed, regulated professionals can gain confidence in starting and running their own businesses.

Laurie is AV Preeminent Peer Rated by Martindale-Hubbell ® (highest possible rating) and is rated on AVVO® as Superb: 10 out of 10. She was honored as the 2021 Women Business Owner of the Year from the JAX Chamber Professional Women's Council, the 2019 SBA North Florida Woman Owned Business of the Year, and the 2018 and 2022 Regional Volunteer of the Year Award from America's Small Business Development Center.

Laurie is involved in her professional community as a member of the Jacksonville Bar Association, past Chairman of the Fourth Judicial Circuit Attorney Grievance Review Committee, past Chairman of the Jacksonville Bar Corporate & Business Law Committee, and past vice-Chairman of the Jacksonville Bar Transactional Section and a member of the Florida Business Law Section.

In the business community, Laurie serves on the board of the North Florida Women Business Owners organization and the Jacksonville Women's Business Center. Previously, she served as the Chairman of the Advisory Council for the Small Business Development Center at UNF. Laurie gives back to the business community by offering legal workshops and webinars. She has conducted classes for Score, the SBDC, and most recently, she created a new course offering for the Jacksonville Women's Business Center called "Legal Matters".

James Sutton Jr

James Sutton is both a CPA and Attorney whose specialty is Florida sales and use taxes. As a shareholder in the firm Moffa, Sutton, & Donnini, PA, Mr. Sutton’s firm handles cases from audit through appellate litigation, collections, criminal defense, and consulting. Mr. Sutton is a long standing member of the FICPA and the former chairman of the state tax committee for the FICPA. You can reach him at JamesSutton@FloridaSalesTax.com or 813-775-2131.

Philip Burns

Justin is the Owner/Managing Partner of Space Coast Forensics. He has been a Certified Public Accountant since 2014 and a Certified Fraud Examiner since 2016. His experience in the accounting industry is diverse, spanning a wide range of roles. Justin was the controller of a private company and has worked in public accounting. He served as the director of operations for one of the nation’s top privately owned forensic accounting practices before opening Space Coast Forensics.