IRS/Practitioners Forum - Webcast

Kyle Behnke

Kyle Behnke serves the IRS Independent Office of Appeals as an Appeals Team Manager.  In his career in the private sector, Kyle created and managed two start-up businesses before working for a decade at Microsoft in varying engineering and management roles, primarily as a Sr. Program Manager in the SQL Server, Windows Server, and OEM Divisions.  He then transitioned to public service, where he started with the IRS as a Field Revenue Officer in the Small Business and Self-Employed Division, before later becoming an Appeals Officer.  He earned a Master of Business and Public Administration degree from Willamette University in Salem, OR.  He serves in the Seattle, WA, Post of Duty.

(10/2/25)

David Higgins works for the IRS in the Communications and Liaison Division as a Tax Specialist in Seattle, WA. David serves as the primary IRS contact to community, industry, and business organizations throughout Washington and Alaska. David educates on a variety of tax topics to all taxpayer communities, including employers, community groups, small business resource partners and tax practitioner organizations.

9/15/2025

 

Valerie is an attorney with the law firm of Samuels Yoelin Kantor in Portland, Oregon where she heads the firm's tax department. She speaks about topics (usually tax topics) that interest her. She is a fellow of the both the American College of Tax Counsel and the American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel. She also co-wrote a very exciting book you should read called Oregon Estate Planning with Forms, which is going into its third edition this January.

(11-10-25)