About the presenters
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Don Farmer, CPA
Don Farmer, CPA, is past president of Don Farmer, CPA, PA. A former tax partner with Deloitte & Touche, LLP, he resigned his position as partner and became a consultant in order to devote most of his time to writing and lecturing. Each year, Don writes and presents CPE programs across the U.S., making presentations in more than 40 states.
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David Peters, CPA
David Peters, CPA, CFP, CLU, CPCU, MST, MBA, is the founder and owner of Peters Tax Preparation & Consulting in Richmond, Va., as well as a financial advisor for Peters Financial, LLC. He has over 15 years of experience in financial services, including three years in the hedge fund industry and six years in the insurance industry. He regularly teaches courses in accounting, finance, insurance, financial planning and ethics throughout the United States.
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Vivian J. Paige, CPA
Vivian J. Paige, CPA, CGMA, MBA, MS, has extensive experience in taxation and accounting. She was a successful sole practitioner until selling most of her firm and joining the faculty of her alma mater, Old Dominion University (ODU). She is actively involved with the Virginia Society of CPAs (VSCPA), serving as a member and past chair of the Tax Advisory Committee and as a member of the VSCPA Political Action Committee Board, the ad hoc Educators' Symposium Task Force, and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Council. She authored the VSCPA Legislators' Tax Guide and presented briefings to the legislature on taxation. She is the co-author of VSCPA ethics courses and has been a presenter at several VSCPA conferences.
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J. William Harden, CPA
J. William Harden, CPA, ChFC, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Bryan School of Business and Economics at the University of North Carolina (UNC) – Greensboro, where he teaches tax courses on flow-through entities, individual and corporate tax, tax research, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practices and international tax. Prior to teaching, Bill was a senior tax accountant with an international CPA firm as well as a tax accountant for an international oilfield exploration company.