March 08,2023

Crapo Announces Chief Tax Counsel, Staffing Updates

Washington, D.C.--Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today announced staffing updates to expand several leadership roles on the Committee, including promoting Courtney Connell to chief tax counsel, and Jamie Cummins and Don Snyder to senior tax counsel.  

Courtney Connell, Chief Tax Counsel

Connell joined the Finance Committee as tax counsel in January 2020, and was later promoted to senior tax counsel.  Prior to joining the Committee, she held various positions in the tax departments of Global/Fortune 500 companies, advising on corporate and international tax issues, at Ernst & Young, and in the IRS Office of Chief Counsel.   Connell is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University, the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and Georgetown University Law Center, where she received an LL.M in taxation.   

Jamie Cummins, Senior Tax Counsel

Cummins joined the Finance Committee as tax counsel in March 2020.  Before joining the Committee, he was a Legislative Assistant for Senator Cassidy, working on tax, paid family leave, trade, infrastructure, consumer privacy and other economic issues.  Cummins holds a B.S. from Louisiana State University; a J.D. from Tulane University School of Law; and an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law. 

Don Snyder, Senior Tax and Oversight Counsel

Snyder has worked for the Finance Committee as tax counsel since March 2021.  Before joining the Committee, he was a Director at the Federal Policy Group, responsible for executing all aspects of the firm’s tax legislative practice.  He has also worked for Bank of America, a New York City law firm, and as a law clerk to the Honorable Mark. V. Holmes of the United States Tax Court.  Snyder holds an LL.M. in Taxation from the New York University School of Law; a J.D. with specialization in Business Law – Tax, from UCLA School of Law; and a B.A. in History from Princeton University. 

See here for a full list of Crapo Finance Committee staff.