The UCLA School of Law Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits and Loyola Law School are pleased to announce that they will host the 28th Western Conference on Tax-Exempt Organizations on February 27 and February 28, 2025, at The California Endowment's Center for Healthy Communities in Downtown Los Angeles. Last year's two-day conference was sold out, with nearly 150 lawyers, accountants and in-house professionals representing a broad range of nonprofit organizations. Government officials will give federal and state updates, and prominent nonprofit practitioners, academics, and other experts from the sector will speak on current topics in nonprofit tax, state law, accounting and other compliance matters. The tax press covers this event extensively, and material from the conference continues to be cited as authority in articles and books.
Thursday, February 27, 2025 | 8:00 A.M. – 6:45 P.M.
Friday, February 28, 2025 | 8:00 A.M. – 12:15 P.M.
Event Venue and Host:
The California Endowment
1000 Alameda Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Pricing:
- Early Bird Rate: $850 (until January 31, 2025)
- Normal Rate: $1050
- Day 1 Access - $650
- Day 2 Access - $350
*Parking at the California Endowment is free
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The UCLA School of Law Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits has negotiated special conference rates at The Omni Hotel Downtown Los Angeles.
Omni Hotel Downtown Los Angeles
$232 per night ($25 Uber Credit per stay)—subject to change
$65 parking per night—subject to change
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*1 mile from The California Endowment
*Parking at the California Endowment is free
*Transportation to/from the California Endowment will be available at the beginning and end of each day for participants staying at the Omni Hotel
Ellen Aprill, Senior Scholar in Residence, UCLA School of Law, Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits
Jill Horwitz, Faculty Director, UCLA School of Law, Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits
Rose Chan Loui, Executive Director, UCLA School of Law, Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits
Michael Berry, Owner, Michael Berry, CPA
Terri Cammarano, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Cedar-Sinai
Helen Cheng, Partner, Withersworldwide
Debra Heiskala, Partner - EY Americas Exempt Organization Tax Sevices Leader, Ernst & Young
Ofer Lion, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Douglas Mancino, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Karl Mill, Founding Attorney, Mill Law Center
Ingrid Mittermaeir, Principal, Adler & Colvin
Gene Takagi, Principal, NEO Law Group
LaVerne Woods, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP
DAY 1: Thursday, February 27, 2025
7:30-8:30am: Breakfast and Check-In
8:30-8:40am: Day 1 Welcome
8:40-10:00am: Power Hour +
Ofer Lion, Seyfarth Shaw
Jean Tom, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Moderator: Karl Mill, Mill Law Center
10:00-11:30am: The Challenges of For-Profit/Nonprofit Structures
Rob Wexler, Adler & Colvin
Mary Beckman, Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services
David Shevlin, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Moderator: Rose Chan Loui, UCLA School of Law
11:30-11:45am: BREAK
11:45am-1:00pm: Data Protection and Privacy Law
Tenaya Rodewald, Sheppard Mullin
Lynn Sessions, Baker Hostetler
Arun Baheti, California Wellness Foundation
Moderator: Terri Cammarano, Cedars-Sinai
1:00-2:30pm Lunch and Keynote—When Should Universities Speak Out?
Steve Poskanzer, Carleton College
Moderator: Jill Horwitz, UCLA School of Law
2:30-3:45pm: Loper Bright—The End of Judicial Deference to the IRS?
Amber Mackenzie, U.S. Department of the Treasury (*Invited)
Mike Desmond, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Steve Toscher, Hochman Salkin Toscher
Moderator: Ellen Aprill, UCLA School of Law
3:45-4:00pm: BREAK
4:00-5:30pm: International Hot Topics: What in the World is Going On?
Ruth Madrigal, KPMG US
Atiqua Hashem, Conrad Hilton Foundation
Jennifer Becker Harris, Clark Nuber PS
Moderator: Ingrid Mittermaier, Adler & Colvin
5:30-6:30pm: Reception
7:00-9:00pm: Faculty Dinner
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DAY 2: Friday, February 28, 2025
7:30-8:30am: Breakfast and Check-In
8:30-8:35am: Day 2 Welcome
8:35-9:45am: Accounting Updates: What All EO Practitioners Need to Know
Tonetta Conner, Harrington Group
Nanaz Benyamini, Singer Lewak
Yulia Murzaeva, Green Hasson & Janks
Moderator: Debra Heiskala, EY Americas
9:45-10:00am: BREAK
10:00-11:00am: One-Hour Breakout Sessions
· Private Foundation Hot Topics
Emily Fan, David and Lucille Packard Foundation
Rosemary Fei, Adler & Colvin
Lizbeth Nevarez, Green Hasson & Janks
Moderator: Mike Berry, Michael Berry CPA
· Advocacy in a Post-Election Year
Nona Randois, Alliance for Justice
Eric Gorovitz, Adler & Colvin
Moderator: Gene Takagi, NEO Law Group
· Executive Compensation Hot Topics
Nanci Hibschman, Sullivan Cotter
Jill Manny, NYU Law (**Invited)
Erin Bradrick, NEO Law Group
Moderator: Helen Cheng, Withersworldwide
11:00-11:15am: BREAK
11:15am-12:30pm: The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Gerry Griffith, Jones Day
Bob Homchick, Davis Wright Tremaine
Robert Reich, Stanford Center for Ethics in Society, Stanford Center for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (**Invited)
Moderator: LaVerne Woods, Davis Wright Tremaine
*Detailed conference schedule will be updated by mid-December, 2024.
* UCLA School of Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider. This session has requested MCLE credit and is currently pending approval.
