WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today announced the expansion of the Ways and Means tax staff with new additions to the tax team.

“I’m pleased to welcome additional staff members to our talented tax team. All of the members of our tax team are policy experts who have impressive professional experience and a thorough understanding of the ways our tax code impacts every single American. I am grateful for their service as we work to deliver pro-growth tax reform that creates jobs and improves the lives of all Americans,” said Chairman Brady.

Committee Tax Staff Members are listed below:

• Loren Ponds serves as a Tax Counsel for the Ways and Means Committee. Prior to this, Loren worked in Ernst & Young’s National Tax Department. Loren received an A.B. from Davidson College. She received a J.D. from American University – Washington College of Law and an LL.M from Georgetown University Law Center.
• Aaron Junge serves as a Tax Counsel for the Ways and Means Committee. Prior to joining the Committee staff, he worked in the national tax office of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Aaron received a B.S.B.A. from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, a J.D. from the Creighton University School of Law, and an LL.M. with an international tax certificate from the Georgetown University Law Center.
• Randy Gartin serves as a Tax Counsel for the Ways and Means Committee. Prior to joining the Ways and Means staff, Randy worked in the Houston office of KPMG. Randy earned a B.S. from the University of Utah, a J.D. from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, and an LL.M. in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center.
• John Schoenecker serves as a Tax Counsel for the Ways and Means Committee. Prior to this, he worked with Tax Executives Institute. Before that, he was a trial attorney with the Department of Justice’s Tax Division. He received both his J.D. and his bachelor’s degree from Northwestern.
• Victoria Glover serves as a Tax Advisor for the Ways and Means Committee. Prior to this, she worked for Senator Dean Heller and previously worked in Washington National Tax at Deloitte. Victoria earned a B.A. from the University of Georgia and an M.S. in Public Policy from the Georgia Institute of Technology and is a CPA.
• John Sandell has served as a Tax Counsel for the Ways and Means Committee for the past five years. He received a B.A. from the University of Tulsa and a J.D. from George Mason University with a tax concentration.
• Aharon Friedman serves as Senior Tax Counsel for the Ways and Means Committee. Prior to joining the Committee staff in 2007, Aharon worked at Covington & Burling. He received a B.A. from Brooklyn College, City University of New York, J.D. and M.P.A. degrees from Harvard Law School and the Kennedy School of Government, and an LL.M. from New York University Law School.
• Barbara Angus serves as Chief Tax Counsel for the Ways and Means Committee. Prior to joining the Ways and Means staff, Barbara was leader of Strategic International Tax Policy Services at Ernst & Young. She previously served as the International Tax Counsel for the Department of the Treasury and as the Business Tax Counsel for the Joint Committee on Taxation. Barbara received an A.B. from Dartmouth College, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.