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The Appropriate Role Of The Internal Revenue Service With Respect To Tax-Exempt Organization Good Governance Issues• Karin Kunstler Goldman, Esq., Charities Bureau, New York State Department ofLaw• Rochelle Korman, Esq., Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP• Lois G. Lerner, Esq., Internal Revenue Service• Catherine E. Livingston, Esq., Internal Revenue Service• Professor Jill S. Manny, National Center on Philanthropy and the Law• Steven T. Miller, Esq., Internal Revenue Service• Marcus S. Owens, Esq., Caplin & Drysdale• Celia A. Roady, Esq., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP• Ronald J. Schultz, Esq., Internal Revenue Service• Thomas Silk, Esq., Silk, Adler & Colvin• Professor John G. Simon, Yale Law School• Jonathan A. Small, Esq., Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP• Professor Linda Sugin, Fordham University School of Law• Ms. Ana Thompson, Charles and Helen Schwab FoundationC. JANUARY 16, 2008 MINI-CONFERENCE: IMPROVING GOVERNANCE INNONPROFITS: DO WE KNOW HOW? DO FOR-PROFITS PROVIDE LESSONS?URBAN INSTITUTE CENTER ON NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY ANDTHE HARVARD UNIVERSITY HAUSER CENTER FOR NONPROFITORGANIZATIONSThe ACT benefited from the perspectives of many professionals and practitionersthrough their participation in this mini-conference convened, at the suggestion of theACT, co-convened by the Urban Institute Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy and theHarvard University Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, in Washington, D.C. onJanuary 16, 2008. Special thanks to Elizabeth T. Boris, Eugene Steuerle, and FrancieOstrower of the Urban Institute for helping to organize this event. The agenda and list ofpresenters is below.AGENDA AND LIST OF PRESENTERSEmerging Issues in Philanthropy Seminar SeriesADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TAX EXEMPT AND GOVERNMENT ENTITIES (ACT) June 11, 2008 61