Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (ACT ...

The Appropriate Role Of The Internal Revenue Service With Respect To Tax-Exempt Organization Good Governance IssuesThe ACT benefited from the perspectives of many professionals and practitionersthrough their participation in this mini-conference convened, at the suggestion of theACT, by the National Center on Philanthropy and the Law at New York University LawSchool, in New York City, on October 4, 2007. Special thanks to Professor Harvey P.Dale and Professor Jill S. Manny for organizing this conference. The agenda and list ofparticipants is below.AGENDANATIONAL CENTER ON PHILANTHROPY AND THE LAWMINI-CONFERENCEINTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE ROLE INCORPORATE GOVERNANCE OF NONPROFITSOctober 4, 200710:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Welcoming Remarks and Introduction: Harvey P. Dale10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Role of the Internal Revenue Service in Nonprofit Governance Historically and Today.11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Arguments For and Against Internal Revenue Service Regulation ofNonprofit Governance.12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. LUNCH1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Who Else Can Regulate Nonprofit Governance?3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Vehicles for Internal Revenue Service Regulation of NonprofitGovernance.LIST OF PARTICIPANTS• Betsy Buchalter Adler, Esq., Silk, Adler & Colvin• Ms. Diana Aviv, Independent Sector• Victoria B. Bjorklund, Esq., Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP• Bonnie S. Brier, Esq., The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia• Professor Harvey P. Dale, New York University School of Law• Sean C. Delany, Esq. Lawyers Alliance for New York• Marion R. Fremont-Smith, Esq., The Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations• Fred T. Goldberg Jr., Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & FlomADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TAX EXEMPT AND GOVERNMENT ENTITIES (ACT) June 11, 2008 60