WYOMING TAXPAYERS FOUNDATION
Your support of the Wyoming Taxpayers Foundation enables essential research that strengthens our mission to educate about sound tax policy in Wyoming.
The Wyoming Taxpayers Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3), was established in 2013 to provide educational research on fiscal affairs of the state of Wyoming and its political subdivisions. The Foundation supports the Wyoming Taxpayers Association with essential research for Wyoming’s citizens and policymakers to make informed decisions. WTA has accomplished this by providing state and local policymakers with unbiased analysis of public expenditures and taxation while promoting efficient and effective government through indispensable reports and analyses. The Foundation produces high quality publications on a variety of issues facing Wyoming that are thoughtfully and thoroughly prepared for the WTA. In 2022 the WTA and Foundation published numerous publications, including the widely disseminated copies of Wyoming Property Taxation, Wyoming Tax Summary, and How Wyoming Compares.
Our goal is to contribute to a well-informed population that understands the issues facing Wyoming today and in the future.
In support of that goal, the Wyoming Taxpayers Foundation works hard to provide timely information regarding Wyoming’s fiscal future.
Your support allows us to dig into new topics, new perspectives, and new analysis that you can rely upon. Click here to view our 2023 Research Proposal.
FOUNDATION Board of Directors
Dave Picard
President
Bio
Dave Picard has been involved with the Wyoming Taxpayers Association for nearly twenty years. In 1997, Dave formed The Wyoming Group, LLC, a government and public affairs firm serving the Rocky Mountain region with special emphasis in Wyoming. The firm specializes in representing fortune 100 companies in the lobbying and public affairs arena. Since its inception, he and his colleagues have served clients in the areas of lobbying, strategic planning, coalition building and mobilization, issue management and public relations in the government policy-making arena.
Dave is 4th generation pioneer ranching family in Wyoming residing in Cheyenne with his wife Annemarie and children Jacy and Vincent.
Craig Rood
Vice President
Bio
Scott Wells
Treasurer
Bio
Scott Wells is the Internal Audit Manager at True Companies in Casper, Wyoming. Prior to True Companies, he was an Audit Manager at KPMG LLP and Moss Adams LLP in Portland, Oregon. He also worked a number of years in Silicon Valley during the Dot Com Bust as an independent corporate financial consultant. Scott is a Chartered Financial Analyst as well as a licensed CPA (inactive). In addition to serving as the Treasurer of the Wyoming Taxpayers Association, he is also on the board of the Casper Children Development Center and the Natrona County Library Foundation. He is a graduate of both University of Oregon and Portland State University. Scott resides in Casper with his wife and four children.
David Bush
At Large
Bio
Dave is the Government Affairs Manager for Black Hills Energy in Wyoming. Prior to that he was Communications Director for Governor Matt Mead and spent time in the private sector and on Capitol Hill. Dave graduated from the University of Wyoming (GO POKES!) and lives in Cheyenne with his wife Sheila and their two boys. In his free time, Dave enjoys hunting, fishing, camping, golf and chasing his kids down the ski hills.
Dan Noble
At Large
Bio
Dan Noble left the Department of Revenue in September of 2021 with twenty-three years of service and is now retired. His career began in 1974 with seven years of military service. In 1988 he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Wyoming. Dan worked in the private sector for ten years, in public accounting and then as CFO of an ambulance service. He joined the Department of Revenue in 1998 as the Administer of the Administrative Services Division and was asked to assume the duties of the Excise Administrator in 1999. During his tenure as the Excise Administrator, he worked with a group of twenty-four states to form the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement. In 2013 Dan was appointed by Governor Mead as the Director of the Department of Revenue. In 2018 he served as the President of the Streamlines Sales Tax Governing Board. In 2019 Dan became the Chairman of the Board of the NABCA, an organization which provides its seventeen member states with educational and networking opportunities related to the control state model, both nationally and internationally. Dan is married to his wife of thirty-seven years, Shelly, and has two adult children and recently welcomed a grandson into the family.
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Sponsorship levels are as follows:
- Bronze ($500)
- Silver ($1,000)
- Gold ($1,500)
- Platinum ($2,500)
- Presenting Partner ($5,000)
You can choose your level of support through exposure in our publications or by cohosting numerous events; further information on both options is outlined in the sections below.
Contact Ashley Harpstreith [email protected] or 307-635-8761 for more information.
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